Franco Bonera


Gianfranco Bonera is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he won the Nations Grand Prix and finished second to his MV Agusta teammate, Phil Read, in the 500cc world championship. He switched to the 250cc class in 1976, racing for the Harley-Davidson factory racing team on Aermacchi machines rebadged after being purchased by the American firm. He won the 250cc Spanish Grand Prix and finished the season in third place behind his Harley-Davidson teammate, Walter Villa and Yamaha's Takazumi Katayama.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1969 onwards:
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Points1512108654321


YearClassTeam12345678910111213PointsRankWins
1973350ccHarley-DavidsonFRA
-		AUT
-		GER
-		NAT
-		IOM
-		YUG
-		NED
-		CZE
4		SWE
-		FIN
-		ESP
-		823rd0
1973500ccHarley-DavidsonFRA
-		AUT
-		GER
-		IOM
-		YUG
3		NED
-		BEL
-		CZE
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		ESP
-		1019th0
1974500ccMV AgustaFRA
3		GER
-		AUT
2		NAT
1		IOM
-		NED
4		BEL
10		SWE
4		FIN
2		CZE
2		692nd1
1975500ccMV AgustaFRA
-		AUT
-		GER
-		NAT
-		IOM
-		NED
6		BEL
-		SWE
4		FIN
NC		CZE
-		1315th0
1976250ccHarley-DavidsonFRA
2		NAT
-		YUG
7		IOM
-		NED
4		BEL
5		SWE
3		FIN
3		CZE
2		GER
-		ESP
1		613rd1
1976350ccHarley-DavidsonFRA
-		AUT
10		NAT
-		YUG
-		IOM
-		NED
-		FIN
-		CZE
7		GER
3		ESP
-		1515th0
1977500ccSuzukiVEN
DNF		AUT
-		GER
12		NAT
DNF		FRA
4		NED
DNF		BEL
DNF		SWE
6		FIN
3		CZE
5		GBR
4		377th0
1978350ccYamahaVEN
8		AUT
10		FRA
-		NAT
-		NED
2		SWE
-		FIN
-		GBR
5		GER
8		CZE
-		YUG
2		377th0
1978500ccSuzukiVEN
-		ESP
-		AUT
9		FRA
-		NAT
-		NED
-		BEL
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		GBR
-		GER
12		226th0
1979350ccYamahaVEN
-		AUT
-		GER
-		NAT
-		ESP
-		YUG
10		NED
10		FIN
-		GBR
-		CZE
-		FRA
-		236th0
1980500ccYamahaNAT
12		ESP
-		FRA
-		NED
-		BEL
-		FIN
-		GBR
-		GER
-		0-0