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Pons Racing

Pons Racing was a motorcycle and auto racing team owned by the British company Pons Racing UK Limited. The team principal is former 250 cc world champion, Sito Pons. In motorcycle road racing world championships, Pons has fielded riders such as Alex Barros, Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau. In auto racing, his team won the 2004 World Series by Nissan championship with driver Heikki Kovalainen.

Pons Racing
BaseLondon, UK
Riders' ChampionshipsMoto2:
2013: Pol Espargaró
MotoE:
2020: Jordi Torres
2021: Jordi Torres
2023: Mattia Casadei
Teams' ChampionshipsMoto2:
2019
MotoE:
2023
Founded1992
Former seriesFormula Renault 3.5 Series
Teams'
Championships		2004 World Series by Nissan
Drivers'
Championships		2004 World Series by Nissan (Kovalainen)
Websitewww.ponsracing.com

At the end of 2023, the team officially left Grand Prix motorcycle racing as a whole.[1]

History

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500cc (1992 - 2001)

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2001

The year saw the arrival of new title sponsor in West cigarettes, replacing Emerson Electronics after just one year.

MotoGP (2002 - 2005)

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2002

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Both Barros and Capirossi remained in the team with the factory-spec NSR500 in the year where 990cc four-stroke machinery made their debut in the top class.[1]

West Honda Pons had a solid season with the 500cc bikes where Barros scored two consecutive podiums in Assen and Donington Park, while Capirossi finished third in Welkom before suffered wrist injury in Assen. German Alex Hofmann filled Capirossi's seat in Donington and Sachsenring, finished 10th in his home race.[2]

Alex Barros was given the four-stroke RC211V in the last four races of the season, the decision which paid off by finished in top three in those four races, two of them being a victory in Motegi and Valencia, ended the season in fourth place, eleven points behind second placed Max Biaggi. Capirossi scored another podium in Motegi, finished eighth in the final standings.

At the end of the season both riders left Honda Pons, along with title sponsor West.

2003

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Honda Pons entered a new chapter in team's history, with R. J. Reynolds's Camel cigarettes became team's title sponsor.[3] Max Biaggi joined the team from factory Yamaha team, while HRC moved Tohru Ukawa from Repsol Honda.[2] Both riders rode the customer-spec RC211V.

Biaggi won 2 races in Donington Park (After Rossi got 10-seconds time penalty for yellow flag infringement) and Motegi en route to third place in the standings, while Ukawa ended the season in eight place before demoted to factory testing role with Honda, ended his full time Grand Prix career.[4]

2004

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Max Biaggi remained in the team, joined by Makoto Tamada as Pons and Pramac Racing collaborate as one team. Due to the agreement, Tamada raced with Bridgestone tires, while Biaggi remained with Michelin.[3]

The team's technical director Antonio Cobas passed away in Barcelona just days before the opening round in South Africa.[5] Max Biaggi finished the race in second place after battled with Valentino Rossi throughout the race. Camel Honda then won two races in a row in Brazil and Germany courtesy of Tamada and Biaggi respectively, with Tamada's victory was the first for Bridgestone in MotoGP. Tamada scored another win in Motegi en route to sixth place in the standings, while Biaggi ended the year in the same way he finished 2003, in third place.

2005

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The agreement with Pramac ended as the company switched to D'Antin Racing as title sponsor, while Camel remained in the team. Alex Barros returned to the team after spending the last two seasons with Tech3 and Repsol Honda respectively, along with Troy Bayliss who left Ducati.

Barros winning in Portugal along with 11 top-10 finishes, finished 8th in the standings. Bayliss scored 5 top-10 finishes in 11 races, however his season was cut short when he injured his wrist in a motocross accident.[6] Tohru Ukawa, Shane Byrne, Chris Vermeulen and Ryuichi Kiyonari filled Bayliss's seat for the remainder of the season. Both Barros and Bayliss moved to Superbike World Championship at the end of the season

Pons signed Carlos Checa and Australian rookie Casey Stoner for the 2006 season. However, the team lost their title sponsor Camel, who moved to Yamaha, forcing the team to withdraw from MotoGP after 25 seasons in the sport.[4] Checa ended up moved to Tech 3, while Lucio Cecchinello's LCR Team secured the lease of one of the RC211V and signed Stoner.

250cc / Moto2 (2009 - present)

