Aboard a Honda RC162, Jim Redman wins the 1962 250cc French Grand Prix ahead of Bob McIntyre and Tom Phillis.
Before there was Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene or Valentino Rossi, there was Jim Redman. The man who helped to guide Honda in to Grand Prix racing.
Our Jim emigrated to Rhodesia when he was 20 where he met up with John Love, who was changing from motorcycle racing to single-seat cars. Redman jumped at the chance to help Love prepare and maintain his Cooper F3 with a Manx Norton 500cc engine. In return for his mechanical assistance, Love offered Redman his Triumph Grand Prix twin for his first race. He finished seventh but, he knew he this was his calling.
Jim would go on to claim four consecutive 350cc World Championships from 1962 to 1965. In 1962 and 1963 he achieved double championships, winning both the 250cc and 350cc World Championships. In 1964, he became the first rider in history to claim three Grand Prix victories in one day.
Redman was also a six-time Isle of Man TT winner, taking double wins in 1963, 1964 and 1965 in the Lightweight & Junior TT Races. In total he achieved 45 Grand Prix victories.