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Jacques Cornu (born May 15, 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.
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 |
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| 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 |
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