Fabrizia Pons

Fabrizia Pons
Fabrizia Pons at the 1981 Sanremo Rallye
Personal information
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1955-06-26) 26 June 1955 (age 71)
Turin, Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years1976–1979, 1981–1984, 1986, 1994, 1996–1998, 2024–2025
DriverItaly Amedeo Gerbino
Italy Franco Berruto
France Roger Grimaud
Italy "Lucky"
France Michèle Mouton
Finland Ari Vatanen
Italy Piero Liatti
Turkey Burcu Çetinkaya
Rallies73
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.

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.

WRC victories

Nº Year Rally Driver Car
1. 1981 Italy Rallye Sanremo France Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro
2. 1982 Portugal Rally de Portugal France Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro
3. Greece Acropolis Rally France Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro
4. Brazil Rally of Brazil France Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro
5. 1997 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally Italy 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.