Jim Redman
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James Albert Redman MBE (born November 8, 1931 in London, England) is a six-time World Champion motorcycle road racer.[1]
As a young man, he emigrated to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he began his racing career. He earned a factory ride with Honda for the 1960 season. He would go on to claim four consecutive 350cc World Championships from 1962 to 1965. [2]In 1962 and 1963 he claimed double championships winning both the 250cc and 350cc World Championships. In 1964, he became the first rider in history to claim 3 Grand Prix victories in one day (the only other rider to achieve this being Mike Hailwood in 1967. After being injured at the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Redman made the decision to retire.[3]
Redman was also a six-time Isle of Man TT winner, taking double wins in 1963, 1964 and 1965 in the Lightweight & Junior TT Races.[4] He achieved a total of 45 Grand Prix victories. Redman was awarded the MBE for his achievements.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1959 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM - |
GER 6 |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE 6 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
2 | 15th | 0 | |||||
500cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM - |
GER - |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
2 | 15th | 0 | ||||||
1960 | 125cc | Honda | IOM - |
NED 4 |
BEL 9 |
ULS - |
NAT 4 |
6 | 7th | 0 | ||||||||
250cc | Honda | IOM - |
NED 8 |
BEL - |
GER NC |
ULS 3 |
NAT 2 |
10 | 4th | 0 | ||||||||
500cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL 5 |
GER - |
ULS 5 |
NAT 6 |
5 | 9th | 0 | |||||||
1961 | 125cc | Honda | ESP 3 |
GER 7 |
FRA 3 |
IOM 4 |
NED 2 |
BEL 3 |
DDR 6 |
ULS 4 |
NAT 5 |
SWE 3 |
ARG 2 |
28 | 4th | 0 | ||
250cc | Honda | ESP 4 |
GER 2 |
FRA 6 |
IOM 3 |
NED 3 |
BEL 1 |
DDR 2 |
ULS 3 |
NAT 1 |
SWE 4 |
ARG 3 |
36 | 3rd | 2 | |||
1962 | 125cc | Honda | ESP 2 |
FRA 2 |
IOM 5 |
NED 2 |
BEL 2 |
GER 10 |
ULS 3 |
DDR 2 |
NAT 4 |
FIN 1 |
ARG - |
38 | 2nd | 1 | ||
250cc | Honda | ESP 1 |
FRA 1 |
IOM 2 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
GER 1 |
ULS 2 |
DDR 1 |
NAT 1 |
ARG - |
48 | 1st | 6 | ||||
350cc | Honda | IOM - |
NED 1 |
ULS 1 |
DDR 1 |
NAT 1 |
FIN 2 |
32 | 1st | 4 | ||||||||
1963 | 125cc | Honda | ESP 2 |
GER NC |
FRA 2 |
IOM 6 |
NED NC |
BEL 2 |
ULS 7 |
DDR 5 |
NAT 2 |
FIN - |
ARG 1 |
JPN 2 |
33 | 3rd | 1 | |
250cc | Honda | ESP 2 |
GER 3 |
IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL - |
ULS 1 |
DDR 3 |
NAT 2 |
ARG 2 |
JPN 1 |
44 | 1st | 4 | ||||
350cc | Honda | GER 1 |
IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
ULS 1 |
DDR 3 |
NAT 1 |
FIN 2 |
JPN 1† |
32 | 1st | 5 | ||||||
1964 | 125cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP 2 |
FRA NC |
IOM 2 |
NED 1 |
GER 1 |
DDR 3 |
ULS NC |
FIN 3 |
NAT 6 |
JPN - |
36 | 2nd | 2 | ||
250cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP 2 |
FRA NC |
IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
GER 2 |
DDR 2 |
ULS 2 |
NAT 3 |
JPN 1 |
42 | 2nd | 3 | |||
350cc | Honda | IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
GER 1 |
DDR 1 |
ULS 1 |
FIN 1 |
NAT 1 |
JPN 1 |
40 | 1st | 8 | ||||||
1965 | 125cc | Honda | USA - |
GER - |
ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
DDR - |
CZE - |
ULS - |
FIN - |
NAT - |
JPN NC |
0 | - | 0 | |
250cc | Honda | USA - |
GER - |
ESP - |
FRA NC |
IOM 1 |
NED 2 |
BEL 1 |
DDR 1 |
CZE 3 |
ULS - |
FIN - |
NAT - |
JPN - |
34 | 3rd | 3 | |
350cc | Honda | GER NC |
IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
DDR 1 |
CZE 1 |
ULS NC |
FIN - |
NAT - |
JPN 2 |
38 | 1st | 4 | |||||
1966 | 250cc | Honda | ESP NC |
GER 2 |
FRA 2 |
NED 3 |
BEL 3 |
DDR - |
CZE - |
FIN - |
ULS - |
IOM - |
NAT - |
JPN - |
20 | 3rd | 0 | |
350cc | Honda | GER - |
FRA 3 |
NED - |
DDR - |
CZE - |
FIN - |
ULS - |
IOM - |
NAT - |
JPN - |
4 | 15th | 0 | ||||
500cc | Honda | GER 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL NC |
DDR - |
CZE - |
FIN - |
ULS - |
IOM - |
NAT - |
16 | 5th | 2 | |||||
† The 1963 350cc Japanese Grand Prix was a non-championship event.
References
- ↑ Jim Redman career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ↑ "Roy Hesketh Circuit Motorcycle gallery".
- ↑ 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix (1st edition). Hazelton Publishing Ltd, 1999. ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ↑ Jim Redman profile at iomtt.com
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