John McPhee (motorcyclist)


John McPhee is a Scottish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He is also a former competitor of the British 125GP Championship, and the Spanish 125GP/Moto3 Championship.

Career

Early life

McPhee was born in Oban.

Moto3 World Championship

For 2012, McPhee entered three rounds as a wildcard rider with the Racing Steps Foundation KRP Honda. For Round 14 onwards he raced with Caretta Technology replacing Alexis Masbou who broke his leg in a testing accident. McPhee raced his KRP Honda chassis with the Honda NSF250R engine fitted.
McPhee signed for Racing Team Germany for the 2013 season, replacing the Moto2 bound Louis Rossi. McPhee finished 19th and 13th in his first two seasons with the team. In 2015, McPhee took his first podium finish with a second place at Indianapolis; in a wet-to-dry race, McPhee pitted at the end of the formation lap for slick tyres, and finished almost 40 seconds behind race winner Livio Loi, who had started on slicks.
In 2016 McPhee had a difficult year on the team's new Peugeot bike, which proved uncompetitive in the dry. However the Scot had several good results in wet conditions; 7th in Argentina, 6th in Germany. Then in the Czech Republic he took the lead when championship leader Brad Binder crashed out, and despite a big moment on the penultimate lap held on for his first ever Grand Prix victory.
Later in the year in Australia, McPhee was running in third place when he lost the front at Lukey Heights on lap 6, and was run over by Andrea Migno and Enea Bastianini who were running right behind him. The race was red flagged and John was taken to hospital in Melbourne, where he was diagnosed with concussion, a broken thumb and a punctured lung. The injuries meant McPhee spent nearly 2 months in Australia before he was able to fly home to Scotland.
McPhee had a successful 2017 riding for the new British Talent Team, which included 3 podium finishes and a pole position in Argentina. He ultimately finished the season 7th in the standings.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
125ccHondaQATSPAFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERCZEINDRSMARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL
22		NC0
125ccApriliaQATSPAPORFRACAT
26		GBR
15		NEDITAGERCZEINDRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
14		31st3
Moto3KRP HondaQATSPAPORFRACAT
19		GBR
28		NEDGERITAINDCZE
15		RSMARA
22		JPN
21		MAL
22		AUS
19		VAL
Ret		37th1
Moto3FTR HondaQAT
Ret		AME
21		SPA
11		FRA
11		ITA
16		CAT
19		NED
21		GER
23		IND
20		CZE
13		GBR
14		RSM
20		ARA
23		MAL
17		AUS
17		JPN
7		VAL
Ret		19th24
2014Moto3HondaQAT
11		AME
9		ARG
Ret		SPA
13		FRA
8		ITA
Ret		CAT
9		NED
10		GER
7		IND
Ret		CZE
Ret		GBR
11		RSM
13		ARA
Ret		JPN
4		AUS
5		MAL
Ret		VAL
17		13th77
2015Moto3HondaQAT
5		AME
6		ARG
15		SPA
10		FRA
17		ITA
20		CAT
Ret		NED
10		GER
17		IND
2		CZE
10		GBR
6		RSM
19		ARA
17		JPN
9		AUS
Ret		MAL
10		VAL
7		11th92
2016Moto3PeugeotQAT
27		ARG
7		AME
21		SPA
Ret		FRA
20		ITA
23		CAT
15		NED
16		GER
6		AUT
24		CZE
1		GBR
17		RSM
20		ARA
13		JPN
Ret		AUS
Ret		MAL
VAL
22nd48
2017Moto3HondaQAT
2		ARG
2		AME
7		SPA
Ret		FRA
12		ITA
6		CAT
12		NED
3		GER
Ret		CZE
6		AUT
Ret		GBR
13		RSM
Ret		ARA
6		JPN
10		AUS
Ret		MAL
5		VAL
8		7th131
2018Moto3KTMQAT
Ret		ARG
17		AME
14		SPA
Ret		FRA
12		ITA
12		CAT
4		NED
Ret		GER
3		CZE
Ret		AUT
12		GBR
C		RSM
Ret		ARA
10		THA
Ret		JPN
5		AUS
14		MAL
Ret		VAL
3		12th78
2019Moto3HondaQAT
13		ARG
21		AME
14		SPA
12		FRA
1		ITA
6		CAT
13		NED
5		GER
6		CZE
Ret		AUT
3		GBR
7		RSM
2		ARA
4		THA
Ret		JPN
6		AUS
5		MAL
7		VAL
Ret		5th156
2020Moto3HondaQAT
2		SPA
Ret		ANC
2		CZE
AUT
STY
RSM
EMI
CAT
FRA
ARA
TER
EUR
VAL
3rd*40*

* Season still in progress.