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Find sources: "Raymond Roche" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 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 **Raymond Roche** (born 21 February 1957 in [Ollioules](/source/Ollioules)) is a [French](/source/French_people) former professional [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) [road racer](/source/Road_racing). ## Motorcycle racing career The [Ducati 851](/source/Ducati_851) SBK '90 driven by Roche in 1990 Superbike World Championship season, won by him. In 1981, Roche teamed up with Jean Lafond to win the [FIM Endurance World Championship](/source/FIM_Endurance_World_Championship). His best year in Grand Prix racing was in [1984](/source/1984_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season), where he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind [Eddie Lawson](/source/Eddie_Lawson) and [Randy Mamola](/source/Randy_Mamola).[1] After retiring from Grand Prix racing, Roche competed in the [Superbike World Championship](/source/Superbike_World_Championship) as a member of the [Ducati](/source/Ducati) factory racing team, winning that championship in [1990](/source/1990_Superbike_World_Championship), and finishing as runner-up in [1991](/source/1991_Superbike_World_Championship) and [1992](/source/1992_Superbike_World_Championship).[2] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 ### FIM Endurance World Championship Year Bike Rider TC 1981 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Raymond Roche Jean Lafond 1st ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Raymonde_Roche_MotoGP_career_statistic_1-0)** ["Raymonde Roche MotoGP career statistics"](http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Raymond+Roche). motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Raymonde Roche World Superbike career statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121108090003/http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=3). worldsbk.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=3) on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013. v t e Superbike World Champions 1988 – F. Merkel 1989 – F. Merkel 1990 – R. Roche 1991 – D. Polen 1992 – D. Polen 1993 – S. Russell 1994 – C. Fogarty 1995 – C. Fogarty 1996 – T. Corser 1997 – J. Kocinski 1998 – C. Fogarty 1999 – C. Fogarty 2000 – C. Edwards 2001 – T. Bayliss 2002 – C. Edwards 2003 – N. Hodgson 2004 – J. Toseland 2005 – T. Corser 2006 – T. Bayliss 2007 – J. Toseland 2008 – T. Bayliss 2009 – B. Spies 2010 – M. Biaggi 2011 – C. Checa 2012 – M. Biaggi 2013 – T. Sykes 2014 – S. Guintoli 2015 – J. Rea 2016 – J. Rea 2017 – J. Rea 2018 – J. Rea 2019 – J. Rea 2020 – J. Rea 2021 – T. Razgatlıoğlu 2022 – Á. Bautista 2023 – Á. Bautista 2024 – T. Razgatlıoğlu 2025 – T. Razgatlıoğlu Authority control databases: National France BnF data --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Raymond Roche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Roche) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Roche?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.