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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Alfonso Pons Ezquerra (1959-11-09)9 November 1959 (age 65) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfonso "Sito" Pons Ezquerra (born 9 November 1959) is a former Spanish professionalGrand Prix motorcycle racer. He studied Architecture at the university of Barcelona, He competed in theFIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1981 to 1991. Pons is notable for winning two consecutive250cc road racing world championships in1988 and1989.[1]
After retiring from competition, Pons created theHondaPons Racing team inMotoGP,[2] which was forced to disband before the2006 season due to a lack of funding. The team was best known for its iconicWest andCamel liveries.
Pons also turned to auto racing, fielding a team in theWorld Series by Renault, which was mostly based in United Kingdom. His team won the2004 championship withHeikki Kovalainen. He then returned to motorcycle racing in the2010 Moto2 championship, fieldingSergio Gadea and his sonAxel.
In 1990, Pons was awarded thePrince of Asturias Award for his achievements in sports.[2]
Pons is the father of three sons,Axel,Edgar and Lucas.[3]
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 inbold indicate pole position; races initalics 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 | KOBAS-Rotax | FRA - | ESP - | NAT - | NED - | BEL - | YUG - | GBR - | SWE - | FIN 3 | CZE 4 | RSM - | GER - | 18 | 15th | 0 | |||
| 1983 | 250cc | KOBAS-Rotax | RSA 15 | FRA 13 | NAT NC | GER 9 | ESP 4 | AUT NC | YUG - | NED - | BEL - | GBR - | SWE - | 10 | 18th | 0 | ||||
| 1984 | 250cc | KOBAS | 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 |
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