Éric Saul

Éric Saul

Saul at the 1979 French Grand Prix
Nationality French
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1977 - 1983, 1986
First race1977 250cc British Grand Prix
Last race1986 125cc Austrian Grand Prix
First win1981 250cc Nations Grand Prix
Last win1982 350cc Austrian Grand Prix
Team(s)Chevallier
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
30 2 8 1 1 172

Éric Saul (born May 26, 1954) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1][2]

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.[1] His best result was a fourth-place finish in the 1982 350cc world championship.[1] Saul won two Grand Prix races during his career at the 1981 250cc Nations Grand Prix and the 1982 350cc Austrian Grand Prix.[1]

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[1]

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
-
GBR
3
10 20th 0
1978 350cc Yamaha TZ350 VEN
7
AUT
-
FRA
-
NAT
-
NED
-
SWE
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
GER
-
CZE
-
YUG
-
4 20th 0
1979 250cc Yamaha TZ250 VEN
6
GER
-
NAT
-
ESP
-
YUG
9
NED
-
BEL
-
SWE
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
FRA
7
11 18th 0
350cc Yamaha TZ350 VEN
7
AUT
-
GER
-
NAT
-
ESP
-
YUG
-
NED
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
5
FRA
-
10 16th 0
1980 250cc Yamaha TZ250 NAT
5
ESP
-
FRA
5
YUG
-
NED
2
BEL
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
GER
-
24 9th 0
350cc Yamaha TZ350 NAT
7
FRA
3
NED
-
GBR
3
CZE
-
GER
-
24 6th 0
1981 250cc Yamaha TZ250 ARG
7
GER
-
NAT
1
FRA
-
ESP
-
NED
-
BEL
-
RSM
-
GBR
-
FIN
-
SWE
-
CZE
-
19 13th 1
350cc Yamaha TZ350 ARG
-
AUT
-
GER
2
NAT
5
YUG
-
NED
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
18 9th 0
1982 350cc Chevallier-Yamaha TZ350 ARG
4
AUT
1
FRA
-
NAT
6
NED
7
GBR
-
FIN
7
CZE
5
GER
3
52 4th 1
1983 250cc Yamaha TZ250 RSA
-
FRA
-
NAT
NC
GER
-
ESP
-
AUT
-
YUG
-
NED
-
BEL
NC
GBR
29
SWE
-
0 - 0
1986 125cc LGM - ESP
NC
NAT
NC
GER
-
AUT
21
NED
-
BEL
-
FRA
-
GBR
-
SWE
-
RSM
-
BWU
-
0 - 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Éric Saul Moto GP results". motogp.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. 30 ans de la FFMC à Limoges May 10, 2010 "Entre les allées, on pouvait croiser des grandes figures de la moto, comme Éric Saul, Christian Sarron et Kenny Foray pour le team GMT94, "

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