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 Patrick Pons (1978). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Patrick Noël Raymond Pons (1952-12-24)December 24, 1952 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 12, 1980(1980-08-12) (aged 27) Northampton, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Noël Raymond Pons1 (24 December 1952 in Paris - 12 August 1980 in Northampton) 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.2 Pons became the first Frenchman to win an F.I.M. world championship when he won the 1979 Formula 750 title.
In 1980, he won the prestigious Daytona 200.3 He died two days after suffering a racing accident at the 1980 British Grand Prix, having crashed and then hit by fellow Frenchman Michel Rougerie.45
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 |
References
References
- "Motorsport Memorial - Patrick Pons". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- "Patrick Pons career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- Daytona 200 winners at www.motorsportsetc.com Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Patrick Pons career profile at Motorsport Memorial
- "Motorcycle racer dies of injuries". Schenectady Gazette. August 13, 1980. p. 19.