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Raymond Roche (born 21 February 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts |
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1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA Ret | NAT | YUG | IOM | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | CZE | GER | SPA | NC | 0 | ||||
1977 | 350cc | Yamaha | VEN | GER | NAT Ret | SPA | FRA Ret | YUG | NED | SWE | FIN | CZE | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
1978 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN | SPA | FRA 6 | NAT 8 | NED | BEL Ret | SWE | FIN Ret | GBR 3 | GER 8 | CZE 6 | YUG | 11th | 26 | |||
350cc | Yamaha | VEN | AUT | FRA 9 | NAT | NED | SWE | FIN | GBR Ret | GER | CZE 10 | YUG | 22nd | 3 | |||||
1979 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN | GER Ret | NAT DNQ | SPA | YUG | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR | CZE Ret | FRA 11 | NC | 0 | |||
1980 | 500cc | Yamaha | NAT Ret | SPA | FRA 11 | NED DNQ | BEL 12 | FIN 10 | GBR 14 | GER | 23rd | 1 | |||||||
1981 | 500cc | Suzuki | AUT DNS | GER 15 | NAT 15 | FRA Ret | YUG | NED | BEL | RSM | GBR | FIN | SWE | NC | 0 | ||||
1982 | 500cc | Suzuki | ARG | AUT | FRA Ret | SPA | NAT 11 | NED 10 | BEL Ret | YUG | GBR | SWE | RSM | GER | 28th | 1 | |||
1983 | 500cc | Honda | RSA 7 | FRA Ret | NAT 6 | GER 7 | SPA Ret | AUT Ret | YUG Ret | NED 9 | BEL DNS | GBR | SWE 8 | RSM 7 | 10th | 22 | |||
1984 | 500cc | Honda | RSA 2 | NAT 3 | SPA 3 | AUT 6 | GER 5 | FRA Ret | YUG 3 | NED 2 | BEL 3 | GBR Ret | SWE 2 | RSM 2 | 3rd | 99 | |||
1985 | 500cc | Yamaha | RSA Ret | SPA 5 | GER 13 | NAT 7 | AUT 10 | YUG 6 | NED Ret | BEL 5 | FRA 2 | GBR 6 | SWE 8 | RSM 4 | 7th | 50 | |||
1986 | 500cc | Honda | SPA 6 | NAT Ret | GER 7 | AUT Ret | YUG 7 | NED 6 | BEL Ret | FRA Ret | GBR 6 | SWE 5 | RSM 5 | 8th | 35 | ||||
1987 | 500cc | Cagiva | JPN 10 | SPA Ret | GER Ret | NAT 9 | AUT Ret | YUG 5 | NED Ret | FRA Ret | GBR | SWE | CZE Ret | RSM Ret | POR Ret | BRA Ret | ARG 5 | 13th | 15 |
1988 | 500cc | Cagiva | JPN Ret | USA Ret | SPA 11 | EXP Ret | NAT 9 | GER | AUT | NED | BEL | YUG Ret | FRA DNS | GBR Ret | SWE 15 | CZE Ret | BRA | 20th | 13 |
1989 | 500cc | Cagiva | JPN | AUS | USA | SPA | NAT DNS | GER | AUT | YUG | NED | BEL | FRA Ret | GBR | SWE | CZE | BRA | NC | 0 |
1991 | 500cc | Cagiva | JPN | AUS | USA | SPA | ITA | GER | AUT | EUR | NED | FRA DNS | GBR | RSM | CZE | VDM | MAL | NC | 0 |
(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 |
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