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Before my time and seemed a bit of a divisive figure amongst racing fans but he could obviously ride a bike.
Phil Read has died
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Re: Phil Read has died
He was always overshadowed by Mike Hailwoid.Supermofo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:24 am https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10138 ... n-has-died
Before my time and seemed a bit of a divisive figure amongst racing fans but he could obviously ride a bike.
Then Barry Sheene.
Unfairly so IMHO.
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Re: Phil Read has died
I agree, but he wasn't the show man that Sheene was (which makes him a better person in my eyes)Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:24 amHe was always overshadowed by Mike Hailwoid.Supermofo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:24 am https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10138 ... n-has-died
Before my time and seemed a bit of a divisive figure amongst racing fans but he could obviously ride a bike.
Then Barry Sheene.
Unfairly so IMHO.
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Re: Phil Read has died
Time for this pic again?
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Re: Phil Read has died
His final Grand Prix tally was seven championships, 52 wins and 121 podiums from just 152 starts, plus 8 TT wins from 14 starts, and a Formula TT title.
Pretty impressive in any generation, not just one where he was up against Ago and Hailwood.
Pretty impressive in any generation, not just one where he was up against Ago and Hailwood.
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Re: Phil Read has died
He had the misfortune to be racing in the same period as Mike Hailwood, otherwise he'd have won a lot more championships. and he freely admitted as such. He had that edge to him that all top racers need. He was probably the Max Biaggi of his generation, up against Valentino Rossi (Hailwood). But he beat Ago to a 500cc WC on the MV, so he could certainly ride.
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