Carlos Cardús

Carlos Cardús Carrió (born 26 September 1959) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between and .

Cardús was born in Barcelona, Spain on 26 September 1959. He had his best year in 1990, when he won four races and finished second in the 250cc world championship to John Kocinski in a close battle that went down to the last race of the season. In the last race of the year at Phillip Island in Australia, Cardús only needed to finish in second place behind Kocinski to win the world championship, however, his gear shift lever broke and he lost the title. He competed in the World Superbike Championship in 1994.

Cardús is the uncle of Ricard Cardús.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results Points system from 1969 to 1987: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points system from 1988 to 1992: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 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 14 15 Points Rank Wins 1983 250cc Cobas-Rotax RSANC FRA21 NAT- GER11 ESP9 AUT- YUG- NED16 BELNC GBR11 SWENC 2 28th 0 1984 250cc JJ Cobas RSA- NATNC ESPNC AUT- GER- FRA7 YUGNC NED- BEL11 GBRNC SWENC RSMNC 4 25th 0 1985 250cc JJ Cobas RSA6 ESPNC GER5 NATNC AUTNC YUGNC NEDNC BEL5 FRANC GBRNC SWENC RSM7 21 12th 0 1986 250cc Campsa Honda ESPNC NATNC GER13 AUTNC YUG5 NEDNC BEL6 FRA17 GBR5 SWE19 RSMNC 17 12th 0 1987 250cc Campsa Honda JPNNC ESP- GER4 NAT7 AUT5 YUGNC NED4 FRA3 GBR8 SWE6 TCH3 RSMNC PORNC BRA3 ARG5 70 5th 0 1988 250cc Ducados Honda JPN9 USANC ESPNC EXP- NAT- GER- AUTNC NED12 BEL7 YUG8 FRA8 GBR12 SWE5 TCH5 BRA7 71 9th 0 1989 250cc Repsol Honda JPN8 AUS7 USA5 ESP5 NAT4 GER6 AUT6 YUG6 NED4 BEL3 FRA1 GBRNC SWE4 TCH8 BRA5 162 4th 1 1990 250cc Repsol Honda JPN2 USA6 ESP4 NAT4 GER2 AUTNC YUG1 NED2 BEL3 FRA1 GBR5 SWE1 TCH1 HUN3 AUSNC 208 2nd 4 1991 250cc Repsol Honda JPN2 AUS3 USA4 ESP6 ITA6 GER2 AUT2 EUR3 NED5 FRA3 GBR2 RSM2 TCH2 VDM2 MAL2 205 3rd 0 1992 250cc Repsol Honda JPNNC AUS2 MAL4 ESP5 ITA7 EURNC GER- NED- HUNDNS FRA5 GBR8 BRA- RSA- 48 8th 0 1993 250cc Honda AUS6 MAL18 JPNNC ESP- AUT- GER9 NEDNC EUR6 RSM- GBR- CZE- ITA- USA- FIM- 27 18th 0Source: