Quick Facts
Biography
Ginger Molloy (born 25 December 1937) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. He competed from 1965 to 1970 in the Grand Prix world championship. He won his only world championship race in the 250cc class at the 1966 250cc Ulster Grand Prix, riding a Bultaco. His best season was in 1970 when he finished second to Giacomo Agostini in the 500cc world championship.
Growing up in Huntly, Molloy played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Hugh Anderson. Molloy represented New Zealand schoolboys in rugby league before travelling to Europe in 1963.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1969 onwards:
| 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; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 125cc | Bultaco | USA - | GER - | ESP - | FRA - | IOM - | NED - | DDR - | CZE - | ULS - | FIN - | NAT 6 | JPN - | 1 | 24th | 0 | |
| 250cc | Bultaco | USA - | GER - | ESP - | FRA - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | ULS 6 | FIN - | NAT 4 | JPN - | 4 | 20th | 0 | |
| 1966 | 250cc | Bultaco | ESP - | GER - | FRA - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS 1 | IOM - | NAT - | JPN - | 8 | 10th | 1 | |
| 1967 | 125cc | Bultaco | ESP - | GER - | FRA - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS 6 | NAT - | CAN - | JPN - | 1 | 28th | 0 |
| 250cc | Bultaco | ESP 4 | GER - | FRA - | IOM - | NED 6 | BEL 5 | DDR 5 | CZE - | FIN - | ULS - | NAT 6 | CAN - | JPN - | 9 | 7th | 0 | |
| 1968 | 125cc | Bultaco | GER - | ESP 2 | IOM - | NED 2 | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS 4 | NAT - | 15 | 3rd | 0 | ||||
| 250cc | Bultaco | GER 2 | ESP 3 | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR 5 | CZE 6 | FIN 4 | ULS 4 | NAT - | 19 | 5th | 0 | ||||
| 350cc | Bultaco | GER 4 | IOM - | NED 2 | DDR 4 | CZE - | ULS - | NAT - | 12 | 5th | 0 | |||||||
| 1969 | 125cc | Bultaco | ESP 7 | GER - | FRA 3 | IOM - | NED 4 | BEL - | DDR - | CZE 8 | FIN - | NAT 7 | YUG - | 29 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 350cc | Bultaco | ESP 4 | GER - | IOM - | NED - | DDR - | CZE 10 | FIN - | ULS - | NAT 8 | YUG - | 12 | 16th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Bultaco | ESP 3 | GER - | FRA - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS - | NAT - | YUG - | 10 | 26th | 0 | ||
| 1970 | 250cc | Yamaha | GER - | FRA - | YUG - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS - | NAT - | ESP 2 | 12 | 19th | 0 | |
| 500cc | Kawasaki | GER 5 | FRA 2 | YUG 7 | IOM - | NED 4 | BEL - | DDR - | FIN 2 | ULS 2 | NAT 6 | ESP 2 | 62 | 2nd | 0 |