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Dirk Raudies (born June 17, 1964) is a German former professional motorcycle racer and current television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1989 to 1997.
Born in Biberach an der Riß, Germany, Raudies specialised in 125cc class racing where, he experienced his greatest success in 1993 when he won the 125cc Grand Prix world championship on a Honda RS125R.
Since 2004, Raudies has been a television motorsport commentator at Eurosport. From 2004 - 2008 he commentated alongside Ron Ringguth for MotoGP and since 2009 for Superbike World Championship with Lenz Leberkern.
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 |
Points system from 1993 onwards:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 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 [1] | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1989 | 125cc | Honda | JPN - | AUS - | ESP - | NAT - | GER 12 | AUT 6 | NED 15 | BEL 13 | FRA - | GBR 13 | SWE 11 | CZE 13 | 29 | 15 | 0 | |||
1990 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 4 | USA - | ESP 10 | NAT 2 | GER 2 | AUT NC | YUG 13 | NED 11 | BEL 6 | FRA 8 | GBR 13 | SWE 8 | CZE 6 | HUN 13 | AUS 6 | 113 | 5th | 0 |
1991 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 21 | AUS 11 | USA - | ESP 9 | ITA 10 | GER 8 | AUT 4 | EUR 5 | NED 10 | FRA 6 | GBR NC | RSM 9 | CZE NC | VDM - | MAL 8 | 81 | 8th | 0 |
1992 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 9 | AUS 7 | MAL 5 | ESP 7 | ITA 2 | EUR 5 | GER 6 | NED - | HUN 15 | FRA 7 | GBR 4 | BRA 1 | RSA 4 | 91 | 6th | 1 | ||
1993 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 1 | MAL 1 | JPN 1 | ESP NC | AUT 3 | GER 1 | NED 1 | EUR 5 | RSM 1 | GBR 1 | CZE 2 | ITA 1 | USA 1 | FIM 8 | 280 | 1st | 9 | |
1994 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 10 | MAL 4 | JPN NC | ESP 5 | AUT 1 | GER 1 | NED NC | ITA 5 | FRA 5 | GBR 8 | CZE 7 | USA 8 | ARG 6 | EUR 1 | 162 | 4th | 3 | |
1995 | 125cc | Honda | AUS NC | MAL 7 | JPN NC | ESP 3 | GER 5 | ITA NC | NED 1 | FRA 2 | GBR 4 | CZE NC | BRA 8 | ARG 3 | EUR 5 | 124.5 | 5th | 1 | ||
1996 | 125cc | Honda | MAL NC | INA 4 | JPN NC | ESP 13 | ITA NC | FRA 6 | NED 6 | GER 16 | GBR NC | AUT 2 | CZE 10 | IMO 14 | CAT 10 | BRA 10 | AUS 11 | 81 | 13th | 0 |
1997 | 125cc | Honda | MAL 14 | JPN NC | ESP 20 | ITA 20 | AUT NC | FRA 10 | NED NC | IMO 17 | GER NC | BRA 20 | GBR NC | CZE 19 | CAT 17 | INA NC | AUS NC | 8 | 25th | 0 |
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