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Fabrizia Pons

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Fabrizia Pons
Fabrizia Pons at the1981 Sanremo Rallye
Personal information
NationalityItalyItalian
Born(1955-06-26)26 June 1955(age 69)
Turin,Italy
World Rally Championshiprecord
Active years1976–1984,1986,1994,1996–1998
Rallies70[a]
Championships0
Rally wins5
Podiums17
Stage wins223
First rally1976Rallye Sanremo
First win1981Rallye Sanremo
Last win1997Rally Monte Carlo
Last rally1998Wales Rally GB

Fabrizia Pons(born 26 June 1955) is an Italian rally co-driver best known for her partnership withMichèle Mouton.

Biography

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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 the1978 Sanremo Rallybefore 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 GermanDakar RallyracerJutta Kleinschmidt.

Personal life

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Pons has two children and is fromTurin.[3]

WRC victories

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Nº Year Rally Driver Car
1. 1981 ItalyRallye Sanremo FranceMichèle Mouton Audi Quattro
2. 1982 PortugalRally de Portugal FranceMichèle Mouton Audi Quattro
3. GreeceAcropolis Rally FranceMichèle Mouton Audi Quattro
4. BrazilRally of Brazil FranceMichèle Mouton Audi Quattro
5. 1997 MonacoMonte Carlo Rally ItalyPiero Liatti Subaru Impreza WRC

Notes

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  1. ^Pons has started 67 events as a co-driver and three as a driver.

References

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  1. ^"Fabrizia Pons – Art Vatanen Rally".Ari Vatanen Rally.
  2. ^"Race4Change: Rallying for the Economic Empowerment of Women".Race4Change. Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2017.Retrieved6 June2012.
  3. ^"Fabrizia Pons".Archived fromthe originalon 14 November 2007.
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