French motorcycle racer
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Patrick Noël Raymond Pons (24 December 1952 in Paris - 10 August 1980) 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. 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. He was killed in a racing accident at the 1980 British Grand Prix.
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 |
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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※
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial - Patrick Pons". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Patrick Pons career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ 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.