Jon Ekerold
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Jonathan "Jon" Ekerold (born 8 October 1946) is a South African former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ekerold is one of the few racers in the modern era to have won a 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]
| 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
- 1 2 "Jon Ekerold career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ "Road Racing Hero - Jon Ekerold". realroadracing.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- 1 2 "Jon Ekerold Isle of Man TT results". iomtt.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
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