Gianfranco Bonera (born 2 April 1945 in Porpetto, Province of Udine) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he won the Nations Grand Prix and finished second to his MV Agusta teammate, Phil Read, in the 500cc world championship. He switched to the 250cc class in 1976, racing for the Harley-Davidson factory racing team on Aermacchi machines rebadged after being purchased by the American firm. He won the 250cc Spanish Grand Prix and finished the season in third place behind his Harley-Davidson teammate, Walter Villa and Yamaha's Takazumi Katayama.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1969 onwards: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
(key) (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 Points Rank Wins1973 350cc Harley-Davidson FRA- AUT- GER- NAT- IOM- YUG- NED- CZE4 SWE- FIN- ESP- 8 23rd 0 500cc Harley-Davidson FRA- AUT- GER- IOM- YUG3 NED- BEL- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 10 19th 0 1974 500cc MV Agusta FRA3 GER- AUT2 NAT1 IOM- NED4 BEL10 SWE4 FIN2 CZE2 69 2nd 1 1975 500cc MV Agusta FRA- AUT- GER- NAT- IOM- NED6 BEL- SWE4 FINNC CZE- 13 15th 01976 250cc Harley-Davidson FRA2 NAT- YUG7 IOM- NED4 BEL5 SWE3 FIN3 CZE2 GER- ESP1 61 3rd 1 350cc Harley-Davidson FRA- AUT10 NAT- YUG- IOM- NED- FIN- CZE7 GER3 ESP- 15 15th 0 1977 500cc Suzuki VENDNF AUT- GER12 NATDNF FRA4 NEDDNF BELDNF SWE6 FIN3 CZE5 GBR4 37 7th 01978 350cc Yamaha VEN8 AUT10 FRA- NAT- NED2 SWE- FIN- GBR5 GER8 CZE- YUG2 37 7th 0 500cc Suzuki VEN- ESP- AUT9 FRA- NAT- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- GBR- GER12 2 26th 0 1979 350cc Yamaha VEN- AUT- GER- NAT- ESP- YUG10 NED10 FIN- GBR- CZE- FRA- 2 36th 0 1980 500cc Yamaha NAT12 ESP- FRA- NED- BEL- FIN- GBR- GER- 0 - 0
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