Jean-Philippe Ruggia

Jean-Philippe Ruggia (born 1 October 1965 in Toulon) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1995 when he finished in fifth place in the 250cc world championship. He won two races in 1993 riding for Aprilia and ended the season ranked sixth. He was also moderately successful in the 500cc class, finishing eighth overall in 1990. He is also the first rider known to use the elbow down riding style, years before Marc Márquez popularized the riding style in Grand Prix racing.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results Points system from 1969 to 1987: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 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 Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank Wins 1987 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPNNC ESP7 GER24 NAT17 AUT22 YUG11 NED26 FRA8 GBR14 SWENC CZENC RSM21 POR13 BRA19 ARGNC 7 17th 0 1988 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN7 USA13 ESP3 EXP5 NAT9 GER13 AUT13 NED11 BEL9 YUGNC FRA7 GBR6 SWE7 CZE11 BRA8 104 7th 0 1989 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN5 AUS2 USA7 ESP3 NAT2 GER7 AUT8 YUG4 NEDNC BELNC FRA5 GBR- SWE- CZE- BRA- 110 7th 0 1990 500cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN8 USA5 ESP10 NATNC GER6 AUT8 YUG5 NED11 BEL2 FRANC GBR9 SWE7 CZE8 HUN6 AUSNC 110 8th 0 1991 500cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPNNC AUS7 USA4 ESP5 ITA5 GER- AUT- EUR7 NED8 FRA5 GBRNC RSM10 CZE- VDMNC MALNC 78 10th 0 1992 250cc Gilera JPNNC AUS9 MALNC ESPNC ITANC EUR10 GERNC NEDNC HUNNC FRANC GBRNC BRA12 RSA9 6 17th 0 1993 250cc Aprilia AUS9 MAL19 JPN5 ESP3 AUTNC GER8 NED4 EUR5 RSM4 GBR1 CZENC ITA1 USANC FIMNC 129 6th 2 1994 250cc Chesterfield-Aprilia AUS4 MAL4 JPN7 ESP1 AUT6 GER8 NEDNC ITA4 FRA7 GBR6 CZE3 USANC ARG4 EUR6 149 6th 1 1995 250cc Elf Tech 3-Honda AUSNC MAL5 JPN5 ESP7 GER5 ITA9 NED4 FRA8 GBR5 CZE6 BRA6 ARG5 EUR13 115 5th 0 1996 250cc Honda MAL5 INA10 JPN10 ESP8 ITA7 FRANC NEDNC GER7 GBRNC AUT5 CZE6 IMONC CATNC BRA5 AUS6 91 9th 0 1998 500cc MuZ-Weber JPN- MAL- ESP- ITA- FRA- MAD- NEDNC GBR- GER- CZE- IMO- CAT- AUS- ARG- 0 - 0