John McPhee (motorcyclist)

John McPhee (born 14 July 1994) is a Scottish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for in the World Supersport Championship for Vince64 by Puccetti Racing.

John McPhee
McPhee in 2019
Nationality	Scottish
Born	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Current team	Vince64 by Pucetti Racing
Website	John McPhee
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2021 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2021 championship position 37th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2022 Manufacturers KRP Honda, FTR Honda, Honda, Peugeot, KTM, Husqvarna Championships 0 2022 championship position 11th (102 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 179 4 16 5 4 917 125cc World Championship Active years 2010–2011 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia Championships 0 2011 championship position 31st (3 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 3 Supersport World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Kawasaki, Ducati Championships 0 2023 championship position 16th (55 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 22 0 1 0 0 55

Previously he raced in the 2022 Moto3 World Championship for Max Biaggi's Sterilgarda Husqvarna team. McPhee is also a former competitor of the British 125GP Championship, and the Spanish 125GP/Moto3 Championship.

Career

Early life

McPhee was born in Oban, Scotland.

Moto3 World Championship

Caretta Technology (2012)

Making his Grand Prix debut in 2012, McPhee entered three rounds, Catalunya, Silverstone, and Brno, as a wildcard rider with the Racing Steps Foundation KRP Honda, fitted with a Honda NSF250R engine. For the final five races, he raced with Caretta Technology, replacing Alexis Masbou who broke his leg in a testing accident. McPhee scored one point in Brno, and earned himself a full-time ride for 2013.

Caretta Technology RTG (2013)

McPhee signed with Caretta Technology RTG for the 2013 season, replacing the Moto2 bound Louis Rossi. He partnered Jack Miller, and was outmatched throughout the whole year. Miller finished in 7th, McPhee finished in 19th, with five point scoring finishes, a season's best of 7th in Japan, and 24 points total.

SaxoPrint-RTG (2014–2015)

Staying with the re-branded SaxoPrint-RTG Honda team for the 2014 season, this time partnered by Efrén Vázquez, McPhee improved, and was a regular points finisher. He scored points in 11 of the 18 rounds that year, with a 4th place in Japan, and 5th in Australia on consecutive weekends being the highlight of the season. McPhee finished 13th in the rider's championship, with 77 points total.

In 2015, McPhee stayed with the Saxoprint RTG team, and was joined by Alexis Masbou. McPhee started the season well, with a 5th place in Qatar, and a 6th place in Austin. The real breakthrough came in round 10, when he took his first podium 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.

Peugeot MC Saxoprint (2016)

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, and 6th in Germany, before the race in Brno, where he took the lead after championship leader Brad Binder had crashed out, and despite almost highsiding 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 a 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. He finished the season 22nd in the standings, with 48 total points.

British Talent Team (2017)

McPhee had a successful 2017 riding for the new British Talent Team, starting off with two straight 2nd places in Qatar and Argentina, where he also earned pole position. McPhee scored a 3rd place in Assen later in the year, and ultimately finished the season 7th in the standings, with 131 points.

CIP Green Power (2018)

Following the surprise withdrawal of the British Talent Team from the world championship to focus on junior racing, McPhee spent the 2018 season riding a KTM for the CIP Green Power team. Although he occasionally ran at the front of the pack, including a 4th in Barcelona, a 3rd in Germany, a 5th in Japan, and a 3rd in the season closer at Valencia, the team struggled with a lack of funds, and McPhee regressed back to 12th in the standings, collecting 78 points during the campaign.

Petronas Sprinta Racing (2019–2021)

For 2019 McPhee joined the Petronas Sprinta Racing team, and on a competitive bike, he rediscovered his 2017 form. His season high point came at the French Grand Prix, where from pole position he out duelled eventual world champion Lorenzo Dalla Porta to pick up his second career win. McPhee also had a 2nd place in San Marino, and a 3rd place in Austria, ending the season in a career best 5th place in the championship.

Despite some speculation about moving up to Moto2, he remained with the team for 2020. The season started well with a 2nd place in Qatar, a 2nd place in Jerez, a 3rd place in Austria, and coming back from 17th on the grid at Misano to claim his third career win, moving him into championship contention. However his form dipped in the second half of the season, and he wound up 7th in the final standings, with 131 points.

The 2021 campaign would start horribly for McPhee and Petronas Racing, as he retired from the first four races of the year, two unfortunate crashes which caught McPhee through no fault of his own, and two unforced individual errors from the Scot. He grabbed a 3rd place finish for his only podium of the year in Austin, but otherwise capped off a disappointing season, down in 13th in the standings, with only 77 points.

Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (2022)

Following Petronas Racing leaving Moto3, McPhee moved to Max Biaggi's Sterilgarda Husqvarna team, replacing Romano Fenati, who moved up to Moto2. The season started well for McPhee, with a 5th place finish in Qatar.

