Raymond Roche (born 21 February 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
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.jpg) Roche at the 1984 Dutch TT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Motorcycle racing career
In 1981, he teamed up with Jean Lafond to win the FIM 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 four native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts | |||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1988 | Ducati | GBR | GBR | HUN | HUN | GER | GER | AUT | AUT | JPN | JPN | FRA Ret | FRA DNS | POR Ret | POR 26 | AUS | AUS | NZL | NZL | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| 1989 | Ducati | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | HUN 2 | HUN Ret | CAN 2 | CAN Ret | USA 1 | USA 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 10 | FRA 3 | FRA 2 | JPN 13 | JPN 18 | GER 1 | GER 1 | ITA Ret | ITA 1 | AUS 4 | AUS 2 | NZL Ret | NZL Ret | 3rd | 222 | ||||
| 1990 | Ducati | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | GBR 2 | GBR 2 | HUN 2 | HUN 1 | GER Ret | GER 2 | CAN 1 | CAN 1 | USA 2 | USA 4 | AUT 8 | AUT 2 | JPN 1 | JPN 6 | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | ITA 3 | ITA 6 | MAL 4 | MAL 3 | AUS 5 | AUS 8 | NZL 2 | NZL Ret | 1st | 391 |
| 1991 | Ducati | GBR Ret | GBR 2 | SPA Ret | SPA 3 | CAN | CAN | USA DNS | USA DNS | AUT 3 | AUT 3 | SMR 4 | SMR 2 | SWE Ret | SWE 3 | JPN 6 | JPN 2 | MAL 1 | MAL 1 | GER 2 | GER 1 | FRA 2 | FRA 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 1 | AUS | AUS | 2nd | 282 |
| 1992 | Ducati | SPA 7 | SPA 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 2 | GER 5 | GER 4 | BEL Ret | BEL 4 | SPA 2 | SPA 6 | AUT 28 | AUT 3 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | MAL 1 | MAL 2 | JPN 5 | JPN 8 | NED 3 | NED 3 | ITA Ret | ITA 2 | AUS Ret | AUS 1 | NZL 3 | NZL 4 | 2nd | 336 |