Fabrizia Pons

Fabrizia Pons
Nationality	Italian
Birth date	26 June 1955 (age 71)
Birth place	Turin, Italy
Years	1976–1979, 1981–1984, 1986, 1994, 1996–1998, 2024–2025
Driver	Amedeo Gerbino Franco Berruto Roger Grimaud "Lucky" Michèle Mouton Ari Vatanen Piero Liatti Burcu Çetinkaya
Races	73^[a]
Championships	0
Wins	5
Podiums	17
Stagewins	223
First race	1976 Rallye du Maroc
First win	1981 Rallye Sanremo
Last win	1997 Rally Monte Carlo
Last race	2025 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

Nº	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
1979	4 Rombi Corse	Fiat 131 Abarth											GBR Ret	CIV			NC	0
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
1983	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2					FRA Ret	GRC Ret	NZL Ret	ARG 3	FIN 16	ITA 7	CIV	GBR Ret			5th	53
1984	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	MON	SWE 2	POR	KEN Ret	FRA										12th	25
1984	Audi Sport	Audi Sport Quattro						GRC Ret	NZL	ARG	FIN Ret	ITA	CIV	GBR 4			12th	25
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
1994	Ford Motor Company Ltd	Ford Escort RS Cosworth						ARG 3	NZL Ret								9th	28
1996	Ford Motor Company Ltd	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	SWE Ret	KEN													5th	56
1996	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza 555			IDN 2	GRC 4	ARG 7	FIN	AUS 7	ITA Ret	ESP 2						5th	56
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
	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE 43	CHL	EUR	JPN		NC	0
	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	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

^ Pons has started 70 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 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
^ "Fabrizia Pons". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14.

External links

Fabrizia Pons – Career Statistics