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.

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

History

500cc (1992 - 2001) 2001

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

MotoGP (2002 - 2005)

2002 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.

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.

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 - the highest for a rider using a two-stroke machinery all year.

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

2003 Honda Pons entered a new chapter in team's history, with R. J. Reynolds's Camel cigarettes became team's title sponsor. Max Biaggi joined the team from factory Yamaha team, while HRC moved Tohru Ukawa from Repsol Honda. 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.

2004 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.

The team's technical director Antonio Cobas died in Barcelona just days before the opening round in South Africa. 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 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. 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. 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)

Results

Motorcycle racing Year Class Team name Motorcycle Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos. 500cc Campsa Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé 13 1 1 0 0 59 8th 500cc Marlboro Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Àlex Crivillé 14 0 2 0 0 117 8th 250cc Honda NSR250 Alberto Puig 14 0 2 0 0 106 9th 500cc Ducados Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 14 0 1 0 0 152 5th 500cc Fortuna Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 7 1 3 0 0 99 8th Carlos Checa 5 0 0 0 1 26 16th 250cc Honda NSR250 Carlos Checa 7 0 0 0 0 45 13th Rubén Xaus 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Sete Gibernau 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 500cc Fortuna Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 14 0 1 0 0 93 11th Carlos Checa 15 1 3 0 1 124 8th 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alberto Puig 15 0 0 0 0 63 12th Carlos Checa 15 0 3 0 1 119 8th 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Carlos Checa 11 1 3 1 1 139 4th John Kocinski 11 0 0 0 0 64 12th Juan Borja 1 (12) 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 32nd Gregorio Lavilla 1 0 0 0 0 5 27th 500cc Movistar Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 16 0 1 0 2 110 9th Juan Borja 16 0 0 0 0 92 12th 500cc Emerson Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 16 2 3 3 1 163 4th Loris Capirossi 16 1 4 1 2 154 7th 500cc West Honda Pons Honda NSR500 Alex Barros 16 1 4 0 0 182 4th Loris Capirossi 16 0 9 4 1 210 3rd MotoGP West Honda Pons Honda NSR500Honda RC211V Alex Barros 16 2 6 1 2 204 4th Loris Capirossi 14 0 2 0 0 109 8th Alex Hofmann 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 6 (11) 22nd MotoGP Camel Pramac Pons Honda RC211V Max Biaggi 16 2 9 3 1 228 3rd Tohru Ukawa 16 0 0 0 0 123 8th MotoGP Camel Honda Honda RC211V Max Biaggi 16 1 9 1 3 217 3rd Makoto Tamada 16 2 3 3 2 150 6th MotoGP Camel Honda Honda RC211V Alex Barros 17 1 2 1 2 147 8th Troy Bayliss 11 0 0 0 0 54 15th Chris Vermeulen 2 0 0 0 0 10 21st Shane Byrne 2 (11) 0 0 0 0 5 (6) 24th Ryuichi Kiyonari 1 0 0 0 0 4 25th Tohru Ukawa 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 27th 250cc Pepe World Team Aprilia RSA 250 Héctor Barberá 16 3 7 4 1 239 2nd Aprilia RSW 250 LE Axel Pons 16 0 0 0 0 3 26th Moto2 Tenerife 40 Pons Kalex Moto2 Sergio Gadea 17 0 1 0 0 67 17th Axel Pons 14 0 0 0 0 7 33rd Carmelo Morales 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 NC Damian Cudlin 1 0 0 0 0 9 31st Moto2 Pons HP 40 Kalex Moto2 Aleix Espargaró 17 0 1 0 0 76 12th Axel Pons 12 0 0 0 0 1 32nd Alex Baldolini 3 (14) 0 0 0 0 0 (18) 27th 2012 Moto2 Pons 40 HP Tuenti

Tuenti Móvil HP 40 Kalex Moto2 Pol Espargaró 17 4 11 8 3 268 2nd Esteve Rabat 17 0 1 0 0 114 7th Axel Pons 17 0 0 0 0 10 25th 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 Kalex Moto2 Luis Salom 17 0 0 0 0 80 13th Álex Rins 18 2 10 3 4 234 2nd Pons Racing Junior Team Edgar Pons 3 (8) 0 0 0 0 0 NC Luca Marini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2016 Moto2 Páginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Moto2 Álex Rins 18 2 7 1 3 214 3rd Edgar Pons 14 0 0 0 0 4 31st 2017 Moto2 Pons HP40 Kalex Moto2 Fabio Quartararo 18 0 0 0 0 64 13th Edgar Pons 18 0 0 0 0 2 34th 2018 Moto2 Pons HP40 Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri 19 1 5 2 3 162 5th Héctor Barberá 6 0 0 0 0 10 23rd Augusto Fernández 12 0 0 0 1 45 18th 2019 Moto2 Flexbox HP40 Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri 19 3 3 0 1 171 7th Augusto Fernández 17 3 5 1 3 207 5th Mattia Pasini 10 (11) 0 0 0 0 20 35th MotoE Join Contract Pons 40 Energica Ego Corsa Sete Gibernau 6 0 0 0 0 38 11th 2020 Moto2 Flexbox HP40 Kalex Moto2 Lorenzo Baldassarri 15 0 1 0 0 71 12th Héctor Garzó 15 0 1 0 2 63 16th MotoE Pons Racing 40 Energica Ego Corsa Jordi Torres 7 1 4 2 1 114  1st  2021 Moto2 Flexbox HP40 Kalex Moto2 Héctor Garzó 16 0 0 0 0 16 23rd Stefano Manzi 18 0 0 0 0 36 19th Alonso López 1 (4) 0 0 0 0 4 30th MotoE Pons Racing 40HP Pons 40 Energica Ego Corsa Jordi Torres 7 1 4 1 0 100  1st  Jasper Iwema 7 0 0 0 0 13 17th 2022 Moto2 Flexbox HP40 Kalex Moto2 Jorge Navarro 18 0 1 0 0 83 14th Arón Canet 19 0 8 3 2 200  3rd  Borja Gómez 2 0 0 0 0 4 31st MotoE Pons Racing 40 Energica Ego Corsa Mattia Casadei 12 2 7 2 1 156 4th Jordi Torres 9 0 0 0 0 65 11th Massimo Roccoli 2 0 0 0 0 6 21st 2023 Moto2 Pons Wegow Los40 Kalex Moto2 Sergio García 20 0 0 0 0 84 15th Arón Canet 20 0 7 3 0 195 5th MotoE HP Pons Los40 Ducati V21L Nicholas Spinelli 16 1 4 0 0 150 6th Mattia Casadei 16 5 10 2 4 260  1st  Notes

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (20) 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

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