Raymond Roche

Raymond Roche (born February 21, 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981, he teamed up with Jean Lafond to win the Endurance World Championship. His best year in Grand Prix racing was in 1984 when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola.^[1] After retiring from Grand Prix racing, he competed in the Superbike World Championship as a member of the Ducati factory racing team, winning that championship in 1990, and finishing as runner-up in 1991 and 1992.^[2] He is still only one of three native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results^[1]

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	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank
1978	250cc	Yamaha	TZ250	VEN -	ESP -		FRA 6	NAT 8	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	GBR 3	GER 8	CZE 6	YUG -			26	11th
1978	350cc	Yamaha	TZ350	VEN -		AUT -	FRA 9	NAT -	NED -		SWE -	FIN -	GBR -	GER -	CZE 10	YUG -			3	22nd
1980	500cc	Sonauto-Yamaha	YZR500	NAT -	ESP -	FRA 11	NED -	BEL 12	FIN 10	GBR 14	GER -								1	23rd
1981	500cc	Suzuki	RG500	AUT -	GER 15	NAT 15	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	RSM -	GBR -	FIN -	SWE -					0	-
1982	500cc	Suzuki	RG500	ARG -	AUT -	FRA -	ESP -	NAT 11	NED 10	BEL -	YUG -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -	GER -				1	28th
1983	500cc	Total-Honda	NS500	RSA 7	FRA NC	NAT 6	GER 7	ESP NC	AUT NC	YUG -	NED 9	BEL -	GBR -	SWE 8	RSM 7				22	10th
1984	500cc	Total-Honda	NS500	RSA 2	NAT 3	ESP 3	AUT 6	GER 5	FRA NC	YUG 3	NED 2	BEL 3	GBR NC	SWE 2	RSM 2				99	3rd
1985	500cc	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	RSA NC	ESP 5	GER 13	NAT 7	AUT 10	YUG 6	NED NC	BEL 5	FRA 2	GBR 6	SWE 8	RSM 4				50	7th
1986	500cc	Rothmans-Honda	NSR500	ESP 6	NAT NC	GER 7	AUT NC	YUG 7	NED 6	BEL NC	FRA NC	GBR 6	SWE 5	RSM 5					35	8th
1987	500cc	Cagiva	GP500	JPN 10	ESP NC	GER NC	NAT 9	AUT NC	YUG 5	NED NC	FRA NC	GBR -	SWE 3	CZE NC	RSM NC	POR NC	BRA NC	ARG 5	15	13th
1988	500cc	Cagiva	GP500	JPN NC	USA NC	ESP 11	EXP NC	NAT 9	GER -	AUT -	NED -	BEL -	YUG NC	FRA -	GBR NC	SWE 15	CZE NC	BRA -	13	20th
1989	500cc	Cagiva	GP500	JPN -	AUS -	USA -	ESP -	NAT DNS	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA NC	GBR -	SWE -	CZE -	BRA -	0	-

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Raymonde Roche MotoGP career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
↑ "Raymonde Roche World Superbike career statistics". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

Superbike World Champions

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Name	Roche, Raymond
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Short description	French motorcycle racer
Date of birth	February 21, 1957
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Raymond Roche

Motorcycle Grand Prix results[1]

References

Motorcycle Grand Prix results^[1]