Franco Bonera

Gianfranco Bonera

Nationality

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Active years

First race

Last race

First win

Last win

Team(s)

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
38	2	15	1	4	254

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.

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	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1973	350cc	Harley Davidson	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -		CZE 4	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		8	23rd	0
1973	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
1976	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
1978	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