# Sito Pons

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Spanish motorcycle racer

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Sito Pons Pons on a Honda at the 1991 United States Grand Prix Nationality Spanish Born Alfonso Pons Ezquerra (1959-11-09) 9 November 1959 (age 66) Barcelona, Spain Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1980–1991 First race 1981 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Last race 1991 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix First win 1984 250cc Spanish Grand Prix Last win 1989 250cc Swedish Grand Prix Team Honda Championships 250cc – 1988, 1989 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 110 15 41 4 12 944

**Alfonso "Sito" Pons Ezquerra** (born 9 November 1959) is a former Spanish professional [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) motorcycle racer. He studied Architecture at the university of Barcelona, He competed in the [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1981 to 1991. Pons is notable for winning two consecutive [250cc road racing world championships](/source/List_of_250cc%2FMoto2_Motorcycle_World_Champions) in [1988](/source/1988_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season) and [1989](/source/1989_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season).[1]

After retiring from competition, Pons created the [Honda](/source/Honda) [Pons Racing](/source/Pons_Racing) team in [MotoGP](/source/MotoGP),[2] which was forced to disband before the [2006](/source/2006_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season) season due to a lack of funding. The team was best known for its iconic [West](/source/West_(cigarette)) and [Camel](/source/Camel_(cigarette)) liveries.

Pons also turned to auto racing, fielding a team in the [World Series by Renault](/source/World_Series_by_Renault), which was mostly based in United Kingdom. His team won the [2004](/source/2004_World_Series_by_Nissan_season) championship with [Heikki Kovalainen](/source/Heikki_Kovalainen). He then returned to motorcycle racing in the [2010](/source/2010_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season) Moto2 championship, fielding [Sergio Gadea](/source/Sergio_Gadea) and his son [Axel](/source/Axel_Pons).

In 1990, Pons was awarded the [Prince of Asturias Award](/source/Prince_of_Asturias_Awards) for his achievements in sports.[2]

## Personal life

Pons is the father of three sons, [Axel](/source/Axel_Pons), [Edgar](/source/Edgar_Pons) and Lucas.[3]

## Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position; races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank Wins 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

## See also

- *[Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix](/source/Sito_Pons_500cc_Grand_Prix)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Sito Pons career statistics at MotoGP.com](http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Sito+Pons)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-www.ponsracing.com_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-www.ponsracing.com_2-1) [www.ponsracing.com](http://www.ponsracing.com/?p=sitopons)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Edgar Pons y su salto a Moto2: "El apellido siempre pesa, pero el Mundial es mi sitio""](http://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/motociclismo/2015-09-29/edgar-pons-moto2-mundial-pons-racing-sito-pons_1040840/). *elconfidencial.com* (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

## External links

- [Pons Racing web site](http://www.ponsracing.com/)

v t e 250cc/Moto2 World Riders' Champions 1949 B. Ruffo 1950 D. Ambrosini 1951 B. Ruffo 1952 E. Lorenzetti 1953 W. Haas 1954 W. Haas 1955 H. Müller 1956 C. Ubbiali 1957 C. Sandford 1958 T. Provini 1959 C. Ubbiali 1960 C. Ubbiali 1961 M. Hailwood 1962 J. Redman 1963 J. Redman 1964 P. Read 1965 P. Read 1966 M. Hailwood 1967 M. Hailwood 1968 P. Read 1969 K. Carruthers 1970 R. Gould 1971 P. Read 1972 J. Saarinen 1973 D. Braun 1974 W. Villa 1975 W. Villa 1976 W. Villa 1977 M. Lega 1978 K. Ballington 1979 K. Ballington 1980 A. Mang 1981 A. Mang 1982 J. Tournadre 1983 C. Lavado 1984 C. Sarron 1985 F. Spencer 1986 C. Lavado 1987 A. Mang 1988 S. Pons 1989 S. Pons 1990 J. Kocinski 1991 L. Cadalora 1992 L. Cadalora 1993 T. Harada 1994 M. Biaggi 1995 M. Biaggi 1996 M. Biaggi 1997 M. Biaggi 1998 L. Capirossi 1999 V. Rossi 2000 O. Jacque 2001 D. Kato 2002 M. Melandri 2003 M. Poggiali 2004 D. Pedrosa 2005 D. Pedrosa 2006 J. Lorenzo 2007 J. Lorenzo 2008 M. Simoncelli 2009 H. Aoyama 2010 T. Elías 2011 S. Bradl 2012 M. Márquez 2013 P. Espargaró 2014 T. Rabat 2015 J. Zarco 2016 J. Zarco 2017 F. Morbidelli 2018 F. Bagnaia 2019 Á. Márquez 2020 E. Bastianini 2021 R. Gardner 2022 A. Fernández 2023 P. Acosta 2024 A. Ogura 2025 D. Moreira

v t e Pons Racing Moto2 Flexbox HP40 Racing Sergio García (11) Arón Canet (40) MotoE Pons Racing 40 Nicholas Spinelli (29) Mattia Casadei (40) Grand Prix motorcycles Kalex Moto2 (Moto2) Ducati V21L (MotoE)

v t e Laureates of the Prince or Princess of Asturias Award for Sports Prince of Asturias Award for Sports 1987: Sebastian Coe 1988: Juan Antonio Samaranch 1989: Severiano Ballesteros 1990: Sito Pons 1991: Sergey Bubka 1992: Miguel Induráin 1993: Javier Sotomayor 1994: Martina Navratilova 1995: Hassiba Boulmerka 1996: Carl Lewis 1997: Spain Marathon team: Abel Antón, Martín Fiz, José Manuel García, Fabián Roncero, Alberto Juzdado and Diego García 1998: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1999: Steffi Graf 2000: Lance Armstrong 2001: Manuel Estiarte 2002: Brazil national football team 2003: Tour de France 2004: Hicham El Guerrouj 2005: Fernando Alonso 2006: Spain men's national basketball team 2007: Michael Schumacher 2008: Rafael Nadal 2009: Yelena Isinbayeva 2010: Spain men's national football team 2011: Haile Gebrselassie 2012: Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández 2013: José María Olazábal 2014: New York City Marathon Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2015: Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol 2016: Francisco Javier Gómez Noya 2017: New Zealand national rugby union team 2018: Reinhold Messner and Krzysztof Wielicki 2019: Lindsey Vonn 2020: Carlos Sainz 2021: Teresa Perales 2022: The Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team 2023: Eliud Kipchoge 2024: Carolina Marín 2025: Serena Williams 2026: Lionel Messi

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