Jesko Raffin

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Jesko Raffin
Jesko Raffin 2018.jpg
Raffin in 2018
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28)
Zürich, Switzerland
Bike number2
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2012, 20152020
Manufacturers Kalex, NTS
Championships 0
2020 championship position33rd (0 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
73000056
MotoE World Championship
Active years 2019
Manufacturers Energica
Championships0
2019 championship position7th (47 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
6000047

Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a Swiss motorcycle racer. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 champion in 2014 and 2018.

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Career

Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in 2012 with GP Team Switzerland as a replacement for the injured Randy Krummenacher; [1] in three races he had an 18th place at Sepang as best finish.

After winning the CEV Moto2 Championship in 2014, [2] in 2015 Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider, competing with a Kalex for the Sports-Millions–Emwe–SAG team. He failed to score championship points, as his best result was 17th place, obtained in third occasions—Indianapolis, Motegi and Phillip Island. Raffin remained with the same team for 2016. He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at Sachsenring.

In 2017, Raffin switched to the Garage Plus Interwetten team from his home country Switzerland. He collected 26 points and finished 20th in the standings. Raffin did not find a ride for the 2018 season, but was recalled by his former SAG team as a replacement rider for six of the final seven races after Isaac Viñales parted ways with the team prematurely. In six races, Raffin achieved 10 points and 22nd in the standings. In the same year he won the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship.

In 2019, Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup with the German Dynavolt Intact GP team. He collected 47 points and finished the season in 8th. Raffin also had eight replacement rider entries in the Moto2 season, one with the Intact GP team and seven with RW Racing GP. Having impressed in his replacement entries with RW, Raffin was signed by the team to make his full-time return to Moto2 for 2020.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike1234567891011PosPts
2014 Kalex JER
Ret
ARA1
1
ARA2
1
CAT
1
ALB
1
NAV1
4
NAV2
1
ALG1
4
ALG2
6
VAL
1
1st186
2018 Kalex EST1
3
EST2
1
VAL
1
CAT1
1
CAT2
2
ARA1
2
ARA2
2
JER
2
ALB1
5
ALB2
6
1st203
Suter VAL
3

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
2012 Moto2 Kalex GP Team Switzerland300000NC
2015 Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG1800000NC
2016 Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG1700001425th
2017 Moto2 Kalex Garage Plus Interwetten1800002620th
2018 Moto2 Kalex SAG Team600001022nd
2019 Moto2 NTS NTS RW Racing GP 80000627th
Kalex Dynavolt Intact GP
MotoE Energica 60000478th
2020 Moto2 NTS NTS RW Racing GP 30000033rd
Total790000103

By class

ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiums Pole FLapPtsWChmp
Moto22012, 2015–2020 2012 Aragon 730000560
MotoE2019 2019 Germany 60000470
Total2012, 2015–20207900001030

Races by year

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

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
2012 Moto2 Kalex QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA
27
JPN
28
MAL
18
AUS VAL NC0
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
22
AME
24
ARG
28
SPA
25
FRA
24
ITA
23
CAT
24
NED
21
GER
21
INP
17
CZE
26
GBR
21
RSM
Ret
ARA
20
JPN
17
AUS
17
MAL
21
VAL
24
NC0
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
18
ARG
23
AME
21
SPA
14
FRA
23
ITA
26
CAT
DNS
NED
18
GER
8
AUT
24
CZE
24
GBR
17
RSM
15
ARA
20
JPN
17
AUS
13
MAL
16
VAL
17
25th14
2017 Moto2 Kalex QAT
14
ARG
13
AME
21
SPA
20
FRA
23
ITA
23
CAT
23
NED
17
GER
16
CZE
29
AUT
18
GBR
27
RSM
9
ARA
23
JPN
25
AUS
4
MAL
15
VAL
21
20th26
2018 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM
15
ARA
23
THA JPN
20
AUS
8
MAL
19
VAL
15
22nd10
2019 Moto2 NTS QAT
14
ARG
15
AME
16
SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM THA
21
JPN
19
AUS
13
MAL
20
VAL 27th6
Kalex ARA
20
MotoE Energica GER
13
AUT
9
RSM1
4
RSM2
7
VAL1
7
VAL2
10
8th47
2020 Moto2 NTS QAT
23
SPA
21
ANC
DNS
CZE AUT STY RSM
Ret
EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR 33rd0

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