Jesko Raffin

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

Jesko Raffin
Raffin in 2018
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 Zürich, Switzerland
Bike number	2
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2012, 2015–2020 Manufacturers Kalex, NTS Championships 0 2020 championship position 33rd (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 73 0 0 0 0 56 MotoE World Championship Active years 2019 Manufacturers Energica Championships 0 2019 championship position 7th (47 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 47

Career

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

After winning the CEV Moto2 Championship in 2014, 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)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	Kalex	JER Ret	ARA1 1	ARA2 1	CAT 1	ALB 1	NAV1 4	NAV2 1	ALG1 4	ALG2 6	VAL 1		1st	186
2018	Kalex	EST1 3	EST2 1	VAL 1	CAT1 1	CAT2 2	ARA1 2	ARA2 2	JER 2	ALB1 5	ALB2 6		1st	203
	Suter											VAL 3

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2012	Moto2	Kalex	GP Team Switzerland	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG	18	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG	17	0	0	0	0	14	25th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Garage Plus Interwetten	18	0	0	0	0	26	20th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	SAG Team	6	0	0	0	0	10	22nd
2019	Moto2	NTS	NTS RW Racing GP	8	0	0	0	0	6	27th
		Kalex	Dynavolt Intact GP
	MotoE	Energica		6	0	0	0	0	47	8th
2020	Moto2	NTS	NTS RW Racing GP	3	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
Total				79	0	0	0	0	103

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2012, 2015–2020	2012 Aragon			73	0	0	0	0	56	0
MotoE	2019	2019 Germany			6	0	0	0	0	47	0
Total	2012, 2015–2020				79	0	0	0	0	103	0

Races by year

(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	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2012	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	INP	CZE	RSM	ARA 27	JPN 28	MAL 18	AUS	VAL			NC	0
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		NC	0
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		25th	14
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		20th	26
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	22nd	10
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	27th	6
		Kalex														ARA 20
	MotoE	Energica	GER 13	AUT 9	RSM1 4	RSM2 7	VAL1 7	VAL2 10														8th	47
2020	Moto2	NTS	QAT 23	SPA 21	ANC DNS	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM Ret	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR					33rd	0

External links

• Jesko Raffin at MotoGP.com
• Jesko Raffin at AS.com (in Spanish)