Percy Tait

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Seeley

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Spa in 1969.

In 500cc (1969–1971): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Spa 1969 (500cc).

In all, 2 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1955 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1955–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1966–1966

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1955–1971

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate40.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.2

33 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, 1955–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1955. Of the 54 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 6 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa500cc 1avg P2.0

Ulster500cc 4avg P4.8

Montjuïc250cc 1—

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 5 races · 1955–1971

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P2.0

Ulster4 racesavg P4.8

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

250cc 1 races · 1966

250cc: 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, 1955–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1955–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1955	Ulster	8
1968	Ulster	4 +3
1969	Spa	2 +12
1970	Ulster	3 +10
1971	Ulster	4 +8