Fabrizia Pons

Fabrizia Pons
Fabrizia Pons at the 1981 Sanremo Rallye
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1955-06-26) 26 June 1955
Turin, Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years19761979, 19811984, 1986, 1994, 19961998, 20242025
Driver Amedeo Gerbino
Franco Berruto
Roger Grimaud
"Lucky"
Michèle Mouton
Ari Vatanen
Piero Liatti
Burcu Çetinkaya
Rallies73[a]
Championships0
Rally wins5
Podiums17
Stage wins223
First rally1976 Rallye du Maroc
First win1981 Rallye Sanremo
Last win1997 Rally Monte Carlo
Last rally2025 Rally Saudi Arabia

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 first being Rallye Sanremo in 1981 and then 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

Year Rally Driver Car
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

Complete WRC results

As co-driver

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
1976 Amedeo Gerbino Opel Kadett GT/E MON SWE POR KEN GRC MOR
?
FIN ITA FRA GBR N/A N/A
1977 Franco Berruto Alfa Romeo Alfasud TI MON
Ret
SWE POR KEN NZL GRC FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR N/A N/A
1978 Franco Berruto Alfa Romeo Alfasud TI MON
80
SWE KEN POR GRC FIN CAN ITA CIV FRA GBR N/A N/A
1979 Roger Grimaud Opel Kadett GT/E MON
98
SWE POR KEN GRC NZL FIN CAN ITA FRA NC 0
4 Rombi Corse Fiat 131 Abarth GBR
Ret
CIV
1981 Audi Sport Audi Quattro MON SWE POR
4
KEN FRA
Ret
GRC
Ret
ARG BRA FIN
13
ITA
1
CIV GBR
Ret
8th 30
1982 Audi Sport Audi Quattro MON
Ret
SWE
5
POR
1
KEN FRA
7
GRC
1
NZL
Ret
BRA
1
FIN
Ret
ITA
4
CIV
Ret
GBR
2
2nd 97
1983 Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1 MON
Ret
SWE
4
POR
2
KEN
3
5th 53
Audi Quattro A2 FRA
Ret
GRC
Ret
NZL
Ret
ARG
3
FIN
16
ITA
7
CIV GBR
Ret
1984 Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 MON SWE
2
POR KEN
Ret
FRA 12th 25
Audi Sport Quattro GRC
Ret
NZL ARG FIN
Ret
ITA CIV GBR
4
1986 Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 MON SWE POR KEN FRA
Ret
GRE NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR USA NC 0
1994 SMS AG Revo Ingenieure Ford Escort RS Cosworth MON POR KEN FRA GRC
5
FIN
Ret
ITA GBR
5
9th 28
Ford Motor Company Ltd ARG
3
NZL
Ret
1996 Ford Motor Company Ltd Ford Escort RS Cosworth SWE
Ret
KEN 5th 56
555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 IDN
2
GRC
4
ARG
7
FIN AUS
7
ITA
Ret
ESP
2
1997 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MON
1
SWE KEN POR ESP
2
FRA
5
ARG GRC NZL FIN ITA
2
AUS GBR
7
6th 24
1998 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC MON
4
SWE
9
KEN
Ret
POR
6
ESP
Ret
FRA
3
ARG
6
GRC
6
NZL
6
FIN ITA
2
AUS
Ret
GBR
Ret
7th 17
2024 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE
43
CHL EUR JPN NC 0
2025 Burcu Çetinkaya Renault Clio Rally3 MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU
43
NC 0

As driver

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
1976 Fabrizia Pons Alfa Romeo Alfasud MON SWE POR KEN GRC MOR FIN ITA
29
FRA GBR N/A N/A
1977 Fabrizia Pons Opel Kadett GT/E MON SWE POR KEN NZL GRC FIN CAN ITA
Ret
FRA GBR N/A N/A
1978 Conrero Squadra Corse Opel Kadett GT/E MON SWE KEN POR GRC FIN CAN ITA
9
CIV FRA GBR N/A N/A

Notes

  1. ^ Pons has started 70 events as a co-driver and three as a driver.

References

  1. ^ "Fabrizia Pons – Art Vatanen Rally". Ari Vatanen Rally.
  2. ^ "Race4Change: Rallying for the Economic Empowerment of Women". Race4Change. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Fabrizia Pons". Archived from the original on 14 November 2007.