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

Riders

Bill Ivy

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Jawa
Born: August 27, 1942(age 84)

Photos (17)

1966
At this race · Jan Voets for Anefo · CC0
1966
At this race · Jan Voets for Anefo · CC0
1966
At this race · Jan Voets for Anefo · CC0
1966
At this race · Jan Voets for Anefo · CC0
1967
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1968
Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0
1968
Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0
1968
Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0
1968
Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0
1969
Raimund Kommer · CC BY-SA 3.0
1969
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
1969
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1969
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1969
At this race · Anefo · CC0
2011
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2011
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
2015
TrevorHeath · Public domain

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Assen in 1965.

In 125cc (1965–1966): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 5 starts, 2 wins, 5 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1967): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1967): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 3 starts, 1 wins, 3 podiums. In 125cc (1967): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1967): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1967): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1967–1968): 3 starts, 2 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1968): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1968): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1968): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums.

First podium: Montjuïc 1966 (125cc). First win: Montjuïc 1966 (125cc). World champion: 1967 125cc.

In all, 39 Grand Prix starts, 17 wins and 36 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 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1965 125cc (TT) / 1966 350cc (BEL)

Season by season

125cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1965–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1965–1968 ★ 1 titles (1967)

Win rate58.3%

Podium rate91.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P1.7

160 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1965–1968

Win rate35.0%

Podium rate85.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.2

112 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1966–1969

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate100.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.0

30 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1965–1969 (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 1965. Of the 46 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mike Hailwood 9 world titles
13 races together: ahead 6, behind 7, both out 0
Phil Read 7 world titles
27 races together: ahead 15, behind 11, both out 1

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 47 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Montjuïc (average P1.0, 3 races)

Montjuïc125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P1.0

Clermont-Ferrand125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P1.0

Nürburgring250cc 1avg P1.0

Mosport125cc 1avg P1.0

Isle of Man125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P1.3

Ulster250cc 2 · 125cc 2avg P1.5

Sachsenring125cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P1.8

Monza125cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P1.8

Assen125cc 3 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P2.0

Brno125cc 2 · 250cc 2avg P2.0

Imatra125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P2.0

Fuji125cc 2 · 350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P2.5

Hockenheim250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P2.5

Suzuka250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P3.5

Spa250cc 2avg P3.5

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 3 races · 1966–1969

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Fuji1 racesavg P2.0

Assen1 racesavg P2.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P2.0

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

125cc 24 races · 1965–1968

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Monza (average P1.7, 3 races)

Fuji2 racesavg P1.0

Montjuïc2 racesavg P1.0

Ulster2 racesavg P1.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P1.0

Mosport1 racesavg P1.0

Isle of Man2 racesavg P1.5

Monza3 racesavg P1.7

Sachsenring3 racesavg P2.0

Brno2 racesavg P2.0

Imatra2 racesavg P2.0

Assen3 racesavg P2.3

Suzuka1 racesavg P4.0

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

250cc 20 races · 1965–1968

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P1.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P1.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P1.0

Assen2 racesavg P1.5

Sachsenring2 racesavg P1.5

Brno2 racesavg P2.0

Monza2 racesavg P2.0

Ulster2 racesavg P2.0

Imatra1 racesavg P2.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P3.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P3.0

Spa2 racesavg P3.5

Fuji1 racesavg P6.0

Montjuïc1 races—

250cc: 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, 1965–1969 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 260 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 96 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 14,352 miles
0.6× around the Earth · at least 1.4 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

70.4%Start rate (38/54)

2Longest run of absences (races)

8Longest run of starts (races)

83.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1966 125cc P2 · 40 pts

1967 125cc P1 · 56 pts

1967 250cc P3 · 46 pts

1968 125cc P2 · 34 pts

1968 250cc P2 · 46 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, 1965–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1965	Assen	4 +3
1965	Suzuka	4 +3
1966	Montjuïc	1 +8
1966	Assen	1 +8
1966	Sachsenring	3 +4
1966	Brno	3 +4
1966	Isle of Man	1 +8
1966	Monza	3 +4
1966	Fuji	1 +8
1967	Montjuïc	1 +8
1967	Clermont-Ferrand	1 +8
1967	Assen	2 +6
1967	Sachsenring	1 +8
1967	Brno	1 +8
1967	Imatra	2 +6
1967	Ulster	1 +8
1967	Monza	1 +8
1967	Mosport	1 +8
1967	Fuji	1 +8
1968	Isle of Man	2 +6
1968	Sachsenring	2 +6
1968	Imatra	2 +6
1968	Ulster	1 +8
1968	Monza	1 +8

1966	Fuji	2 +6
1969	Hockenheim	2 +12
1969	Assen	2 +12