Peter Graves (motorcycle racer)

Peter Allan Graves (born 6 June 1966 in Hampstead, London, UK), is a former British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Early life

He attended Hampton School before starting a racing career which spanned the years from 1984 to 1999.

Racing series including the Grand Prix world championship in 1992 riding a Harris-Yamaha. He competed in the 1994 Endurance World Championship for team Phase One Endurance at Spa-Francorchamps, and for several years the British Superbike Championship. He was winner of a number of British Championship events.

In July 1997 Graves was diagnosed with Leukaemia and sat out the remainder of the racing season while undergoing Chemotherapy at Cheltenham General Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital. In 1998 he returned to the British Superbike Championship and won the 'Privateers Cup' on his first race back at Brands Hatch.^[1]

Points system in 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

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

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1989	500cc	Honda	RS500	JPN -	AUS -	USA -	ESP -	NAT -	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR 23	SWE -	CZE -	BRA -	0	-	0
1992	500cc	Peter Graves Racing-Yamaha^[3]	Harris-YZR500	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	ESP -	ITA 22	EUR -	GER 21	NED 19	HUN 18	FR 16	GBR 14	BRA 23	SA 22			0	-	0

In the 1993 as well as racing a Ducati 888 in British Superbike he fielded a team in the Grand Prix for riders Simon Crafar and David Jefferies.

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