Jon Ekerold’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African motorcycle racer
Is Motorcycle racer 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 8 October 1946, Johannesburg
Age: 73 years

Jonathan “Jon” Ekerold (born 8 October 1946) is a South African former 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.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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
350cc Yamaha FRA
– 		AUT
– 		NAT
– 		YUG
– 		IOM
NC 		NED
– 		FIN
7 		CZE
– 		GER
– 		ESP
– 		4 30th 0
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
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 		YUG
5 		40 9th 0
350cc Yamaha VEN
– 		AUT
4 		FRA
3 		NAT
– 		NED
3 		BEL
– 		SWE
4 		FIN
5 		GBR
– 		GER
4 		CZE
4 		YUG
5 		64 4th 0
1979 250cc Yamaha VEN
– 		GER
4 		NAT
– 		ESP
– 		YUG
– 		NED
– 		BEL
– 		SWE
– 		FIN
– 		GBR
– 		CZE
– 		FRA
– 		8 22nd 0
350cc Yamaha VEN
5 		AUT
2 		GER
1 		NAT
– 		ESP
– 		YUG
– 		NED
– 		FIN
– 		GBR
10 		CZE
– 		FRA
– 		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
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