Phil Read, the first rider to win grand prix world championships in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes, has died at the age of 83.

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Born in the large Bedfordshire town of Luton on 1 January 1939, Read was a keen road-rider and worked as an apprentice fitter at Brown and Green, a Luton manufacturer of industrial machinery.

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His first road machine was a Velocette KSS which he started on at the UK legal-minimum riding age of sixteen in 1955, followed by a BSA Gold Star DBD32. He started amateur short-circuit racing in 1958 on a Duke BSA Gold Star.

In 1960 he won the Junior Manx Grand Prix on a Manx Norton at record speed followed by the Junior (350cc) TT race in 1961.

He placed second in the 350cc and 500cc races at the 1961 North West 200 in Northern Ireland on Manx Nortons.

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Seven-time motorcycle grand prix racing world champion Phil Read has died at the age of 83, with tributes flooding in from the racing world.

Read, born Phillip William Read in Luton on new year’s day in 1939, began his grand prix racing career in 1961, taking a first win in the 350cc class at the Isle of Man TT, which was then the British round of what we know now as the MotoGP world championship.

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This would be the first of eight TT wins for Read, who over his career would earn the nickname the Prince of Speed.

Read was a significant name in Yamaha’s road racing history, as he secured the Japanese marque its first world title in 1964 in the 250cc class.

He would dominate the class in 1965 with seven wins, but wouldn’t be crowned world champion again until 1968 when he guided Yamaha to both the 125cc and 250cc titles.

A 250cc champion again in 1971, Read would finish fourth at the Nations Grand Prix in Italy that year on a Ducati in the premier class.

He dovetailed 250cc and 350cc campaigns in 1972 for Yamaha and MV Agusta, before switching full-time to MV machinery from 1973 in the 350cc and 50cc world championships.

How did die 

It’s reported that Phil died peacefully in his sleep within the early hours of Oct. 6, at his dwelling in Canterbury, England.

The household introduced the information on social media. The primary world championship for Yamaha was gained by Phil in 1964.

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Many people in the paddock from the racing world wanted to remember him and big their final farewell: riders of the present and of the past, teams, professionals, simple fans. Phil Read has left a mark in the history of motorcycling that no one will ever be able to erase.

“Your legacy will live forever” wrote his chief mechanic Ferry Brower, while Livio Lodi, curator of the Ducati Museum, recalled how the Briton was the first to score points in the premier class on a Ducati.

A life, that of Read, which resembles a novel and which, having reached the final chapter, one wants to read again, and again, and again.

Phil Read net worth 

Phil Read had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time he passed away.

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Name Phil Read 
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign                 Libra
Born 20, October 1979                 
Net worth  $2 Million 

He was a rich motorcycle racer who competitions that generated income for him.

Read was an expert cruiser racer who contended in Great Prix bike dashing from 1961 to 1976.

Phil Read is in the record books at the principal contender to come out on top for big showdowns in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes.

Age

At the time of his death,  he was 83 years old.

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Personal information
Name : Phil Read         
           Date of birth  :             1 January, 1939
Date of Death  : 6 October, 2022
Age  : 83 years. 

We offer our condolences to the family and friends of Phil Read. 

By Rishabh

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