The co-drivers

Fabrizia Pons

Audi Sport · co-driver to Michèle Mouton

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Michèle Mouton’s co-driver read the notes for the most famous all-female crew in rallying: three world championship wins in 1982, runner-up in the drivers’ championship and the Halda Trophy as the best co-driver of the year.

Grouve Sport documentary

Episode 8 — The Architects: Fiorio, Todt, Gumpert, Turner & the People Behind Group B

The people behind Group B, including the co-drivers.

From driver to co-driver

Fabrizia Pons was born in Turin on 26 June 1955. She began as a driver and scored world championship points by finishing ninth on the 1978 Rallye Sanremo, which makes her one of only two people to have scored points both as a driver and as a co-driver.

With Mouton at Audi

Pons joined Michèle Mouton at Audi Sport. Their first win came on the 1981 Rallye Sanremo; in 1982 they won in Portugal, on the Acropolis and in Brazil, and fought Walter Röhrl for the title until Mouton crashed out on the Ivory Coast. They finished second on the 1982 RAC Rally and stayed on the podium regularly in 1983 and 1984. Pons received the Halda Trophy for 1982, the highest award for a co-driver.

Mouton’s co-driver: three wins in 1982, and the Halda Trophy.

Later career

Pons remained active as a co-driver at the top level of rallying for decades.

Career in the Group B years

World Rally Championship podiums of the co-driver, year by year (1982–1986). win 2nd 3rd

1982

3wins

4 podiums

• Rally de Portugal
• Acropolis Rally (Greece)
• Rally of Brazil

1983

0wins

3 podiums

1984

0wins

1 podium

1985

0wins

0 podiums

1986

0wins

0 podiums

3 WRC wins · 8 podium finishes, 1982–1986

In pictures 2 photos

Further resources

• 4Legend: interview with Fabrizia Pons FR · article
  French interview with Fabrizia Pons on her Audi Sport successes.
• Audi Magazine: The hot seat — Fabrizia Pons EN · article
  Interview with Michèle Mouton's co-driver about the quattro years.

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Sources

1. Wikipedia (EN), Fabrizia Pons — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizia_Pons
2. Wikipedia (EN), Michèle Mouton — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Mouton
3. Jonkka's World Rally Archive (juwra.com), results and entry lists 1982–1986 — https://www.juwra.com/

All text is original writing for Grouve Sports Management Group, based on the sources above. Facts checked on 21 October 2026.

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