Charlie Williams

Charlie Williams (born 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. Williams was a nine-time winner at the Isle of Man TT races, although only three of those victories counted towards the world championship. 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 Wins1972 125cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM2 YUG- NED- BEL- DDR- TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 12 15th 0 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM4 YUG- NED- BEL- DDR- TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 8 20th 0 350cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOMNC YUG- NED- DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM6 YUG- NED- BEL- DDR- TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 5 29th 01973 125cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER- NAT- IOMNC YUG- NED- BEL- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 0 – 0 250cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER- IOM1 YUG- NED- BEL- TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 15 16th 1 350cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER- NAT- IOMNC YUG- NED- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER- IOMNC YUG- NED- BEL- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 0 – 01974 250cc Yamaha GER- NAT- IOM1 NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- TCH- YUG- ESP- 15 12th 1 350cc Yamaha FRA- GER- AUT- NAT- IOMNC NED- SWE- FIN- YUG- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc Yamaha FRA- GER- AUT- NAT- IOM2 NED5 BEL- SWE- FIN- TCH- 18 10th 01975 250cc Yamaha FRA- ESP- GER- NAT- IOMNC NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- YUG- 0 – 0 350cc Yamaha FRA- ESP- GER- NAT- IOM1 NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- TCH- YUG- 15 14th 1 500cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER- NAT- IOM7 NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- TCH- 4 28th 01976 250cc Yamaha FRA- NAT- YUG- IOMNC NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- GER- ESP- 0 – 0 350cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- NAT- YUG- IOMNC NED- FIN- CZE- GER- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- NAT- IOMNC NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- GER- 0 – 0 1980 250cc Yamaha NAT- ESP- FRA- YUG- NED- BEL- FIN- GBR9 CZE- GER- 2 30th 0 1981 350cc Yamaha ARG- AUT- GER- NAT- YUG- NED- GBR5 CZE- 6 20th 0