Éric Saul

Éric Saul is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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

Source:
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

Year

Class

Team

Machine

Points

Rank

Wins

1977

250cc

Yamaha

TZ250

VEN
-

GER
-

NAT
-

ESP
-

FRA
-

YUG
-

NED
-

BEL
-

SWE
-

FIN
-

CZE
-

GBR
3

20th

1978

350cc

Yamaha

TZ350

VEN
7

AUT
-

FRA
-

NAT
-

NED
-

SWE
-

FIN
-

GBR
-

GER
-

CZE
-

YUG
-

20th

1979

250cc

Yamaha

TZ250

VEN
6

GER
-

NAT
-

ESP
-

YUG
9

NED
-

BEL
-

SWE
-

FIN
-

GBR
-

CZE
-

FRA
7

18th

1979

350cc

Yamaha

TZ350

VEN
7

AUT
-

GER
-

NAT
-

ESP
-

YUG
-

NED
-

FIN
-

GBR
-

CZE
5

FRA
-

16th

1980

250cc

Yamaha

TZ250

NAT
5

ESP
-

FRA
5

YUG
-

NED
2

BEL
-

FIN
-

GBR
-

CZE
-

GER
-

9th

1980

350cc

Yamaha

TZ350

NAT
7

FRA
3

NED
-

GBR
3

CZE
-

GER
-

6th

1981

250cc

Yamaha

TZ250

ARG
7

GER
-

NAT
1

FRA
-

ESP
-

NED
-

BEL
-

RSM
-

GBR
-

FIN
-

SWE
-

CZE
-

13th

1981

350cc

Yamaha

TZ350

ARG
-

AUT
-

GER
2

NAT
5

YUG
-

NED
-

GBR
-

CZE
-

9th

1982

350cc

Chevallier-Yamaha

TZ350

ARG
4

AUT
1

FRA
-

NAT
6

NED
7

GBR
-

FIN
7

CZE
5

GER
3

4th

1983

250cc

Yamaha

TZ250

RSA
-

FRA
-

NAT
NC

GER
-

ESP
-

AUT
-

YUG
-

NED
-

BEL
NC

GBR
29

SWE
-

1986

125cc

LGM

ESP
NC

NAT
NC

GER
-

AUT
21

NED
-

BEL
-

FRA
-

GBR
-

SWE
-

RSM
-

BWU
-