Eric Saul

Éric Saul (born 26 May 1954) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Career Saul began motorcycle competition in 1973. That year he entered the last round of the "coupe des 4 saisons" challenge in Magny Cours on an unmodified Yamaha 125 AS3 and finished 15th. His result convinced him to pursue a racing career. In 1974, he started with the "coupe des 4 saisons" challenge and won both rounds in the 125cc class on a Yamaha AS3 and in the 500cc class on Kawasaki even though it was his first time on the Croix-en-Thernois circuit. Also in 1974, he competed in the Kawasaki Cup Challenge and finished 11th.

Saul competed in the Grand Prix world championship from 1977 to 1983 and then returned to compete in 1986. His best result was a fourth-place finish in the 1982 350cc world championship. Saul won two Grand Prix races during his career at the 1981 250cc Nations Grand Prix and the 1982 350cc Austrian Grand Prix.

After his racing career ended, Saul created the International Classic Grand Prix organization promoting meetings of classic Grand Prix bikes and racers from the 1970s and 1980s.

Results Kawasaki Cup Rank Name Points 6 Res Lem Dij Cha Mag Lem Mry Léd Kar 1 Saul, Eric 81 79 15+3 8 12 1 1 15 8 15+3 2 Boulom, Denis 72 71 dsq 15 15+3 15 10 1 1 12 3 Sarron, Christian 62 61 - 1 8 10 15+3 1+3 15 6

Grand Prix career statistics Source:

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

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

Year Class Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points Rank Wins 1977 250cc Yamaha TZ250 VEN- GER- NAT- ESP- FRA- YUG- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- GBR3 10 20th 0 1978 350cc Yamaha TZ350 VEN7 AUT- FRA- NAT- NED- SWE- FIN- GBR- GER- CZE- YUG- 4 20th 01979 250cc Yamaha TZ250 VEN6 GER- NAT- ESP- YUG9 NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- GBR- CZE- FRA7 11 18th 0 350cc Yamaha TZ350 VEN7 AUT- GER- NAT- ESP- YUG- NED- FIN- GBR- CZE5 FRA- 10 16th 01980 250cc Yamaha TZ250 NAT5 ESP- FRA5 YUG- NED2 BEL- FIN- GBR- CZE- GER- 24 9th 0 350cc Yamaha TZ350 NAT7 FRA3 NED- GBR3 CZE- GER- 24 6th 01981 250cc Yamaha TZ250 ARG7 GER- NAT1 FRA- ESP- NED- BEL- RSM- GBR- FIN- SWE- CZE- 19 13th 1 350cc Yamaha TZ350 ARG- AUT- GER2 NAT5 YUG- NED- GBR- CZE- 18 9th 0 1982 350cc Chevallier-Yamaha TZ350 ARG4 AUT1 FRA- NAT6 NED7 GBR- FIN7 CZE5 GER3 52 4th 1 1983 250cc Yamaha TZ250 RSA- FRA- NATNC GER- ESP- AUT- YUG- NED- BELNC GBR29 SWE- 0 - 0 1986 125cc LGM - ESPNC NATNC GER- AUT21 NED- BEL- FRA- GBR- SWE- RSM- BWU- 0 - 0