Jon Ekerold
Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Rank Wins
1975 350cc Yamaha FRA - ESP - AUT 2 GER - NAT - IOM - NED 10 FIN - CZE - YUG - 13 16th 0
1976 250cc Yamaha FRA - NAT - YUG - IOM NC NED 12 BEL - SWE 11 FIN 14 CZE - GER 3 ESP - 10 15th 0
1976 350cc Yamaha FRA - AUT - NAT - YUG - IOM NC NED - FIN 7 CZE - GER - ESP - 4 30th 0
1976 500cc Yamaha FRA - AUT - NAT - IOM 6 NED - BEL - SWE - FIN - CZE - GER - 5 29th 0
1977 250cc Yamaha VEN - GER - NAT 6 ESP - FRA 1 YUG 8 NED 7 BEL 10 SWE 3 FIN 12 CZE 7 GBR - 42 9th 1
1977 350cc Yamaha VEN - GER - NAT - ESP 6 FRA 2 YUG 2 NED 6 SWE 4 FIN 3 CZE 9 GBR - 54 3rd 0
1978 250cc Yamaha VEN - ESP 5 FRA 4 NAT - NED - BEL - SWE 4 FIN 10 GBR - GER 6 CZE 5 40 9th 0
1978 350cc Yamaha VEN - AUT 4 FRA 3 NAT - NED 3 BEL - SWE 4 FIN 5 GBR - GER 4 CZE 4 64 4th 0
1979 250cc Yamaha VEN - GER 4 NAT - ESP - YUG - NED - BEL - SWE - FIN - GBR - CZE - 8 22nd 0
1979 350cc Yamaha VEN 5 AUT 2 GER 1 NAT - ESP - YUG - NED - FIN - GBR 10 CZE - 34 8th 1
1980 350cc Bimota - Yamaha NAT 6 FRA 1 NED 1 GBR 2 CZE 10 GER 1 63 1st 3
1981 350cc Bimota - Yamaha ARG 1 AUT 3 GER - NAT 1 YUG 2 NED - GBR - CZE - 52 2nd 2
1982 500cc Cagiva ARG - AUT 12 FRA - ESP - NAT - NED - BEL - YUG - GBR 13 SWE - RSM - GER 10 1 28th 0
1983 500cc Cagiva RSA 17 FRA 19 NAT - GER - ESP - AUT - YUG - NED NC BEL - GBR - SWE - RSM 24 0 - 0
Motorcycle Grand Prix results [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jonathan Jon Ekerold (born 8 October 1946) is a South African former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ekerold is one of the few racers in the modern era to have won a world championship as a privateer without the benefit of a motorcycle manufacturer's support when he defeated Kawasaki factory racing team rider Anton Mang for the 1980 350cc Grand Prix road racing world championship. Ekerold rode a self-modified Yamaha TZ350 engine in a Bimota chassis during his championship season. He also won the Ulster Grand Prix once and finished second at the Isle of Man TT twice.