Raymond Roche

Raymond Roche (born 21 February 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Raymond Roche
Roche at the 1984 Dutch TT
Nationality	French
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1978, 1980-1989 First race 1978 250cc French Grand Prix Last race 1989 500cc French Grand Prix Team(s) Honda, Yamaha, Cagiva Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 83 0 10 2 0 265 Superbike World Championship Active years 1988–1992 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 1 (1990) 1992 championship position 2nd Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 97 23 47 9 25 1222

Motorcycle racing career

The Ducati 851 SBK '90 driven by Roche in 1990 Superbike World Championship season, won by him.

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.

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. He is still only one of four native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	Pos.	Pts
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

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(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
		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