Bernardus Marinus "Ben" Pon (9 December 1936 – 30 September 2019)[1] was a Dutch vintner and Olympian and motor racing driver.

[4] Ben Pon was a personal friend of Formula One driver Carel Godin de Beaufort.

It was de Beaufort's own Ecurie Maarsbergen privateer team that provided a Porsche 787 for him to race at Zandvoort, in his home Grand Prix on 20 May 1962.

He failed to finish the race due to an accident, which flipped his car over, throwing Pon out of the cockpit and into a shrubbery.

He was known for his Bernardus Winery in Carmel Valley, California, and owned the oldest wine negotiating business in the Netherlands.