Charlie Williams (motorcyclist)

This article is about the British racing motorcyclist. For other people called Charles or Charlie Williams, see Charles Williams.

Charlie Williams

Nationality

British

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

1972 – 1976, 1980 – 1981

First race

1972 125cc Isle of Man Ultra-Lightweight TT

Last race

1981 350cc British Grand Prix

First win

1973 250cc Isle of Man Lightweight TT

Last win

1975 350cc Isle of Man Junior TT

Championships

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
11	3	5	0	2	133

Charlie Williams (born 31 July 1950 in Kelsall, Cheshire) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1974 when he finished in tenth place in the 500cc world championship on a Yamaha motorcycle.^[1] Williams was an eight-time winner at the Isle of Man TT races, although only three of those victories counted towards the world championship.^[2] In 1980, he won the Formula II Class of the Formula TT world championship.

Since racing, Williams has remained a TT personality presenting the breakfast show every week day on Radio TT as well as joining the team for trackside commentary. He owns and has taken an active role in running the Chester store Everything But Bikes since retiring from TT racing.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1972	125cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM 2	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	12	15th	0
	250cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM 4	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	8	20th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	YUG -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	0	–	0
	500cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM 6	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	5	29th	0
1973	125cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM NC	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		0	–	0
	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -		IOM 1	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	TCH -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		15	16th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM NC	YUG -	NED -		CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		0	–	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -		IOM NC	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		0	–	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT -	IOM 1	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	TCH -	YUG -	ESP -		15	12th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	NED -		SWE -	FIN -		YUG -	ESP -		0	–	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM 2	NED 5	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	TCH -				18	10th	0
1975	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -		GER -	NAT -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	YUG -	0	–	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -		GER -	NAT -		IOM 1	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	TCH -	YUG -	15	14th	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -		AUT -	GER -	NAT -		IOM 7	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	TCH -		4	28th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -		NAT -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -		0	–	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED -			FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -		0	–	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -		IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GER -			0	–	0
1980	250cc	Yamaha	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR 9	CZE -	GER -				2	30th	0
1981	350cc	Yamaha	ARG -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	YUG -	NED -	GBR 5	CZE -						6	20th	0

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alan Jackson jr.	TT Formula Two World Champion 1980	Succeeded by Tony Rutter

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