John McPhee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
14 July 1994 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | British Talent Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John McPhee (born 14 July 1994) is a British Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He is also a former competitor of the British 125GP Championship, and the Spanish 125GP/Moto3 Championship.
McPhee was born in Oban.
For 2012, McPhee entered three rounds (5, 6 and 12) 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.