Jacques Cornu

Jacques Cornu (born 15 May 1953) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1988 when he won two races and finished in third place in the 250cc world championship. Cornu won three Grand Prix races during his career.^[1] In 1982, he teamed up with Jean Claude Chemarin to win the FIM Endurance World Championship.

Jacques Cornu
Cornu at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix.
Nationality	Swiss
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1980 - 1990 First race 1980 250cc Spanish Grand Prix Last race 1990 250cc Australian Grand Prix First win 1988 250cc Austrian Grand Prix Last win 1989 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 116 3 21 3 3 753

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	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	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1980	250cc	Yamaha	NAT -	ESP 6	FRA 6	YUG 5	NED -	BEL 7	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	GER 5						26	8th	0
	350cc	Motul-Yamaha	NAT -		FRA 8		NED 6			GBR -	CZE 4	GER 6						21	7th	0
1981	350cc	Yamaha	ARG 9	AUT 7	GER -	NAT -	YUG 4	NED -	GBR -	CZE 5								20	8th	0
1982	250cc	Hostettler-Yamaha			FRA 5	ESP -	NAT 9	NED -	BEL -	YUG 6	GBR -	SWE 7	FIN -	CZE -	RSM -	GER -		17	17th	0
	350cc	Hostettler-Yamaha	ARG 5	AUT 5	FRA -		NAT 9	NED -			GBR -		FIN -	CZE 3		GER -		31	7th	0
1983	250cc	Hostettler-Yamaha	RSA 5	FRA 2	NAT 5	GER NC	ESP -	AUT 9	YUG -	NED 9	BEL 7	GBR -	SWE 17					32	9th	0
1984	250cc	Hostettler-Yamaha	RSA 16	NAT 6	ESP 6	AUT 8	GER 8	FRA NC	YUG 3	NED 2	BEL 13	GBR 9	SWE 3	RSM 3				60	6th	0
1985	250cc	Parisienne-Honda	RSA 10	ESP 11	GER 19	NAT 7	AUT 13	YUG 9	NED 5	BEL 11	FRA 7	GBR 9	SWE 5	RSM 16				25	10th	0
1986	250cc	Parisienne-Honda	ESP 5	NAT 6	GER 7	AUT 13	YUG 14	NED 11	BEL 8	FRA 3	GBR NC	SWE 7	RSM NC					32	7th	0
1987	250cc	Parisienne-Honda	JPN NC	ESP 6	GER 2	NAT 4	AUT 6	YUG 4	NED 7	FRA NC	GBR 4	SWE NC	CZE -	RSM -	POR -	BRA -	ARG -	50	9th	0
1988	250cc	Parisienne-Honda	JPN 4	USA 7	ESP 4	EXP 3	NAT 8	GER 21	AUT 1	NED 2	BEL 2	YUG 6	FRA 1	GBR 7	SWE NC	CZE 7	BRA 10	166	3rd	2
1989	250cc	Lucky Strike-Honda	JPN 9	AUS 6	USA 6	ESP NC	NAT 3	GER 5	AUT 2	YUG 3	NED 3	BEL 1	FRA 2	GBR 4	SWE 3	CZE 3	BRA 9	187	3rd	1
1990	250cc	Lucky Strike-Honda	JPN 5	USA -	ESP -	NAT -	GER -	AUT 7	YUG 8	NED NC	BEL 5	FRA 5	GBR 6	SWE 6	CZE 9	HUN 7	AUS NC	86	9th	0

References

1. Jacques Cornu career statistics at MotoGP.com

Preceded by Jean Lafond Raymond Roche

Endurance FIM World Champion 1982 With: Jean-Claude Chemarin

Succeeded by Richard Hubin Hervé Moineau