Patrick Pons

Nationality

French

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

1973 - 1980

First race

1973 250cc French Grand Prix

Last race

1980 500cc British Grand Prix

Team(s)

Gauloises-Yamaha

Championships

Formula 750 - 1979

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
59	0	11	1	0	274

Patrick Pons (December 24, 1952 in Paris - August 10, 1980) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. 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.^[2] In 1980, he won the prestigious Daytona 200.^[3] He was killed in 1980 at the British Grand Prix.^[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
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 9	AUT -	GER -		IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 6	CZE 5	SWE 7	FIN 7	ESP -	21	11th
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -		CZE 8	SWE 8	FIN -	ESP 3	16	13th
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT 3	IOM -	NED 4	BEL 7	SWE 3	FIN -	CZE 5	YUG 2	ESP -	50	3rd
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 4	GER -	AUT 4	NAT -	IOM -	NED 3		SWE 2	FIN 10		YUG 4	ESP -	47	3rd
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -			8	21st
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
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT 5	GER -	NAT 3	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 3	CZE 5	YUG -	32	5th
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 5	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	YUG -	6	20th
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 7		NAT -	YUG 10	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 10	FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -	6	22nd
1976	350cc	Yamaha	FRA Ret	AUT 9	NAT -	YUG 7	IOM -	NED 2			FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -	18	14th
1977	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG 10	NED 12	BEL -	SWE 13	FIN -	CZE -	GBR 10	2	33rd
1977	350cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT -	ESP 5	FRA -	YUG -	NED 10		SWE 9	FIN 5	CZE -	GBR -	15	17th
1978	350cc	Yamaha	VEN 5	AUT -	FRA -	NAT -	NED -		SWE -	FIN -	GBR 10	GER 9	CZE -	YUG -	9	17th
1979	350cc	Yamaha	VEN 10	AUT 8	GER -	NAT -	ESP 5	YUG 9	NED -	FIN -	GBR -	FRA -	CZE -		12	15th
1980	500cc	Yamaha	NAT -	ESP -	FRA 10	NED 10	BEL 8	FIN 6	GBR -	GER -					10	16th

References

External links

Patrick Pons at Find a Grave

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Name	Pons, Patrick
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Date of birth	December 24, 1952
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Date of death	August 10, 1980
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