Xavier Pons
Swedish Rally | |
| Last rally | 2014 Rally Catalunya |
|---|---|
Xavier "Xevi" Pons Puigdillers[a] (born 21 January 1980) is a Spanish rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2003 to 2014.
Career
Pons started his racing career on
World Enduro Championship
.
In 2002, Pons switched to
Junior World Rally Championship and the Production World Rally Championship. In the production car championship, he took two wins and finished fourth overall in the standings. In the junior class, he was ninth overall, with best placement being third at the Acropolis Rally. He also scored his first points in the World Rally Championship by finishing sixth at the Rally Australia.[1]
Pons'
Rally Catalunya
. Seven points resulted in a 16th place in the overall championship.
For the
Wales Rally Great Britain
. With 32 points, he placed seventh overall in the championship.
Pons' best result in a world rally remains fourth, which he has achieved five times: In 2005 at the
After failing to land a drive in a competitive team for the
2008 with an option for Subaru to keep his services in 2009.[4]
Despite this, Pons never did return to the Subaru for 2008. Instead, he competed on Spanish national rallies.
In
2010, Pons returned to the WRC in the newly formed SWRC class, driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 for the Nupel Global Racing team.[5]
He won his debut S2000 event in Rally Mexico.[6] Pons also won second S2000 event in row by winning in Jordania.[7] In both occasions, he also finished on WRC points. Pons finally won the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in 2010.[8]
Complete WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003
|
Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
|
MON | SWE 52 |
TUR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | GER | NC | 0 | ||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII
|
FIN Ret |
AUS | ITA | FRA Ret |
ESP 15 |
GBR 22 |
||||||||||||||
2004
|
Xavier Pons | Fiat Punto S1600 | MON Ret |
CYP | GRE 16 |
TUR Ret |
FIN 28 |
JPN | GBR 24 |
ITA Ret |
19th | 3 | ||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII
|
SWE 42 |
MEX 16 |
NZL 16 |
ARG Ret |
FRA 12 |
|||||||||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII
|
GER 15 |
AUS 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Renault Clio S1600 | ESP Ret |
|||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
Xavier Pons | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON Ret |
MEX 10 |
ITA Ret |
JPN | 15th | 7 | ||||||||||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII
|
SWE 38 |
NZL 13 |
CYP 38 |
TUR 17 |
||||||||||||||||
| OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | GRC 10 |
ARG 10 |
FIN 12 |
GER 9 |
GBR 11 |
FRA 7 |
ESP 4 |
AUS Ret | |||||||||||
2006
|
Kronos Total Citroën WRT
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | MON 9 |
SWE 7 |
MEX Ret |
ESP Ret |
FRA 6 |
ARG 17 |
ITA 4 |
GRE 8 |
GER 14 |
FIN Ret |
JPN | CYP 7 |
TUR 4 |
AUS 4 |
NZL 4 |
GBR 5 |
7th | 32 |
2007
|
Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports
|
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 | MON 25 |
SWE Ret |
NOR 16 |
MEX | POR
|
ARG | ITA | GRE | 16th | 4 | ||||||||
| Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 | FIN 6 |
GER 18 |
NZL Ret |
ESP 9 |
FRA 8 |
JPN 35 |
IRE Ret |
GBR 9 | |||||||||||
2010
|
Nupel Global Racing | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE | MEX 8 |
JOR 10 |
TUR | NZL 10 |
POR 12 |
BUL | FIN | GER 15 |
JPN | FRA 15 |
ESP | GBR
|
15th | 6 | |||
2011
|
RMC Motorsport | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
|
SWE | MEX
|
POR | JOR | ITA
|
ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP Ret |
GBR
|
NC | 0 | |||
2014
|
Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
|
MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA 22 |
POL | FIN | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| ACSM Rallye Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | GER 12 |
AUS | FRA 20 |
ESP Ret |
GBR |
JWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004
|
Xavier Pons | Fiat Punto S1600
|
MON Ret |
GRE 3 |
TUR Ret |
FIN 7 |
GBR 5 |
ITA Ret |
9th | 12 | |
Renault Clio S1600
|
ESP Ret |
PWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004
|
Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
|
SWE 15 |
MEX 5 |
NZL 6 |
ARG Ret |
GER 1 |
FRA 1 |
AUS 1† |
4th | 27 | |
2005
|
Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
|
SWE 4 |
NZL 1 |
CYP 10 |
TUR 4 |
ARG | GBR
|
JPN | AUS | 5th | 20 |
† Did not score points at the 2004 Rally Australia.
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
|
Nupel Global Racing | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE | MEX 1 |
JOR 1 |
NZL 2 |
POR 2 |
FIN | GER 5 |
JPN | FRA 4 |
GBR 3 |
1st | 123 |
Notes
- Spanish name, the first or paternal surnameis Pons and the second or maternal family name is Puigdillers.
References
- ^ "Xavier Pons". RallyBase. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Xavier Pons". World Rally Archive. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Pons admits defeat: I won't have WRC drive in 07". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Xavier Pons to join the Subaru World Rally Team from Rally Finland". swrt.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ "Xevi Pons to make WRC return in 2010". wrc.com. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ World Rally Championship - News - S-WRC: Pons steals class win on his Fiesta S2000 debut Archived March 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3-8-2010.
- ^ World Rally Championship - News - S-WRC wrap: Purposeful Pons wins again in the Super 2000 category Retrieved 4-4-2010
- ^ World Rally Championship - News - S-WRC Wrap: Win for Mikkelsen but Pons takes the title Archived 2010-11-18 at the Wayback Machine 14 Nov 2010
External links
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