Fabrizia Pons
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Turin, Italy | 26 June 1955
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1976–1984, 1986, 1994, 1996–1998 |
Rallies | 70[a] |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 5 |
Podiums | 17 |
Stage wins | 223 |
First rally | 1976 Rallye Sanremo |
First win | 1981 Rallye Sanremo |
Last win | 1997 Rally Monte Carlo |
Last rally | 1998 Wales Rally GB |
Fabrizia Pons (born 26 June 1955) is an Italian rally co-driver best known for her partnership with Michèle Mouton.
Biography
The pair won four rallies with the Rallye Sanremo in 1981 and a further three to finish second in the 1982 championship. Pons is one of two people to have achieved world championship points as a driver and co-driver, having finished ninth overall in the 1978 Sanremo Rally before switching to co-driving. Pons is a recipient of the Halda Trophy for 1982, the highest honor for a co-driver.[1][2]
From 2003 to 2006, she was the co-driver to German Dakar Rally racer Jutta Kleinschmidt.
Personal life
Pons has two children and is from Turin.[3]
WRC victories
Nº | Year | Rally | Driver | Car |
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1. | 1981 | Rallye Sanremo | Michèle Mouton | Audi Quattro |
2. | 1982 | Rally de Portugal | Michèle Mouton | Audi Quattro |
3. | Acropolis Rally | Michèle Mouton | Audi Quattro | |
4. | Rally of Brazil | Michèle Mouton | Audi Quattro | |
5. | 1997 | Monte Carlo Rally | Piero Liatti | Subaru Impreza WRC |
Notes
- ^ Pons has started 67 events as a co-driver and three as a driver.
References
- ^ "Fabrizia Pons – Art Vatanen Rally". Ari Vatanen Rally.
- ^ "Race4Change: Rallying for the Economic Empowerment of Women". Race4Change. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Fabrizia Pons". Archived from the original on 14 November 2007.