Randy de Puniet

Randy de Puniet (born 14 February 1981), sometimes known by his initials RdP, is a French motorcycle road racer who competed in Grands Prix racing between 1998 and 2014, achieving five wins in the 250cc class. He also competed in the Superbike World Championship during the 2015 season, and in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa, both with little success.

Career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, de Puniet was French 125cc champion in 1998, moving up to the world championship a year later. In he moved up to the 250cc World Championship. He earned two podium finishes in to earn a factory Aprilia ride for . He took his first win in Catalunya, coming fourth overall with three wins. In he was third with a single win, spending with on an Aprilia run by former world champion, Jorge Martínez and his Aspar Team.

was de Puniet's first season in MotoGP, for the Kawasaki factory team, where he remained for . He took his first front-row start at the 2007 Catalan Grand Prix, and finished a career-best fifth. Up until Donington, he started all but one other race on the third row. He started fourth and finished second at Motegi in the wet.

LCR Honda announced on 24 August 2007 that de Puniet would ride for them in 2008 and 2009. He suffered a fractured ankle in a midseason testing crash in . He ultimately remained with LCR for 2010, despite being linked to the French Tech 3 squad. He had been in contention for a Tech 3 ride for 2011, but team boss Hervé Poncharal denied this link.

De Puniet enjoyed a strong run of form midseason in 2010, including consecutive front row starts at Silverstone and Assen. He was running fifth in the championship before breaking his leg in a crash at the Sachsenring. He missed the race at Laguna Seca before returning at Brno, where he finished tenth.

In spite of the promise, de Puniet showed on the Honda before his injury, De Puniet raced for Pramac Racing in . After a disappointing year on the satellite Ducati De Puniet joined the Power Electronics Aspar team for , a 'Claiming Rules Team' running a modified Aprilia RSV4 known as the ART.

For 2014, De Puniet was not racing, instead concentrating on development and testing on the Suzuki 2015 MotoGP machine. He hoped to receive a wild card ride during 2014, and did so at the final race in Valencia, retiring from the race.

In 2021, de Puniet competed in the FIM Endurance World Championship with Moto Ain.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

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 16 17 18 Pos Pts 1998 125cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA17 MAD NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0 1999 125cc Aprilia MAL20 JPN15 SPARet FRA11 ITA19 CAT9 NEDRet GBRRet GER15 CZERet IMORet VAL10 AUS21 RSARet BRA18 ARG10 18th 26 2000 125cc Aprilia RSA14 MALRet JPN10 SPA13 FRA12 ITA9 CAT13 NEDRet GBR10 GERRet CZERet POR7 VAL18 BRA9 PACRet AUS13 17th 50 2001 250cc Aprilia JPNRet RSARet SPA18 FRARet ITARet CAT8 NED13 GBRRet GER5 CZE6 POR17 VAL10 PAC11 AUSRet MAL12 BRA13 13th 50 2002 250cc Aprilia JPN3 RSA6 SPARet FRA3 ITA5 CAT4 NEDRet GBR6 GERRet CZE6 PORRet BRARet PACRet MAL6 AUS6 VAL4 9th 119 2003 250cc Aprilia JPNRet RSA2 SPA3 FRA2 ITARet CAT1 NEDRet GBR8 GER3 CZE1 POR3 BRA3 PAC6 MAL5 AUSRet VAL1 4th 208 2004 250cc Aprilia RSA2 SPA2 FRA2 ITA4 CAT1 NED4 BRA8 GER5 GBR3 CZE2 POR3 JPN11 QATRet MAL5 AUSRet VAL3 3rd 214 2005 250cc Aprilia SPARet POR3 CHN8 FRA2 ITARet CAT6 NED8 GBR1 GER6 CZE8 JPN5 MAL4 QATRet AUS7 TURRet VAL8 8th 138 2006 MotoGP Kawasaki SPARet QATRet TUR12 CHN12 FRARet ITA13 CATRet NED14 GBR12 GERRet USA12 CZE14 MAL13 AUS11 JPNRet POR10 VALRet 16th 37 2007 MotoGP Kawasaki QATRet SPA13 CHN8 TUR8 FRARet ITARet CAT5 GBR6 NEDRet GERRet USA6 CZE8 RSMRet PORRet JPN2 AUS6 MAL4 VAL9 11th 108 2008 MotoGP Honda QAT9 SPARet POR15 CHN13 FRA9 ITARet CATRet GBR12 NEDRet GER8 USA6 CZE16 RSMRet INP13 JPN12 AUS9 MAL10 VAL15 15th 61 2009 MotoGP Honda QAT10 JPN11 SPA4 FRA14 ITA8 CAT8 NED7 USA9 GERRet GBR3 CZE10 INP12 RSM12 POR11 AUS8 MALRet VAL11 11th 106 2010 MotoGP Honda QAT6 SPA9 FRA7 ITA6 GBR6 NED6 CAT4 GERRet USA CZE10 INP13 RSM13 ARARet JPN9 MAL10 AUS10 POR6 VAL10 9th 116 2011 MotoGP Ducati QATRet SPARet POR10 FRARet CATRet GBR12 NEDRet ITA14 GER13 USADNS CZE12 INP8 RSM14 ARA12 JPN10 AUS6 MALC VALRet 16th 49 MotoGP ART QAT13 SPARet POR13 FRARet CAT15 GBR12 NED8 GER11 ITA12 USA11 INPRet CZE8 RSM9 ARA11 JPNRet MALRet AUS11 VAL12 13th 62 MotoGP ART QAT12 AME14 SPARet FRARet ITA11 CATRet NED12 GER12 USARet INPRet CZE15 GBR16 RSM17 ARA13 MAL12 AUS10 JPN13 VALRet 15th 36 MotoGP Suzuki QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VALRet NC 0 MotoE Energica GER17 AUT12 RSM111 RSM213 VAL112 VAL211 17th 21

Superbike World 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 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 2015 Suzuki AUS17 AUS7 THA13 THARet SPARet SPA13 NEDRet NEDRet ITADNS ITARet GBR14 GBR14 POR13 POR16 SMRRet SMR17 USA11 USA11 MAL12 MAL13 SPA16 SPARet FRARet FRA18 QAT12 QAT7 18th 52

FIM World Endurance Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2018–19 Team SRC Kawasaki France Kawasaki ZX-10R Jérémy Guarnoni David Checa Erwan Nigon Randy de Puniet 1st 2025 Elf Marc VDS KM99 Yamaha YZF-R1 Jérémy Guarnoni Alessandro del Bianco Florian Marino Randy de Puniet 9th

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Class Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2025 EWC Elf Marc VDS KM99 Jérémy Guarnoni Florian Marino Yamaha YZF-R1 9th 2026 EWC Elf Marc VDS KM99 Florian Marino Alessandro Del Bianco Yamaha YZF-R1 30th

Commitment De Puniet is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II.