Dirk Raudies Explained

Dirk Raudies
Nationality:German
Gp Active Years:1989 - 1997
Gp Teams:Honda
Gp Race Starts:117
Gp Championships:1993 - 125cc
Gp Race Wins:14
Gp Podiums:23
Gp Total Points:969.5
Gp Poles:8
Gp Fastest Laps:9
Gp First Race:1989 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
Gp First Win:1992 125cc Brazilian Grand Prix
Gp Last Win:1995 125cc Dutch TT
Gp Last Race:1997 125cc Australian Grand Prix

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 as well as the Supersport World Championship alongside Lenz Leberkern, who also used to be the pit road commentator back when him and Ringguth were broadcasting MotoGP. During those broadcasts he serves rather as a side commentator than an analyst, considering he never raced superbikes.

Raudies is married to Birgit and has three children.

Grand Prix career statistics

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

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Points system from 1993 onwards:
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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year[1] ClassTeam123456789101112131415PointsRankWins
1989125ccHondaJPN
-
AUS
-
ESP
-
NAT
-
GER
12
AUT
6
NED
15
BEL
13
FRA
-
GBR
13
SWE
11
CZE
13
29150
1990125ccHondaJPN
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
1135th0
1991125ccHondaJPN
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
818th0
1992125ccHondaJPN
9
AUS
7
MAL
5
ESP
7
ITA
2
EUR
5
GER
6
NED
-
HUN
15
FRA
7
GBR
4
BRA
1
RSA
4
916th1
1993125ccHondaAUS
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
2801st9
1994125ccHondaAUS
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
1624th3
1995125ccHondaAUS
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
124.55th1
1996125ccHondaMAL
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
8113th0
1997125ccHondaMAL
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
825th0

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rider Statistics - Dirk Raudies . MotoGP.com . 2009-05-04 . 2020-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412013742/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Dirk+Raudies . dead .