# 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.
At the end of 2023, 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.
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. |
| 1992 | 500cc | Campsa Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Àlex Crivillé | | 1 | 1 | | | 59 | 8th |
| 1993 | 500cc | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Àlex Crivillé | | 0 | 2 | | | 117 | 8th |
| 1993 | 250cc | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda NSR250 | Alberto Puig | | 0 | 2 | | | 106 | 9th |
| 1994 | 500cc | Ducados Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | | 0 | 1 | | | 152 | 5th |
| 1995 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | | 1 | 3 | | | 99 | 8th |
| 1995 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Carlos Checa | | 0 | 0 | | | 26 | 16th |
| 1995 | 250cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR250 | Carlos Checa | | 0 | 0 | | | 45 | 13th |
| 1995 | 250cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR250 | Rubén Xaus | | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | NC |
| 1995 | 250cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR250 | Sete Gibernau | | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | NC |
| 1996 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | | 0 | 1 | | | 93 | 11th |
| 1996 | 500cc | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Carlos Checa | | 1 | 3 | | | 124 | 8th |
| 1997 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alberto Puig | | 0 | 0 | | | 63 | 12th |
| 1997 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Carlos Checa | | 0 | 3 | | | 119 | 8th |
| 1998 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Carlos Checa | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 4th |
| 1998 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | John Kocinski | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12th |
| 1998 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Juan Borja | 1 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 32nd |
| 1998 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Gregorio Lavilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27th |
| 1999 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 9th |
| 1999 | 500cc | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Juan Borja | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 12th |
| 2000 | 500cc | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 163 | 4th |
| 2000 | 500cc | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Loris Capirossi | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 154 | 7th |
| 2001 | 500cc | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Alex Barros | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 4th |
| 2001 | 500cc | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 | Loris Capirossi | 16 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 210 | 3rd |
| 2002 | MotoGP | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 Honda RC211V | Alex Barros | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 4th |
| 2002 | MotoGP | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 Honda RC211V | Loris Capirossi | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 8th |
| 2002 | MotoGP | West Honda Pons | Honda NSR500 Honda RC211V | Alex Hofmann | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (11) | 22nd |
| 2003 | MotoGP | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda RC211V | Max Biaggi | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 3rd |
| 2003 | MotoGP | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda RC211V | Tohru Ukawa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 8th |
| 2004 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Max Biaggi | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 3rd |
| 2004 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Makoto Tamada | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 150 | 6th |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Alex Barros | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 8th |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Troy Bayliss | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15th |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Chris Vermeulen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21st |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Shane Byrne | 2 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (6) | 24th |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Ryuichi Kiyonari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Camel Honda | Honda RC211V | Tohru Ukawa | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 27th |
| 2009 | 250cc | Pepe World Team | Aprilia RSA 250 | Héctor Barberá | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 239 | 2nd |
| 2009 | 250cc | Pepe World Team | Aprilia RSW 250 LE | Axel Pons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26th |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Tenerife 40 Pons | Kalex Moto2 | Sergio Gadea | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 17th |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Tenerife 40 Pons | Kalex Moto2 | Axel Pons | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33rd |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Tenerife 40 Pons | Kalex Moto2 | Carmelo Morales | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Tenerife 40 Pons | Kalex Moto2 | Damian Cudlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31st |
| 2011 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Aleix Espargaró | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 12th |
| 2011 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Axel Pons | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32nd |
| 2011 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | 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 |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Pons 40 HP Tuenti Tuenti Móvil HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Esteve Rabat | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 7th |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Pons 40 HP Tuenti Tuenti Móvil HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | 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 |
| 2013 | Moto2 | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Esteve Rabat | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 216 | 3rd |
| 2013 | Moto2 | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | 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 |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Maverick Viñales | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 274 | 3rd |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Pons HP 40 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | 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 |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Álex Rins | 18 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 234 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Pons Racing Junior Team | Kalex Moto2 | Edgar Pons | 3 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Pons Racing Junior Team | Kalex Moto2 | 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 |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Páginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex Moto2 | Edgar Pons | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31st |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Pons HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Fabio Quartararo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 13th |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Pons HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Edgar Pons | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34th |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Pons HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 162 | 5th |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Pons HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Héctor Barberá | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23rd |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Pons HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Augusto Fernández | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 18th |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 7th |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Augusto Fernández | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 207 | 5th |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Mattia Pasini | 10 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 35th |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2020 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Héctor Garzó | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 16th |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Stefano Manzi | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19th |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Alonso López | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30th |
| 2021 | MotoE | Pons Racing 40 HP Pons 40 | Energica Ego Corsa | Jordi Torres | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 1st |
| 2021 | MotoE | Pons Racing 40 HP Pons 40 | Energica Ego Corsa | Jasper Iwema | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17th |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Jorge Navarro | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 14th |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Arón Canet | 19 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 200 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Flexbox HP40 | Kalex Moto2 | Borja Gómez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31st |
| 2022 | MotoE | Pons Racing 40 | Energica Ego Corsa | Mattia Casadei | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 4th |
| 2022 | MotoE | Pons Racing 40 | Energica Ego Corsa | Jordi Torres | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 11th |
| 2022 | MotoE | Pons Racing 40 | Energica Ego Corsa | 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 |
| 2023 | Moto2 | Pons Wegow Los40 | Kalex Moto2 | Arón Canet | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5th |
| 2023 | MotoE | HP Pons Los40 | Ducati V21L | Nicholas Spinelli | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 6th |
| 2023 | MotoE | HP Pons Los40 | Ducati V21L | Mattia Casadei | 16 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 260 | 1st |

#### Notes

* Season still in progress.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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

| Year | Team name | Drivers | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
| 2013 | Pons Racing | Zoël Amberg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th |
| 2013 | Pons Racing | Nikolay Martsenko | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th |
| 2014 | Pons Racing | Oliver Webb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| 2014 | Pons Racing | Meindert van Buuren | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19th |
| 2014 | Pons Racing | Óscar Tunjo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22nd |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Philo Paz Armand | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Roberto Merhi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Alex Fontana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Meindert van Buuren | 2 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 (20) | 15th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Will Bratt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Yu Kanamaru | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18th |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | René Binder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd |
| 2015 | Pons Racing | Nikita Zlobin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |