Patrick Pons

Patrick Pons (24 December 1952 in Paris - 10 August 1980) was a French professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he finished in third place in the 250cc and the 350cc world championships.[1] Pons became the first Frenchman to win an F.I.M. world championship when he won the 1979 Formula 750 title.

Patrick Pons
Patrick Pons (1978).
NationalityFrench
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1973 - 1980
First race1973 250cc French Grand Prix
Last race1980 500cc British Grand Prix
Team(s)Gauloises-Yamaha
ChampionshipsFormula 750 - 1979
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
59 0 11 1 0 274

In 1980, he won the prestigious Daytona 200.[2] He was killed in a racing accident at the 1980 British Grand Prix.[3][4]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

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 Points Rank Wins
1973 250cc Yamaha FRA
9		 AUT
-		 GER
-		 IOM
-		 YUG
-		 NED
-		 BEL
6		 CZE
5		 SWE
7		 FIN
7		 ESP
-		 21 11th 0
350cc Yamaha FRA
-		 AUT
-		 GER
-		 NAT
-		 IOM
-		 YUG
-		 NED
-		 CZE
8		 SWE
8		 FIN
-		 ESP
3		 16 13th 0
1974 250cc Yamaha GER
-		 NAT
3		 IOM
-		 NED
4		 BEL
7		 SWE
3		 FIN
-		 CZE
5		 YUG
2		 ESP
-		 50 3rd 0
350cc Yamaha FRA
4		 GER
-		 AUT
4		 NAT
-		 IOM
-		 NED
3		 SWE
2		 FIN
10		 YUG
4		 ESP
-		 47 3rd 0
500cc Yamaha FRA
-		 GER
-		 AUT
-		 NAT
-		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
4		 SWE
-		 FIN
-		 CZE
-		 8 21st 0
1975 250cc Yamaha FRA
4		 ESP
2		 GER
5		 NAT
5		 IOM
-		 NED
7		 BEL
10		 SWE
7		 FIN
5		 CZE
5		 YUG
3		 48 5th 0
350cc Yamaha FRA
-		 ESP
-		 AUT
5		 GER
-		 NAT
3		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
3		 CZE
5		 YUG
-		 32 5th 0
500cc Yamaha FRA
5		 ESP
-		 AUT
-		 GER
-		 NAT
-		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
-		 CZE
-		 YUG
-		 6 20th 0
1976 250cc Yamaha FRA
7		 NAT
-		 YUG
10		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 SWE
10		 FIN
-		 CZE
-		 GER
-		 ESP
-		 6 22nd 0
350cc Yamaha FRA
Ret		 AUT
9		 NAT
-		 YUG
7		 IOM
-		 NED
2		 FIN
-		 CZE
-		 GER
-		 ESP
-		 18 14th 0
1977 250cc Yamaha VEN
-		 GER
-		 NAT
-		 ESP
-		 FRA
-		 YUG
10		 NED
12		 BEL
-		 SWE
13		 FIN
-		 CZE
-		 GBR
10		 2 33rd 0
350cc Yamaha VEN
-		 GER
-		 NAT
-		 ESP
5		 FRA
-		 YUG
-		 NED
10		 SWE
9		 FIN
5		 CZE
-		 GBR
-		 15 17th 0
1978 350cc Yamaha VEN
5		 AUT
-		 FRA
-		 NAT
-		 NED
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
-		 GBR
10		 GER
9		 CZE
-		 YUG
-		 9 17th 0
1979 350cc Yamaha VEN
10		 AUT
8		 GER
-		 NAT
-		 ESP
5		 YUG
9		 NED
-		 FIN
-		 GBR
-		 FRA
-		 CZE
-		 12 15th 0
1980 500cc Yamaha NAT
-		 ESP
-		 FRA
10		 NED
10		 BEL
8		 FIN
6		 GBR
-		 GER
-		 10 16th 0
gollark: What *should* I do, o great ble32Ait?
gollark: Well, this way is much more flexible and requires less work for me.
gollark: I can start signing the messages or something, but you know, performance penalty.
gollark: Skynet itself is a mEXT-like event relay.
gollark: If you actually *need* sender verification, that's out of scope and go stick some public key cryptography on your own relay.

References
  1. Patrick Pons career statistics at MotoGP.com
  2. Daytona 200 winners at www.motorsportsetc.com Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Patrick Pons career profile at Motorsport Memorial
  4. "Motorcycle racer dies of injuries". Schenectady Gazette. August 13, 1980. p. 19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.