Raymond Roche

Raymond Roche (born 21 February 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Motorcycle racing career The Ducati 851 SBK '90 driven by Roche in 1990 Superbike World Championship season, won by him.

In 1981, Roche teamed up with Jean Lafond to win the FIM Endurance World Championship. His best year in Grand Prix racing was in 1984, where he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola.

After retiring from Grand Prix racing, Roche competed in the Superbike World Championship as a member of the Ducati factory racing team, winning that championship in , and finishing as runner-up in and . He is still only one of four native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.

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 1976 250cc Yamaha FRARet NAT YUG IOM NED BEL SWE FIN CZE GER SPA NC 0 1977 350cc Yamaha VEN GER NATRet SPA FRARet YUG NED SWE FIN CZE GBR NC 0 1978 250cc Yamaha VEN SPA FRA6 NAT8 NED BELRet SWE FINRet GBR3 GER8 CZE6 YUG 11th 26 350cc Yamaha VEN AUT FRA9 NAT NED SWE FIN GBRRet GER CZE10 YUG 22nd 3 1979 250cc Yamaha VEN GERRet NATDNQ SPA YUG NED BEL SWE FIN GBR CZERet FRA11 NC 0 1980 500cc Yamaha NATRet SPA FRA11 NEDDNQ BEL12 FIN10 GBR14 GER 23rd 1 1981 500cc Suzuki AUTDNS GER15 NAT15 FRARet YUG NED BEL RSM GBR FIN SWE NC 0 1982 500cc Suzuki ARG AUT FRARet SPA NAT11 NED10 BELRet YUG GBR SWE RSM GER 28th 1 1983 500cc Honda RSA7 FRARet NAT6 GER7 SPARet AUTRet YUGRet NED9 BELDNS GBR SWE8 RSM7 10th 22 1984 500cc Honda RSA2 NAT3 SPA3 AUT6 GER5 FRARet YUG3 NED2 BEL3 GBRRet SWE2 RSM2 3rd 99 1985 500cc Yamaha RSARet SPA5 GER13 NAT7 AUT10 YUG6 NEDRet BEL5 FRA2 GBR6 SWE8 RSM4 7th 50 1986 500cc Honda SPA6 NATRet GER7 AUTRet YUG7 NED6 BELRet FRARet GBR6 SWE5 RSM5 8th 35 1987 500cc Cagiva JPN10 SPARet GERRet NAT9 AUTRet YUG5 NEDRet FRARet GBR SWE CZERet RSMRet PORRet BRARet ARG5 13th 15 1988 500cc Cagiva JPNRet USARet SPA11 EXPRet NAT9 GER AUT NED BEL YUGRet FRADNS GBRRet SWE15 CZERet BRA 20th 13 1989 500cc Cagiva JPN AUS USA SPA NATDNS GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRARet GBR SWE CZE BRA NC 0 1991 500cc Cagiva JPN AUS USA SPA ITA GER AUT EUR NED FRADNS GBR RSM CZE VDM MAL 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 1988 Ducati GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER AUT AUT JPN JPN FRARet FRADNS PORRet POR26 AUS AUS NZL NZL NC 0 1989 Ducati GBRRet GBRRet HUN2 HUNRet CAN2 CANRet USA1 USA1 AUT2 AUT10 FRA3 FRA2 JPN13 JPN18 GER1 GER1 ITARet ITA1 AUS4 AUS2 NZLRet NZLRet 3rd 222 1990 Ducati SPA1 SPA1 GBR2 GBR2 HUN2 HUN1 GERRet GER2 CAN1 CAN1 USA2 USA4 AUT8 AUT2 JPN1 JPN6 FRA1 FRA1 ITA3 ITA6 MAL4 MAL3 AUS5 AUS8 NZL2 NZLRet 1st 391 1991 Ducati GBRRet GBR2 SPARet SPA3 CAN CAN USADNS USADNS AUT3 AUT3 SMR4 SMR2 SWERet SWE3 JPN6 JPN2 MAL1 MAL1 GER2 GER1 FRA2 FRA2 ITA2 ITA1 AUS AUS 2nd 282 1992 Ducati SPA7 SPA1 GBR1 GBR2 GER5 GER4 BELRet BEL4 SPA2 SPA6 AUT28 AUT3 ITA1 ITA1 MAL1 MAL2 JPN5 JPN8 NED3 NED3 ITARet ITA2 AUSRet AUS1 NZL3 NZL4 2nd 336

FIM Endurance World Championship Year Bike Rider 1981 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Raymond Roche Jean Lafond 1st