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  1. Peter Williams (27 August 1939 – 20 December 2020) [2] was a British former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle road racing from 1966 to 1973. [3] He also competed at many levels on home short-circuit races. He raced many times on the Isle of Man TT course from 1966 to 1973.

    • 27 August 1939
    • British
    • 20 December 2020 (aged 81)
  2. Dec 23, 2020 · Updated: December 23, 2020. Peter Williams celebrating his win at the Isle of Man in 1973. Cycle World Archives. Peter Williams, designer of the celebrated monocoque Norton racebike, has...

  3. Dec 24, 2020 · Former racer and racing engineer Peter Williams has passed away, according to his friend, Team Obsolete owner Rob Iannucci.

  4. Dec 21, 2020 · Peter Williams, one of the great riders of the sixties and seventies, has died. He was 81. Peter was not only a brlliiant racer but a forward-thinking designer and engineer with considerable impact on the John Player Norton team with whom he enjoyed many successes including winning the F750 TT IN 1973. It was a career, and indeed a mission, he ...

  5. Britain’s Peter Williams, often acclaimed as the finest GP racer/engineer of modern times, passed away quietly on December 20 in his sleep, after a long illness. He was 81 years old. Read this exciting story from Bike SA February 2021.

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  7. Nov 18, 2021 · In December 2020, the motorcycle world lost one of the greatest GP racer/designer/engineers of all time, Peter Williams. The son of a respected TT racer, Peter trained as a draftsman and worked at a Ford car factory while beginning to race motorcycles in the early 1960s, competing in Gran Prix from 1966 to 1973.

  8. Jan 10, 2021 · Peter Williams: innovator, racer, gentleman…. 10th January 2021 Bertie Simmonds News, Sports Bikes. Peter Williams – who sadly passed away in December – was more than just a talented motorcycle racer: he was also an innovator whose influences can be seen on modern machines to this day. Williams will be forever linked to the John Player ...

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