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

Riders

Tommy Wood

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Nationality
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Born
February 17, 1912(age 114)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Bremgarten in 1949.

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In 350cc (1949): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1949): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1951): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1951): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 350cc (1953): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1953): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1954): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1954): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Montjuïc 1951 (500cc).

In all, 9 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 3 podiums (within the official results database).

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

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 7 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1949 250cc (TT) / 1951 350cc (BEL, ULST) / 1951 500cc (TT) / 1953 250cc (TT, ULST) / 1954 350cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

15101519491950195119521953195419551951 250cc: P3 / 10 pts / 0 wins250cc1949 350cc: P13 / 5 pts / 0 wins1951 350cc: P10 / 8 pts / 1 wins1953 350cc: P17 / 2 pts / 0 wins350cc1953 500cc: P18 / 1 pts / 0 wins1954 500cc: P17 / 3 pts / 0 wins500cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1949–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1949–1954
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate25.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.1

16 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1949–1955
Win rate14.3%
Podium rate14.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.6

15 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1951–1954
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate16.7%
Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

10 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1949–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1949. Of the 67 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 21 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Montjuïc (average P3.6, 5 races)

Montjuïc350cc 1 · 500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P3.6
Rouen500cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P5.0
Monza350cc 2 · 250cc 3avg P5.8
Bremgarten250cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P6.3
Albi500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P9.5
Spa500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P13.0

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.

350cc 7 races · 1949–1955

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc1 racesavg P1.0
Bremgarten2 racesavg P5.0
Rouen1 racesavg P5.0
Monza2 racesavg P9.0
Spa1 racesavg P13.0

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

250cc 8 races · 1949–1954

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Albi1 racesavg P3.0
Monza3 racesavg P4.7
Rouen1 racesavg P5.0
Montjuïc1 racesavg P5.0
Bremgarten2 racesavg P7.0

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

500cc 6 races · 1951–1954

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc3 racesavg P4.0
Albi1 racesavg P16.0
Spa1 races—
Rouen1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1949–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Every race

62.5%Start rate (5/8)
2Longest run of absences (races)
3Longest run of starts (races)
0Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1951 250cc P3 · 10 pts

1952 no Grand Prix starts

1953 250cc

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? 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, 1949–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

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