Pons Racing
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Pons Racing is a motorcycle and auto racing team based in Spain. The team was founded by former 250cc world champion Sito Pons in 1992. In motorcycle road racing world championships, Pons has fielded riders such as Alex Barros, Max Biaggi and Sete Gibernau. In auto racing, his team won the 2004 World Series by Nissan championship with driver Heikki Kovalainen.
History
Motorcycle racing
Results
Year | Class | Team name | Bike | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
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1992 | 500cc | Campsa Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Àlex Crivillé | 1 | 1 | 59 | 8th | |||
1993 | 500cc | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Àlex Crivillé | 0 | 2 | 117 | 8th | |||
250cc | Honda NSR250 | Alberto Puig | 0 | 2 | 106 | 9th | |||||
1994 | 500cc | Ducados Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | 0 | 1 | 152 | 5th | |||
1995 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | 1 | 3 | 99 | 8th | |||
Carlos Checa | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16th | |||||||
250cc | Honda NSR250 | Carlos Checa | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13th | |||||
Rubén Xaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||
Sete Gibernau | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||||
1996 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | 0 | 1 | 93 | 11th | |||
Carlos Checa | 1 | 3 | 124 | 8th | |||||||
1997 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12th | |||
Carlos Checa | 0 | 3 | 119 | 8th | |||||||
1998 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Carlos Checa | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 4th |
John Kocinski | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12th | ||||
Juan Borja | 1 (12)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3)[a] | 32nd | ||||
Gregorio Lavilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27th | ||||
1999 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 9th |
Juan Borja | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 12th | ||||
2000 | 500cc | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 163 | 4th |
Loris Capirossi | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 154 | 7th | ||||
2001 | 500cc | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 4th |
Loris Capirossi | 16 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 210 | 3rd | ||||
2002 | MotoGP | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 Honda RC211V |
Alex Barros | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 4th |
Loris Capirossi | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 8th | ||||
Alex Hofmann | 2 (4)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (11)[a] | 22nd | ||||
2003 | MotoGP | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda RC211V | Max Biaggi | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 3rd |
Tohru Ukawa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 8th | ||||
2004 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Max Biaggi | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 3rd |
Makoto Tamada | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 150 | 6th | ||||
2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Alex Barros | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 8th |
Troy Bayliss | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15th | ||||
Chris Vermeulen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21st | ||||
Shane Byrne | 2 (11)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (6)[a] | 24th | ||||
Ryuichi Kiyonari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | ||||
Tohru Ukawa | 1 (2)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1)[a] | 27th | ||||
2009 | 250cc | Pepe World Team | Aprilia RSA 250 | Héctor Barberá | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 239 | 2nd |
Aprilia RSW 250 LE | Axel Pons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26th | |||
2010 | Moto2 | Tenerife 40 Pons | Pons Kalex Moto2 | Sergio Gadea | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 17th |
Axel Pons | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33rd | ||||
Carmelo Morales | 1 (3)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Damian Cudlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31st | ||||
2011 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 | Pons Kalex Moto2 | Aleix Espargaró | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 12th |
Axel Pons | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32nd | ||||
Alex Baldolini | 3 (14)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (18)[a] | 27th | ||||
2012 | Moto2 | Pons 40 HP Tuenti Tuenti Móvil HP 40 |
Kalex Moto2 | Pol Espargaró | 17 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 268 | 2nd |
Esteve Rabat | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 7th | ||||
Axel Pons | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25th | ||||
2013 | Moto2 | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Pol Espargaró | 17 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 265 | 1st |
Esteve Rabat | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 216 | 3rd | ||||
Axel Pons | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25th | ||||
2014 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 |
Kalex Moto2 | Luis Salom | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 8th |
Maverick Viñales | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 274 | 3rd | ||||
Edgar Pons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2015 | Moto2 | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Pons Racing Junior Team |
Kalex Moto2 | Luca Marini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Luis Salom | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13th | ||||
Álex Rins | 18 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 234 | 2nd | ||||
Edgar Pons | 3 (8)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2016 | Moto2 | Páginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Álex Rins | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 116* | 1st* |
Edgar Pons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* |
- * Season still in progress.
Single-seaters
Results
Year | Team name | Drivers | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
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2013 | Pons Racing | Zoël Amberg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th |
Nikolay Martsenko | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th | ||
2014 | Pons Racing | Oliver Webb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
Meindert van Buuren | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19th | ||
Óscar Tunjo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22nd | ||
2015 | Pons Racing | Philo Paz Armand | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26th |
Roberto Merhi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14th | ||
Alex Fontana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24th | ||
Meindert van Buuren | 2 (9)[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1)[a] | 0 (20)[a] | 15th | ||
Will Bratt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | ||
Yu Kanamaru | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18th | ||
René Binder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd | ||
Nikita Zlobin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |