Sito Pons
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Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alfonso Pons Ezquerra 9 November 1959 Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfonso Pons Ezquerra (Barcelona 9 November 1959), better known as Sito Pons, is a Spanish former professional
After retiring from competition, Pons created the
MotoGP, which had as its riders the likes of Loris Capirossi, Alex Barros, Max Biaggi and Troy Bayliss.[2] He was forced to disband the team before the 2006
season due to a lack of funding.
Pons also turned to auto racing, fielding a team in the
2004 championship with driver Heikki Kovalainen. Pons returned to motorcycle racing in the 2010 Moto2 championship, fielding riders Sergio Gadea and his son, Axel Pons
.
In 1990 he was awarded the
Prince of Asturias Award for his achievements in sports.[2]
Personal life
Pons is the father of Axel and Edgar Pons.[3]
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 |
Points system from 1988 to 1991:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 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 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1981 | 250cc | Siroko-Rotax | ARG - |
GER - |
NAT - |
FRA - |
ESP - |
NED - |
BEL 7 |
RSM - |
GBR - |
FIN - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
4 | 28th | 0 | |||
1982 | 250cc | Cobas-Rotax | FRA - |
ESP - |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
YUG - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
FIN 3 |
CZE 4 |
RSM - |
GER - |
18 | 15th | 0 | |||
1983 | 250cc | Cobas-Rotax | RSA 15 |
FRA 13 |
NAT NC |
GER 9 |
ESP 4 |
AUT NC |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
10 | 18th | 0 | ||||
1984 | 250cc | JJ Cobas | RSA 3 |
NAT NC |
ESP 1 |
AUT 3 |
GER NC |
FRA NC |
YUG 5 |
NED 15 |
BEL 2 |
GBR 6 |
SWE 9 |
RSM 5 |
66 | 4th | 1 | |||
1985 | 500cc | HB-Suzuki | RSA 8 |
ESP 9 |
GER 9 |
NAT NC |
AUT NC |
YUG 11 |
NED NC |
BEL 15 |
FRA 7 |
GBR NC |
SWE NC |
RSM 11 |
11 | 13th | 0 | |||
1986 | 250cc | Campsa-Honda | ESP 3 |
NAT 5 |
GER NC |
AUT 5 |
YUG 1 |
NED 3 |
BEL 1 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 3 |
SWE 2 |
RSM 2 |
108 | 2nd | 2 | ||||
1987 | 250cc | Campsa-Honda | JPN 2 |
ESP 9 |
GER 7 |
NAT 5 |
AUT 4 |
YUG 8 |
NED 3 |
FRA 4 |
GBR 7 |
SWE NC |
CZE 4 |
RSM 3 |
POR 5 |
BRA 2 |
ARG 1 |
108 | 3rd | 1 |
1988 | 250cc | Campsa-Honda | JPN 2 |
USA 2 |
ESP 1 |
EXP NC |
NAT 2 |
GER 2 |
AUT 5 |
NED 6 |
BEL 1 |
YUG 1 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 4 |
SWE 1 |
CZE 2 |
BRA 3 |
231 | 1st
|
4 |
1989 | 250cc | Campsa-Honda | JPN 2 |
AUS 1 |
USA 4 |
ESP 2 |
NAT 1 |
GER 1 |
AUT 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED 2 |
BEL 2 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 1 |
SWE 1 |
CZE 4 |
BRA 4 |
262 | 1st
|
7 |
1990 | 500cc | Campsa-Honda | JPN 5 |
USA NC |
ESP 6 |
NAT 6 |
GER 5 |
AUT 6 |
YUG NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE 7 |
HUN 10 |
AUS 7 |
76 | 10th | 0 |
1991 | 500cc | Campsa-Honda | JPN 8 |
AUS NC |
USA NC |
ESP - |
ITA - |
GER - |
AUT - |
EUR 11 |
NED 10 |
FRA 9 |
GBR NC |
RSM NC |
CZE 9 |
VDM 9 |
MAL NC |
40 | 14th | 0 |
References
- ^ Sito Pons career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ a b www.ponsracing.com
- ^ "Edgar Pons y su salto a Moto2: "El apellido siempre pesa, pero el Mundial es mi sitio"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.