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Jesko Raffin

b. 1996

Swiss motorcycle racer

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Born 1996. Jesko Raffin is a Swiss motorcycle racer.

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

Career Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in 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, Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider in , 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 . He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of eighth at Sachsenring.

In , 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 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 ten points and 22nd in the standings. In the same year, he won the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship.

In , Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup with the German Dynavolt Intact GP team. He collected 47 points and finished the season in eighth. 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 .

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 ARA1 ARA2 CAT ALB NAV1 NAV2 ALG1 ALG2 VAL 1st 186 2018 Kalex EST1 EST2 VAL CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 JER ALB1 ALB2 1st 203 Suter VAL

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Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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Swiss motorcycle racer

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Jesko Raffin was born on 12 June 1996 in Zurich.

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Jesko Raffin is a motorcycle racer.

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Jesko Raffin is Swiss.

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· Wikipedia: Jesko Raffin

· Wikidata: Q22279838

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