Jon Ekerold

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 to

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 Source:

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- AUT2 GER- NAT- IOM- NED10 FIN- CZE- YUG- 13 16th 01976 250cc Yamaha FRA- NAT- YUG- IOMNC NED12 BEL- SWE11 FIN14 CZE- GER3 ESP- 10 15th 0 350cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- NAT- YUG- IOMNC NED- FIN7 CZE- GER- ESP- 4 30th 0 500cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM6 NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- GER- 5 29th 01977 250cc Yamaha VEN- GER- NAT6 ESP- FRA1 YUG8 NED7 BEL10 SWE3 FIN12 CZE7 GBR- 42 9th 1 350cc Yamaha VEN- GER- NAT- ESP6 FRA2 YUG2 NED6 SWE4 FIN3 CZE9 GBR- 54 3rd 01978 250cc Yamaha VEN- ESP5 FRA4 NAT- NED- BEL- SWE4 FIN10 GBR- GER6 CZE5 YUG5 40 9th 0 350cc Yamaha VEN- AUT4 FRA3 NAT- NED3 BEL- SWE4 FIN5 GBR- GER4 CZE4 YUG5 64 4th 01979 250cc Yamaha VEN- GER4 NAT- ESP- YUG- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- GBR- CZE- FRA- 8 22nd 0 350cc Yamaha VEN5 AUT2 GER1 NAT- ESP- YUG- NED- FIN- GBR10 CZE- FRA- 34 8th 1 1980 350cc Bimota-Yamaha NAT6 FRA1 NED1 GBR2 CZE10 GER1 63 1st 3 1981 350cc Bimota-Yamaha ARG1 AUT3 GER- NAT1 YUG2 NED- GBR- CZE- 52 2nd 2 1982 500cc Cagiva ARG- AUT12 FRA- ESP- NAT- NED- BEL- YUG- GBR13 SWE- RSM- GER10 1 28th 0 1983 500cc Cagiva RSA17 FRA19 NAT- GER- ESP- AUT- YUG- NEDNC BEL- GBR- SWE- RSM24 0 - 0