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.

Dirk Raudies
Dirk Raudies' 1993 Championship-winning Honda RS125R
NationalityGerman
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1989 - 1997
First race1989 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race1997 125cc Australian Grand Prix
First win1992 125cc Brazilian Grand Prix
Last win1995 125cc Dutch TT
Team(s)Honda
Championships1993 - 125cc
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
117 14 23 8 9 969.5

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

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Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year[1] Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank Wins
1989 125cc Honda JPN
-
AUS
-
ESP
-
NAT
-
GER
12
AUT
6
NED
15
BEL
13
FRA
-
GBR
13
SWE
11
CZE
13
29 15 0
1990 125cc Honda JPN
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
113 5th 0
1991 125cc Honda JPN
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
81 8th 0
1992 125cc Honda JPN
9
AUS
7
MAL
5
ESP
7
ITA
2
EUR
5
GER
6
NED
-
HUN
15
FRA
7
GBR
4
BRA
1
RSA
4
91 6th 1
1993 125cc Honda AUS
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
280 1st 9
1994 125cc Honda AUS
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
162 4th 3
1995 125cc Honda AUS
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
124.5 5th 1
1996 125cc Honda MAL
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
81 13th 0
1997 125cc Honda MAL
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
8 25th 0

References

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  1. ^ "Rider Statistics - Dirk Raudies". MotoGP.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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