Christian Sarron (born March 27, 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand, France) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

He began his career on a Kawasaki when he met French Grand Prix racer Patrick Pons. Pons helped him get his start in the international racing circuit. His first victory came in the rain in the 1977 German Grand Prix. He was injured in a 750cc race which would begin a trend of numerous injuries for the next few years. In 1982, he again won in the rain at the Finnish Grand Prix cementing his reputation as an exceptional wet weather rider. He finished the 1982 season 8th in the 350 class and 10th in the 250 class.

He would finish second to Carlos Lavado in the 1983 250 class with another Grand Prix victory in the Swedish Grand Prix. In 1984, he won three times on a Yamaha and captured the 250 World Championship .

The following year saw him move up to the premiere 500cc division with the Gauloises-Yamaha team where he won again in the rain at the 1985 German Grand Prix. He finished the season in an impressive third place to Freddie Spencer and Eddie Lawson. In 1989, he again finished third in the 500cc championship behind Lawson and Wayne Rainey.

Sarron's 500cc career occurred at a time when the bikes suited the sliding style of the Americans who had been brought up on dirt oval tracks, yet Sarron still managed to post respectable results. In 1994, he teamed up with his brother Dominique Sarron, to win the prestigious Bol d'or endurance race. In 1995 he retired from competition to take on the role of team director for Yamaha's Superbike team.

Grand Prix career statistics

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

() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1976	350cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ350	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	FIN -	CZE 10	GER 7	ESP -							5	26th	0
1977	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ250	VEN -	GER 1	NAT -	ESP 4	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GBR -				23	14th	1
	350cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ350	VEN -	GER 8	NAT -	ESP 2	FRA -	YUG -	NED -		SWE 10	FIN 2	CZE 3	GBR -				38	7th	0
1978	350cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ350	VEN 6	AUT -	FRA -	NAT -	NED 5	SWE -	FIN -	GBR 7	GER -	CZE -	YUG -					15	15th	0
1979	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ500	VEN 7	AUT -	GER 8	NAT NC	ESP -	YUG 7	NED 9	BEL NC	SWE 9	FIN 5	GBR 6	FRA -				26	11th	0
1981	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ500	AUT NC	GER -	NAT 9	FRA NC	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	RSM 12	GBR 18	FIN -	SWE -					2	23rd	0
1982	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ250			FRA -	ESP 9	NAT 8	NED -	BEL -	YUG 5	GBR -	SWE -	FIN 1	CZE -	RSM -	GER -		26	10th	1
	350cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ350	ARG -	AUT -	FRA -		NAT -	NED 5			GBR 5		FIN 2	CZE 7		GER -		28	8th	0
1983	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ250	RSA NC	FRA NC	NAT NC	GER 7	ESP 2	AUT 4	YUG 2	NED NC	BEL 2	GBR 3	SWE 1					73	2nd	1
1984	250cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	TZ250	RSA 2	NAT NC	ESP 2	AUT 1	GER 1	FRA 5	YUG 2	NED NC	BEL 3	GBR 1	SWE 2	RSM NC				109	1st	3
1985	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	RSA 6	ESP 3	GER 1	NAT 5	AUT 3	YUG 5	NED NC	BEL 3	FRA NC	GBR 3	SWE 4	RSM NC				80	3rd	1
1986	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	ESP 5	NAT 4	GER NC	AUT 4	YUG 6	NED 5	BEL 3	FRA 3	GBR NC	SWE -	RSM 6					58	6th	0
1987	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	JPN NC	ESP NC	GER NC	NAT 3	AUT 6	YUG -	NED NC	FRA 3	GBR 4	SWE NC	CZE 7	RSM 8	POR 5	BRA 5	ARG NC	52	7th	0
1988	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	JPN 8	USA 6	ESP 4	EXP 4	NAT NC	GER 3	AUT NC	NED 3	BEL NC	YUG 2	FRA 2	GBR 3	SWE 3	CZE NC	BRA 5	149	4th	0
1989	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	JPN 7	AUS 3	USA 6	ESP 4	NAT DNS	GER 5	AUT 4	YUG 5	NED 3	BEL 4	FRA 4	GBR 5	SWE 2	CZE 4	BRA 8	165.5	3rd	0
1990	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	JPN NC	USA 4	ESP 7	NAT -	GER 4	AUT 7	YUG -	NED 7	BEL 4	FRA NC	GBR 8	SWE -	CZE 6	HUN NC	AUS NC	84	9th	0

References

1. Christian Sarron career statistics at MotoGP.com