Pons Racing

Pons Racing is 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
2019 namePONS HP 40
BaseLondon, UK
PrincipalSito Pons
Rider(s)Moto2
40.Héctor Garzó
7. Lorenzo Baldassarri
MotoE
40. Jordi Torres
MotorcycleKalex-Triumph (Moto2)
Energica (MotoE)
TyresDunlop (Moto2)
Michelin (MotoE)
Riders' Championships1
Pol Espargaró (Moto2, 2013)
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

History

Motorcycle racing

Results
Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
1992 500cc Campsa Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé 11598th
1993 500cc Marlboro Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé 021178th
250cc Honda NSR250 Alberto Puig 021069th
1994 500cc Ducados Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 011525th
1995 500cc Fortuna Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 13998th
Carlos Checa 002616th
250cc Honda NSR250 Carlos Checa 004513th
Rubén Xaus 000NC
Sete Gibernau 000NC
1996 500cc Fortuna Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 019311th
Carlos Checa 131248th
1997 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 006312th
Carlos Checa 031198th
1998 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Carlos Checa 1113111394th
John Kocinski 1100006412th
Juan Borja 1 (12)[lower-alpha 1]00000 (3)[lower-alpha 1]32nd
Gregorio Lavilla 10000527th
1999 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 1601021109th
Juan Borja 1600009212th
2000 500cc Emerson Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 1623311634th
Loris Capirossi 1614121547th
2001 500cc West Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 1614001824th
Loris Capirossi 1609412103rd
2002 MotoGP West Honda Pons Honda NSR500
Honda RC211V		 Alex Barros 1626122044th
Loris Capirossi 1402001098th
Alex Hofmann 2 (4)[lower-alpha 1]00006 (11)[lower-alpha 1]22nd
2003 MotoGP Camel Pramac Pons Honda RC211V Max Biaggi 1629312283rd
Tohru Ukawa 1600001238th
2004 MotoGP Camel Honda Honda RC211V Max Biaggi 1619132173rd
Makoto Tamada 1623321506th
2005 MotoGP Camel Honda Honda RC211V Alex Barros 1712121478th
Troy Bayliss 1000005415th
Chris Vermeulen 200001021st
Shane Byrne 2 (11)[lower-alpha 1]00005 (6)[lower-alpha 1]24th
Ryuichi Kiyonari 10000425th
Tohru Ukawa 1 (2)[lower-alpha 1]00000 (1)[lower-alpha 1]27th
2009 250cc Pepe World Team Aprilia RSA 250 Héctor Barberá 1637412392nd
Aprilia RSW 250 LE Axel Pons 160000326th
2010 Moto2 Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex Moto2 Sergio Gadea 1701006717th
Axel Pons 140000733rd
Carmelo Morales 1 (3)[lower-alpha 1]00000NC
Damian Cudlin 10000931st
2011 Moto2 Pons HP 40 Pons Kalex Moto2 Aleix Espargaró 1701007612th
Axel Pons 120000132nd
Alex Baldolini 3 (14)[lower-alpha 1]00000 (18)[lower-alpha 1]27th
2012 Moto2 Pons 40 HP Tuenti
Tuenti Móvil HP 40		 Kalex Moto2 Pol Espargaró 17411832682nd
Esteve Rabat 1701001147th
Axel Pons 1700001025th
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)[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto2 Páginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Moto2 Álex Rins 9 2 4 1 2 234 3rd
Edgar Pons 5 0 0 0 0 4 31
  • * Season still in progress.

Single-seaters

Results
Year Team name Drivers Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
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)[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 (1)[lower-alpha 1] 0 (20)[lower-alpha 1] 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

Notes
  1. 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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