IN A STATEMENT, PHIL READ’S SON, PHIL READ JR, speaking on behalf of his family, said: “It is with incredible sadness that the Read family reports the passing of Phil Read MBE while peacefully asleep on the morning of October 6, 2022, at his home in Canterbury, England.
“Phil is best known for winning Yamaha’s first world championship title in 1964, with four more Yamahamounted titles including one fought as a privateer, plus two premier class 500cc world championships in 1973 and