Éric Saul

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

Éric Saul
Saul at the 1979 French Grand Prix
Nationality	French
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1977 - 1983, 1986 First race 1977 250cc British Grand Prix Last race 1986 125cc Austrian Grand Prix First win 1981 250cc Nations Grand Prix Last win 1982 350cc Austrian Grand Prix Team(s) Chevallier Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 30 2 8 1 1 172

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. "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, "

External links

• Éric Saul on MotoGP.com
• International Classic Grand Prix