Fabrizia Pons

Italian rally co-driver (born 1955)

Fabrizia Pons
Personal information
Fabrizia Pons at the 1981 Sanremo Rallye
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1955-06-26) 26 June 1955 (age 68) Turin, Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1976–1984, 1986, 1994, 1996–1998
Rallies	70^[a]
Championships	0
Rally wins	5
Podiums	17
Stage wins	223
First rally	1976 Rallye Sanremo
First win	1981 Rallye Sanremo
Last win	1997 Rally Monte Carlo
Last rally	1998 Wales Rally GB

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 Rallye Sanremo in 1981 and 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 originally 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

Notes

^ Pons has started 67 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 30 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ "Fabrizia Pons". Archived from the original on 14 November 2007.