Jon Ekerold
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Jonathan "Jon" Ekerold (born 8 October 1946) is a South African former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1975 to 1983
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ekerold is one of the few racers in the modern era to have won a road racing world championship as a privateer without the benefit of a motorcycle manufacturer's support when he defeated Kawasaki factory racing team rider Anton Mang for the 1980 350cc Grand Prix road racing world championship.[1] Ekerold rode a self-modified Yamaha TZ350 engine in a Bimota chassis during his championship season. He also won the Ulster Grand Prix once and finished second at the Isle of Man TT twice.[2][3]
Motorcycle Grand Prix results[1][3][edit]
| 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 | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 350cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
ESP - |
AUT 2 |
GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED 10 |
FIN - |
CZE - |
YUG - |
13 | 16th | 0 | |||
| 1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
NAT - |
YUG - |
IOM NC |
NED 12 |
BEL - |
SWE 11 |
FIN 14 |
CZE - |
GER 3 |
ESP - |
10 | 15th | 0 | ||
| 350cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
YUG - |
IOM NC |
NED - |
FIN 7 |
CZE - |
GER - |
ESP - |
4 | 30th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
IOM 6 |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
CZE - |
GER - |
5 | 29th | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
GER - |
NAT 6 |
ESP - |
FRA 1 |
YUG 8 |
NED 7 |
BEL 10 |
SWE 3 |
FIN 12 |
CZE 7 |
GBR - |
42 | 9th | 1 | |
| 350cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP 6 |
FRA 2 |
YUG 2 |
NED 6 |
SWE 4 |
FIN 3 |
CZE 9 |
GBR - |
54 | 3rd | 0 | |||
| 1978 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
ESP 5 |
FRA 4 |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE 4 |
FIN 10 |
GBR - |
GER 6 |
CZE 5 |
YUG 5 |
40 | 9th | 0 | |
| 350cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
AUT 4 |
FRA 3 |
NAT - |
NED 3 |
BEL - |
SWE 4 |
FIN 5 |
GBR - |
GER 4 |
CZE 4 |
YUG 5 |
64 | 4th | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
GER 4 |
NAT - |
ESP - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR - |
CZE - |
FRA - |
8 | 22nd | 0 | |
| 350cc | Yamaha | VEN 5 |
AUT 2 |
GER 1 |
NAT - |
ESP - |
YUG - |
NED - |
FIN - |
GBR 10 |
CZE - |
FRA - |
34 | 8th | 1 | |||
| 1980 | 350cc | Bimota-Yamaha | NAT 6 |
FRA 1 |
NED 1 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 10 |
GER 1 |
63 | 1st | 3 | |||||||
| 1981 | 350cc | Bimota-Yamaha | ARG 1 |
AUT 3 |
GER - |
NAT 1 |
YUG 2 |
NED - |
GBR - |
CZE - |
52 | 2nd | 2 | |||||
| 1982 | 500cc | Cagiva | ARG - |
AUT 12 |
FRA - |
ESP - |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
YUG - |
GBR 13 |
SWE - |
RSM - |
GER 10 |
1 | 28th | 0 | |
| 1983 | 500cc | Cagiva | RSA 17 |
FRA 19 |
NAT - |
GER - |
ESP - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED NC |
BEL - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM 24 |
0 | - | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jon Ekerold career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Road Racing Hero – Jon Ekerold". realroadracing.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Jon Ekerold Isle of Man TT results". iomtt.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.