Jean-Louis Tournadre

Nationality

French

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

1980 - 1986

First race

1980 350cc British Grand Prix

Last race

1986 250cc San Marino Grand Prix

First win

1982 250cc French Grand Prix

Last win

1982 250cc French Grand Prix

Championships

250cc - 1982

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
37	1	9	0	2	158

Jean-Louis Tournadre (born November 17, 1958) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He became France's first FIM road racing world champion when he clinched the 1982 250cc title aboard a Yamaha TZ250.^[1]

Despite only having one victory to his rival Anton Mang's five victories, Tournadre amassed enough podium results to win the championship by one point. His only victory came at the French Grand Prix held at Nogaro where most of the top riders, including Mang and Carlos Lavado, went on strike to protest the lack of safety at the circuit.^[2] In 1988, Tournadre competed in the Hockenheim round of the World Superbike Championship.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

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
1980	250cc	Yamaha	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE 10	GER -			1	32nd	0
1980	350cc	Rieju	NAT -		FRA -		NED -			GBR 9	CZE -	GER 8			5	20th	0
1981	250cc	Yamaha	ARG -	GER -	NAT -	FRA -	ESP -	NED -	BEL 6	RSM 6	GBR -	FIN 4	SWE 5	CZE 3	34	7th	0
1982	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 1	ESP 2	NAT 3	NED 2	BEL 6	YUG 3	GBR 3	SWE 4	FIN 7	CZE 2	RSM 2	GER 4	118	1st	1
1983	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	RSA NC	FRA NC	NAT NC	GER 14	ESP 11	AUT NC	YUG NC	NED -	BEL -	GBR NC	SWE NC		0	-	0
1986	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	ESP NC	NAT NC	GER NC	AUT NC	YUG NC	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR NC	SWE NC	RSM 16		0	-	0

References

^ Jean Louis Tournadre career statistics at MotoGP.com
^ 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. (1999)(1st Ed). Hazelton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-874557-83-7

Preceded by Anton Mang	250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1982	Succeeded by Carlos Lavado

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – B. Ruffo

1950 – D. Ambrosini
1951 – B. Ruffo
1952 – E. Lorenzetti
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – W. Haas
1955 – H. Müller
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – C. Sandford
1958 – T. Provini
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – M. Hailwood
1962 – J. Redman
1963 – J. Redman
1964 – P. Read
1965 – P. Read
1966 – M. Hailwood
1967 – M. Hailwood
1968 – P. Read
1969 – K. Carruthers

1970 – R. Gould
1971 – P. Read
1972 – J. Saarinen
1973 – D. Braun
1974 – W. Villa
1975 – W. Villa
1976 – W. Villa
1977 – M. Lega
1978 – K. Ballington
1979 – K. Ballington

1980 – A. Mang
1981 – A. Mang
1982 – J. Tournadre
1983 – C. Lavado
1984 – C. Sarron
1985 – F. Spencer
1986 – C. Lavado
1987 – A. Mang
1988 – S. Pons
1989 – S. Pons

1990 – J. Kocinski
1991 – L. Cadalora
1992 – L. Cadalora
1993 – T. Harada
1994 – M. Biaggi
1995 – M. Biaggi
1996 – M. Biaggi
1997 – M. Biaggi
1998 – L. Capirossi
1999 – V. Rossi

2000 – O. Jacque
2001 – D. Kato
2002 – M. Melandri
2003 – M. Poggiali
2004 – D. Pedrosa
2005 – D. Pedrosa
2006 – J. Lorenzo
2007 – J. Lorenzo
2008 – M. Simoncelli
2009 – H. Aoyama

2010 – T. Elías
2011 – S. Bradl

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Name	Tournadre, Jean-Louis
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Date of birth	November 17, 1958
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