As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Peter Williams

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Matchless
Born: September 29, 1945(age 81)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Ulster in 1966.

In 500cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1967–1971): 9 starts, 0 wins, 7 podiums. In 250cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Isle of Man 1966 (350cc).

In all, 15 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 10 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1976	TOURIST TROPHY	500cc	1	21'03.400

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1966 350cc (BEL) / 1966 500cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc350cc500cc250cc ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1966–1966

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

2 pts · Poles 0

250cc1971–1971

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

8 pts · Poles 0

350cc1966–1971

Win rate33.3%

Podium rate66.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.3

21 pts · Poles 0

2 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1966–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.9

90 pts · Poles 1

6 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1966. Of the 44 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
19 races together: ahead 1, behind 18, both out 0

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 23 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Isle of Man (average P2.0, 5 races)

Isle of Man350cc 1 · 500cc 4avg P2.0

Hockenheim500cc 1avg P2.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P3.0

Assen500cc 4avg P4.0

Monza500cc 1 · 125cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P4.7

Brno500cc 1avg P5.0

Sachsenring500cc 1avg P7.0

Ulster500cc 3 · 250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P7.2

Spa500cc 2avg P9.0

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

500cc 18 races · 1966–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Isle of Man (average P2.0, 4 races)

Isle of Man4 racesavg P2.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P2.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Assen4 racesavg P4.0

Brno1 racesavg P5.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P7.0

Spa2 racesavg P9.0

Ulster3 racesavg P10.3

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 1 races · 1971

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

350cc 3 races · 1966–1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster1 racesavg P1.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P7.0

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 1 races · 1966

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)3 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,112 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 294 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,004 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

50%Start rate (5/10)

2Longest run of absences (races)

2Longest run of starts (races)

13.8Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1968 500cc P6 · 9 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1966	Spa	9
1966	Ulster	6 +1
1966	Monza	2 +6
1967	Hockenheim	2 +6
1967	Isle of Man	2 +6
1967	Assen	3 +4
1967	Spa	DNF
1968	Nürburgring	3 +4
1968	Assen	4 +3
1968	Sachsenring	7
1968	Brno	5 +2
1968	Ulster	20
1969	Assen	2 +12
1970	Isle of Man	2 +12
1970	Assen	7 +4
1970	Ulster	5 +6
1971	Isle of Man	2 +12
1973	Isle of Man	2 +12