Jack Brett

Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Brett was born in Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, Northern England. He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1949 to 1960. He won his only world championship race in the 500cc class at the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, riding an AJS. Brett completed the first-ever 100 mph lap of the North West 200 circuit in 1957.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Rank Wins 1949 350cc Norton IOM42 SUI- NED- BEL- ULS- 0 – 0 500cc Norton IOM30 SUI- NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1950 350cc Norton IOM15 BEL- NED- SUI- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Norton IOM9 BEL- NED- SUI- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1951 350cc Norton ESP- SUI- IOM3 BEL- NED- FRA2 ULS6 NAT3 15 5th 0 500cc Norton ESP- SUI- IOMNC BELNC NED5 FRA6 ULS- NAT- 3 18th 0 1952 350cc AJS SUI4 IOMNC NED6 BEL4 GER- ULS4 NAT4 12 6th 0 500cc AJS SUI1 IOMNC NED9 BEL4 GER- ULS4 NAT7 ESP- 14 5th 1 1953 350cc Norton IOM4 NED4 BEL4 GER- FRA- ULS- SUI4 NAT- 12 5th 0 500cc Norton IOM2 NED5 BEL- GER- FRA6 ULS3 SUI- NAT- ESP- 13 6th 0 1954 350cc Norton FRA- IOMNC ULS2 BEL- NED- GER3 SUI4 NAT6 ESP- 14 6th 0 500cc Norton FRA- IOM3 ULS- BEL- NED- GER6 SUI4 NAT- ESP- 8 9th 0 1955 350cc Norton FRA- IOMNC GER- BEL- NED- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Norton ESP- FRA- IOM4 GER- BEL- NED- ULS- NAT- 3 16th 0 1956 350cc Norton IOMNC NED- BEL- GER- ULS4 NAT- 3 12th 0 500cc Norton IOM3 NED- BEL- GER- ULS6 NAT- 5 11th 0 1957 350cc Norton GER- IOMNC NED4 BEL- ULS- NAT- 3 10th 0 500cc Norton GER- IOMNC NED4 BEL2 ULS- NAT- 9 5th 0 1958 350cc Norton IOMNC NED- BEL- GER- SWE- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1959 500cc Norton FRA- IOMNC GER- NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1960 350cc Norton FRA- IOM17 NED- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Norton FRA- IOM23 NED- BEL- GER- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0