Jon Ekerold

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English Template:Template other Jonathan "Jon" Ekerold (born 8 October 1946) is a South African former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from Template:MGP to Template:MGP

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ekerold is one of the few racers in the modern era to have won a road racing 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

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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

External links

• Jon Ekerold career profile at IOMTT.com
• Jon Ekerold article at realroadracing.com