Edgar Pons

Edgar Pons
Edgar Pons
	Pons in 2019
Nationality	Spanish
Born	16 June 1995 (age 29); Barcelona, Spain
Bike number	57
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2014–2018, 2020
Manufacturers	Kalex, Speed Up
Championships	0
2020 championship position	26th (5 pts)

Edgar Pons Ramón (born 16 June 1995 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish former motorcycle racer. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 European champion in 2015 and 2019. He is son of Sito Pons and brother of Axel Pons.^[1]

Career

Pons first appeared in the Moto2 World Championship either as a wild card or as a substitute in 2014 and 2015. He won the 2015 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship and was a full-time rider in the World Championship in 2016 and 2017. Pons then spent two seasons in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship, winning the title in 2019, before joining the World Championship again in 2020. He announced his retirement from racing at the end of the season.^[2]

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	Tech3	JER 1	ARA1 5	ARA2 DNF	CAT 7	ALB 6	NAV1 2	NAV2 6	ALG1 3	ALG2 1	VAL 3		3rd	142
2015	Kalex	ALG1 1	ALG2 2	CAT 1	ARA1 1	ARA2 1	ALB 2	NAV1 3	NAV2 1	JER 3	VAL1 2	VAL2 2	1st	237
2018	Kalex	EST1 Ret	EST2 Ret	VAL 2	CAT1 3	CAT2 4	ARA1 1	ARA2 1	JER 1	ALB1 6	ALB2 4	VAL 1	2nd	165.5
2019	Kalex	EST1 2	EST2 3	VAL 1	CAT1 1	CAT2 1	ARA1 6	ARA2 1	JER 1	ALB1 1	ALB2 Ret	VAL 1	1st	221

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2014	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP 40	1	0	NC
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Páginas Amarillas HP 40	8	0	NC
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	8	0	NC
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Páginas Amarillas HP 40	14	4	31st
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP40	18	2	34th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	AGR Team	2	1	31st
2018	Moto2	Speed Up	Speed Up Racing	4	1	31st
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	15	5	26th
Total				62	12

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2014–2018, 2020	2014 Spain			62	0	0	0	0	12	0
Total	2014–2018, 2020				62	0	0	0	0	12	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2014	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA 25	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		NC	0
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA 19	FRA	ITA	CAT 17	NED	GER	INP	CZE 22	GBR	RSM	ARA Ret	JPN 19	AUS 22	MAL 20	VAL Ret		NC	0
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	ARG DNS	AME	SPA DNS	FRA	ITA 23	CAT 17	NED 23	GER 14	AUT 20	CZE 20	GBR 23	RSM Ret	ARA 24	JPN 16	AUS 14	MAL 19	VAL 19		31st	4
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 26	ARG 16	AME Ret	SPA 17	FRA 25	ITA 20	CAT 22	NED 24	GER 19	CZE 28	AUT 14	GBR 22	RSM Ret	ARA 17	JPN 27	AUS Ret	MAL 16	VAL 20		34th	2
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 16	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA 17						31st	1
2018	Moto2	Speed Up															THA 19	JPN 23	AUS 15	MAL 20	VAL	31st	1
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 16	SPA 16	ANC 16	CZE 20	AUT Ret	STY 19	RSM Ret	EMI 20	CAT 14	FRA 19	ARA 13	TER Ret	EUR 17	VAL Ret	POR Ret					26th	5

References

^ "Edgar Pons y su salto a Moto2: "El apellido siempre pesa, pero el Mundial es mi sitio"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ "Edgar Pons se retira de la competición". Marca (in Spanish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

Edgar Pons at MotoGP.com
Edgar Pons at AS.com (in Spanish)

[1] "Edgar Pons y su salto a Moto2: "El apellido siempre pesa, pero el Mundial es mi sitio"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[2] "Edgar Pons se retira de la competición". Marca (in Spanish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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