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Miguel Molina 2007 WSBR

Results

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Motorcycle racing

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YearClassTeam nameMotorcycleRidersRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPointsPos.
1992500ccCampsa Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé11598th
1993500ccMarlboro Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé021178th
250ccHonda NSR250 Alberto Puig021069th
1994500ccDucados Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alberto Puig011525th
1995500ccFortuna Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alberto Puig13998th
Carlos Checa002616th
250ccHonda NSR250 Carlos Checa004513th
Rubén Xaus000NC
Sete Gibernau000NC
1996500ccFortuna Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alberto Puig019311th
Carlos Checa131248th
1997500ccMovistar Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alberto Puig006312th
Carlos Checa031198th
1998500ccMovistar Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Carlos Checa1113111394th
John Kocinski1100006412th
Juan Borja1 (12)[a]00000 (3)[a]32nd
Gregorio Lavilla10000527th
1999500ccMovistar Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alex Barros1601021109th
Juan Borja1600009212th
2000500ccEmerson Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alex Barros1623311634th
Loris Capirossi1614121547th
2001500ccWest Honda PonsHonda NSR500 Alex Barros1614001824th
Loris Capirossi1609412103rd
2002MotoGPWest Honda PonsHonda NSR500
Honda RC211V		 Alex Barros1626122044th
Loris Capirossi1402001098th
Alex Hofmann2 (4)[a]00006 (11)[a]22nd
2003MotoGPCamel Pramac PonsHonda RC211V Max Biaggi1629312283rd
Tohru Ukawa1600001238th
2004MotoGPCamel HondaHonda RC211V Max Biaggi1619132173rd
Makoto Tamada1623321506th
2005MotoGPCamel HondaHonda RC211V Alex Barros1712121478th
Troy Bayliss1100005415th
Chris Vermeulen200001021st
Shane Byrne2 (11)[a]00005 (6)[a]24th
Ryuichi Kiyonari10000425th
Tohru Ukawa1 (2)[a]00000 (1)[a]27th
2009250ccPepe World TeamAprilia RSA 250 Héctor Barberá1637412392nd
Aprilia RSW 250 LE Axel Pons160000326th
2010Moto2Tenerife 40 PonsKalex Moto2 Sergio Gadea1701006717th
Axel Pons140000733rd
Carmelo Morales1 (3)[a]00000NC
Damian Cudlin10000931st
2011Moto2Pons HP 40Kalex Moto2 Aleix Espargaró1701007612th
Axel Pons120000132nd
Alex Baldolini3 (14)[a]00000 (18)[a]27th
2012Moto2Pons 40 HP Tuenti

Tuenti Móvil HP 40

Kalex Moto2 Pol Espargaró17411832682nd
Esteve Rabat1701001147th
Axel Pons1700001025th
2013Moto2Tuenti HP 40Kalex Moto2 Pol Espargaró17610642651st
Esteve Rabat1737232163rd
Axel Pons170000625th
2014Moto2Pons HP 40

Paginas Amarillas HP 40

Kalex Moto2 Luis Salom180201858th
Maverick Viñales1849152743rd
Edgar Pons100000NC
2015Moto2Paginas Amarillas HP 40Kalex Moto2 Luis Salom1700008013th
Álex Rins18210342342nd
Pons Racing Junior Team Edgar Pons3 (8)00000NC
Luca Marini100000NC
2016Moto2Páginas Amarillas HP 40Kalex Moto2 Álex Rins1827132143rd
Edgar Pons140000431st
2017Moto2Pons HP40Kalex Moto2 Fabio Quartararo1800006413th
Edgar Pons180000234th
2018Moto2Pons HP40Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri1915231625th
Héctor Barberá600001023rd
Augusto Fernández1200014518th
2019Moto2Flexbox HP40Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri1933011717th
Augusto Fernández1735132075th
Mattia Pasini10 (11)00002035th
MotoEJoin Contract Pons 40Energica Ego Corsa Sete Gibernau600003811th
2020Moto2Flexbox HP40Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri1501007112th
Héctor Garzó1501026316th
MotoEPons Racing 40Energica Ego Corsa Jordi Torres71421114 1st 
2021Moto2Flexbox HP40Kalex Moto2 Héctor Garzó1600001623rd
Stefano Manzi1800003619th
Alonso López1 (4)0000430th
MotoEPons Racing 40
HP Pons 40		Energica Ego Corsa Jordi Torres71410100 1st 
Jasper Iwema700001317th
2022Moto2Flexbox HP40Kalex Moto2 Jorge Navarro1801008314th
Arón Canet190832200 3rd 
Borja Gómez20000431st
MotoEPons Racing 40Energica Ego Corsa Mattia Casadei1227211564th
Jordi Torres900006511th
Massimo Roccoli20000621st
2023Moto2Pons Wegow Los40Kalex Moto2 Sergio García2000008415th
Arón Canet2007301955th
MotoEHP Pons Los40Ducati V21L Nicholas Spinelli1614001506th
Mattia Casadei1651024260 1st 
Notes

* Season still in progress.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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YearTeam nameDriversRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPointsPos.
2013 Pons Racing Zoël Amberg170000824th
Nikolay Martsenko1700002020th
2014 Pons Racing Oliver Webb50000026th
Meindert van Buuren1700012119th
Óscar Tunjo1200001122nd
2015 Pons Racing Philo Paz Armand90000126th
Roberto Merhi801002614th
Alex Fontana10000224th
Meindert van Buuren2 (9)[a]0000 (1)[a]0 (20)[a]15th
Will Bratt20000027th
Yu Kanamaru60000918th
René Binder20000422nd
Nikita Zlobin40000028th

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References

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  1. ^ "PONS Racing closes a stage as Sito Pons faces a new era". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Tohru Ukawa joins Honda Pons for the 2003 season | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  3. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Camel Honda announce official line-up | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  4. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Pons pulls out of MotoGP | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
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