Moto2 World Championship

Petronas Sprinta Racing (2021)

Franco Morbidelli was unable to ride in the 2021 British motorcycle Grand Prix due to injury, and Brit Jake Dixon was given the opportunity to move up to MotoGP for his home race. McPhee rode Jake Dixon's Moto2 machine at Aragon and finished 20th from the 21 riders that finished the race.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2012	KRP Honda	JER 3	NAV 3	ARA 9	CAT Ret	ALB1 6	ALB2 5	VAL Ret						7th	60
2014	Honda	JER1	JER2	LMS	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	NAV	ALG	VAL1 Ret	VAL1 3		20th	16
2016	Peugeot	VAL1	VAL2	LMS	ARA	CAT1 11	CAT2 9	ALB	ALG	JER1	JER2	VAL1	VAL2	23rd	12

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	125cc	Honda	KRP Bradley Smith Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	125cc	Aprilia	Racing Steps Foundation KRP	3	0	0	0	0	3	31st
2012	Moto3	KRP Honda	Caretta Technology	8	0	0	0	0	1	37th
			Racing Steps Foundation KRP
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	Caretta Technology RTG	17	0	0	0	0	24	19th
2014	Moto3	Honda	SaxoPrint-RTG	18	0	0	0	1	77	13th
2015	Moto3	Honda	SAXOPRINT-RTG	18	0	1	1	0	92	11th
2016	Moto3	Peugeot	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	16	1	1	0	0	48	22nd
2017	Moto3	Honda	British Talent Team	18	0	3	1	0	131	7th
2018	Moto3	KTM	CIP Green Power	18	0	2	0	0	78	12th
2019	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	19	1	3	2	1	156	5th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	15	1	4	1	0	131	7th
2021	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	17	0	1	0	0	77	13th
	Moto2	Kalex		1	0	0	0	0	0	37th
2022	Moto3	Husqvarna	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	15	1	1	0	2	102	11th
Total				184	4	16	5	4	920

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2010–2011	2010 Valencia			4	0	0	0	0	3	0
Moto3	2012–2022	2012 Catalunya	2015 Indianapolis	2016 Czech Republic	179	4	16	5	4	917	0
Moto2	2021	2021 Aragon			1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2010–2022				184	4	16	5	4	920	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2010	125cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL 22				NC	0
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT 26	GBR 15	NED	ITA	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 14				31st	3
2012	Moto3	KRP Honda	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT 19	GBR 28	NED	GER	ITA	INP	CZE 15	RSM	ARA 22	JPN 21	MAL 22	AUS 19	VAL Ret				37th	1
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	QAT Ret	AME 21	SPA 11	FRA 11	ITA 16	CAT 19	NED 21	GER 23	INP 20	CZE 13	GBR 14	RSM 20	ARA 23	MAL 17	AUS 17	JPN 7	VAL Ret				19th	24
2014	Moto3	Honda	QAT 11	AME 9	ARG Ret	SPA 13	FRA 8	ITA Ret	CAT 9	NED 10	GER 7	INP Ret	CZE Ret	GBR 11	RSM 13	ARA Ret	JPN 4	AUS 5	MAL Ret	VAL 17			13th	77
2015	Moto3	Honda	QAT 5	AME 6	ARG 15	SPA 10	FRA 17	ITA 20	CAT Ret	NED 10	GER 17	INP 2	CZE 10	GBR 6	RSM 19	ARA 17	JPN 9	AUS Ret	MAL 10	VAL 7			11th	92
2016	Moto3	Peugeot	QAT 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			22nd	48
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 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			7th	131
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT 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		12th	78
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT 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		5th	156
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 2	SPA Ret	ANC 2	CZE 5	AUT 3	STY Ret	RSM 1	EMI 10	CAT Ret	FRA Ret	ARA 5	TER 6	EUR Ret	VAL 11	POR 9						7th	131
2021	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	DOH Ret	POR 23	SPA Ret	FRA 4	ITA 7	CAT Ret	GER 11	NED 6	STY 13	AUT 7	GBR 12		RSM 13	AME 3	EMI Ret	ALR Ret	VAL 11			13th	77
	Moto2	Kalex													ARA 20								37th	0
2022	Moto3	Husqvarna	QAT 5	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA 12	ITA Ret	CAT 7	GER 19	NED Ret	GBR 7	AUT 9	RSM 9	ARA 10	JPN 7	THA Ret	AUS 6	MAL 1	VAL 11	11th	102

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Pts
2023	Kawasaki	AUS 3	AUS 12	INA 10	INA 11	NED Ret	NED 17	SPA 19	SPA Ret	EMI 19	EMI 19	GBR 20	GBR 18	ITA Ret	ITA 14	CZE 19	CZE 4	FRA 15	FRA 19	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	16th	55
	Ducati	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	SPA Ret	SPA 13	POR 13	POR 14	JER	JER

* Season still in progress.

External links

• John McPhee at MotoGP.com
• John McPhee at WorldSBK.com
• John McPhee at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Official website