Jeremy McWilliams

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Jeremy McWilliams

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Nationality

British

Date of birth

April 4, 1964 (age 44)

Place of birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Career Statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years		1993-1996, 2000, 2002-2005, 2007
Manufacturers		Yamaha, Aprilia, Team KR, Ilmor
Championships		0
Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. Laps	Points
119	0	2	2	0	0
250cc World Championship
Active years		1997-1999, 2001
Manufacturers		Honda, TSR, Aprilia
Championships		0
Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. Laps	Points
58	0	4	1	0	0

Jeremy McWilliams (born 4 April 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), is a former motorcycle road racer. As of the end of the 2007 season, he remains the only British rider to win a race or pole in an FIM MotoGP World Championship class in the 2000s.

For 2007, he was to race in the MotoGP series for the Ilmor team,^[1] despite a heavy crash in testing in late 2006.^[2] He had to miss the first race of the season in Qatar, due to another crash, near the end of the Losail International Circuit. After this round the team suspended its racing operations and has not returned. He is currently involved in development work for motorcycle and tyre manufacturers and also in coaching young riders through his Masterclass race schools.

[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Podiums	Pole	Pts	Position
1993	500cc	Yamaha	13	0	0	0	17	22nd
1994	500cc	Yamaha	14	0	0	0	49	12th
1995	500cc	Yamaha	12	0	0	0	20	19th
1996	500cc	ROC Yamaha	15	0	0	0	26	16th
1997	250cc	Honda	14	0	0	0	73	10th
1998	250cc	TSR	14	0	1	0	87	9th
1999	250cc	Aprilia	14	0	1	1	83	10th
2000	500cc	Aprilia	16	0	2	1	76	14th
2001	250cc	Aprilia	16	1	2	0	141	6th
2002	Moto GP	Proton	16	0	0	1	59	14th
2003	Moto GP	Proton	16	0	0	0	27	18th
2004	Moto GP	Aprilia	15	0	0	0	26	19th
2005	Moto GP	Proton	1	0	0	0	-	-
2007	Moto GP	Ilmor	0	0	0	0	-	-
Total			176	1	6	3	684