Tom Phillis

Thomas Edward Phillis (April 9, 1931 in Sydney – June 6, 1962) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1961, he won Honda's first championship race when he took the 1961 125cc Spanish Grand Prix. He went on to win the FIM 1961 125cc World Championship.^[1] This was also Honda's first world championship.

Phillis died while competing in the 1962 Isle of Man TT.^[2] The defending 500cc world champion, Gary Hocking was so affected by the death of his friend that he immediately retired from motorcycle competition.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results ^[3]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank	Wins
1958	350cc	Norton	IOM 32	NED -	BEL -	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -					0	-	0
1958	500cc	Norton	IOM 18	NED -	BEL -	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -					0	-	0
1959	350cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM NC	GER -			SWE -	ULS 5	NAT -				2	13th	0
1959	500cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM 16	GER -	NED -	BEL -		ULS -	NAT -				0	-	0
1960	125cc	Honda		IOM 10	NED -	BEL -		ULS -	NAT -					0	-	0
	250cc	Honda		IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS 2	NAT -					6	6th	0
	350cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -			ULS -	NAT -					0	-	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM 4	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS 6	NAT -					4	11th	0
1961	125cc	Honda	ESP 1	GER NC	FRA 1	IOM 3	NED 1	BEL 2	DDR 2	ULS 3	NAT 4	SWE 6	ARG 1	44	1st	4
	250cc	Honda	ESP 2	GER NC	FRA 1	IOM 2	NED NC	BEL 2	DDR 4	ULS 4	NAT 3	SWE 6	ARG 1	38	2nd	2
	350cc	Norton		GER -		IOM NC	NED 1		DDR 1	ULS 1	NAT 1	SWE -		0	-	0
	500cc	Norton		GER -	FRA -	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG -	4	12th	0
1962	50cc	Honda	ESP 8	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -	ARG -	0	-	0
	125cc	Honda	ESP -	FRA -	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -	ARG -	4	13th	0
	250cc	Honda	ESP 3	FRA 3	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -	ARG -	12	4th	0
	350cc	Honda			IOM NC	NED -		ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -			0	-	0

References

Preceded by Carlo Ubbiali	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1961	Succeeded by Luigi Taveri

125cc Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – N. Pagani

1950 – B. Ruffo
1951 – C. Ubbiali
1952 – C. Sandford
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – R. Hollaus
1955 – C. Ubbiali
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – T. Provini
1958 – C. Ubbiali
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – T. Phillis
1962 – L. Taveri
1963 – H. Anderson
1964 – L. Taveri
1965 – H. Anderson
1966 – L. Taveri
1967 – B. Ivy
1968 – P. Read
1969 – D. Simmonds

1970 – D. Braun
1971 – Á. Nieto
1972 – Á. Nieto
1973 – K. Andersson
1974 – K. Andersson
1975 – P. Pileri
1976 – P. Bianchi
1977 – P. Bianchi
1978 – E. Lazzarini
1979 – Á. Nieto

1980 – P. Bianchi
1981 – Á. Nieto
1982 – Á. Nieto
1983 – Á. Nieto
1984 – Á. Nieto
1985 – F. Gresini
1986 – L. Cadalora
1987 – F. Gresini
1988 – J. Martínez
1989 – À. Crivillé

1990 – L. Capirossi
1991 – L. Capirossi
1992 – A. Gramigni
1993 – D. Raudies
1994 – K. Sakata
1995 – H. Aoki
1996 – H. Aoki
1997 – V. Rossi
1998 – K. Sakata
1999 – E. Alzamora

2000 – R. Locatelli
2001 – M. Poggiali
2002 – A. Vincent
2003 – D. Pedrosa
2004 – A. Dovizioso
2005 – T. Lüthi
2006 – Á. Bautista
2007 – G. Talmácsi
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol

Persondata
Name	Phillis, Tom
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 9, 1931
Place of birth
Date of death	June 6, 1962
Place of death

Tom Phillis

Motorcycle Grand Prix results [3]

References

Motorcycle Grand Prix results ^[3]