Gianfranco Bonera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gianfranco Bonera (born on April 2, 1945 in Porpetto, Province of Udine) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he won the Nations Grand Prix and finished second to his MV Agusta team-mate, Phil Read, in the 500cc world championship.[1] He switched to the 250cc class in 1976, racing for the Harley Davidson factory racing team on Aermacchi machines rebadged after being purchased by the American firm. He won the 250cc Spanish Grand Prix and finished the season in third place behind his Harley Davidson team-mate, Walter Villa and Yamaha's Takazumi Katayama.
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 |
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1973 | 350cc | Harley Davidson | FRA - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED - |
CZE 4 |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ESP - |
8 | 23rd | 0 | ||
500cc | Harley Davidson | FRA - |
AUT - |
GER - |
IOM - |
YUG 3 |
NED - |
BEL - |
CZE - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ESP - |
10 | 19th | 0 | |||
1974 | 500cc | MV Agusta | FRA 3 |
GER - |
AUT 2 |
NAT 1 |
IOM - |
NED 4 |
BEL 10 |
SWE 4 |
FIN 2 |
CZE 2 |
69 | 2nd | 1 | |||
1975 | 500cc | MV Agusta | FRA - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED 6 |
BEL - |
SWE 4 |
FIN NC |
CZE - |
13 | 15th | 0 | |||
1976 | 250cc | Harley Davidson | FRA 2 |
NAT - |
YUG 7 |
IOM - |
NED 4 |
BEL 5 |
SWE 3 |
FIN 3 |
CZE 2 |
GER - |
ESP 1 |
61 | 3rd | 1 | ||
350cc | Harley Davidson | FRA - |
AUT 10 |
NAT - |
YUG - |
IOM - |
NED - |
FIN - |
CZE 7 |
GER 3 |
ESP - |
15 | 15th | 0 | ||||
1977 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN - |
AUT - |
GER 12 |
NAT - |
FRA 4 |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE 6 |
FIN 3 |
CZE 5 |
GBR 4 |
37 | 7th | 0 | ||
1978 | 350cc | Yamaha | VEN 8 |
AUT 10 |
FRA - |
NAT - |
NED 2 |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR 5 |
GER 8 |
CZE - |
YUG 2 |
37 | 7th | 0 | ||
500cc | Suzuki | VEN - |
ESP - |
AUT 9 |
FRA - |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR - |
GER 12 |
2 | 26th | 0 | |||
1979 | 350cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
YUG 10 |
NED 10 |
FIN - |
GBR - |
CZE - |
FRA - |
2 | 36th | 0 | ||
1980 | 500cc | Yamaha | NAT 12 |
ESP - |
FRA - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FIN - |
GBR - |
GER - |
0 | - | 0 |