Michael Rudroff

Michael Rudroff (born 28 December 1960) is a German former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Rudolf competed in his first Grand Prix in 1987, and made one podium; coming third in the 1989 Nations Grand Prix. His career ranged from 1987 until 1996, where he started in 53 races, though he never started from pole position.

Career Rudroff, riding a Honda bike, appeared in two Grand Prix in 1987, the West Germany Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix where he qualified in 38th and 26th but did not complete the races. He raced in the West German, Dutch TT and Yugoslavian Grand Prix in 1988, completing 28 laps and coming in 15th having started at 24th in Germany, completing 20 laps and coming in 19th having started in 31st in the Netherlands, and failing to qualify for the race in Yugoslavia. He returned to Grand Prix competition in 1991, where he competed in ten races, and one other race in which he was not classified. This included a season-best 11th in the Australian Grand Prix, and he enjoyed a career-best 26 championship points. He made 13 more starts in 1992, now on a Harris Yamaha, but only returned three points despite coming 8th at the British Grand Prix. In 1993 he made 14 appearances again on the Yamaha, returning 17 points despite retiring from the Australian Grand Prix and the Japanese Grand Prix in the first lap. He was not seen again on the race track until 1996, where he raced one final time in the German Grand Prix on a Suzuki, but crashed out on the first lap.

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 Pts 1987 500cc Honda JPN SPA GERRet NAT AUTRet YUG NED FRA GBR SWE TCH RSM POR BRA ARG NC 0 1988 500cc Honda JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER15 AUT NED19 BEL YUGRet FRA GBR SWE TCH BRA 37th 1 1989 500cc Honda JPN AUS15 USA15 SPA20 NAT3 GER21 AUT19 YUG15 NED17 BEL FRA GBR SWE TCH20 BRA 20th 18 1991 500cc Honda JPN AUS USA SPA15 ITA15 GER12 AUT11 EUR14 NED14 FRA14 GBR13 RSM14 TCH12 VDMRet MAL 18th 26 1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPN15 AUS18 MAL14 SPA16 ITA16 EUR18 GER14 NED11 HUN16 FRA14 GBR8 BRA15 RSA19 21st 3 1993 500cc Harris-Yamaha AUSRet MAL17 JPNRet SPARet AUT17 GER13 NED12 EUR17 RSMRet GBR10 CZE13 ITA15 USA18 FIMRet 21st 17 1996 500cc Suzuki MAL INA JPN SPA ITA FRA NED GERRet GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT BRA AUS 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 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 1990 Bimota SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER15 GERRet CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN JPN FRARet FRA24 ITA13 ITA26 MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL 66th 4 1995 Ducati GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT19 AUT13 USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 51st 3 1997 Suzuki AUS AUS SMR SMR GBR GBR GERDNS GERDNS ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED17 NED18 SPA SPA JPN JPN INA INA NC 0