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Michael Rudroff (born 28 December 1960) is aGerman former professionalGrand Prix motorcycleroad racer.

Rudolf competed in his first Grand Prix in 1987, and made onepodium; coming third in the 1989Nations Grand Prix. His career ranged from 1987 until 1996, where he started in 53 races, though he never started frompole position.^[1]

Rudroff, riding aHonda bike, appeared in two Grand Prix in 1987, theWest Germany Grand Prix and theAustrian Grand Prix where he qualified in positions 38 and 26 but did not compete in the final race. He raced in the West German,Dutch TT andYugoslavian Grand Prix in 1988, completing 28 laps in the first and coming in at 15th having started at 24th, completing 20 laps and coming in at 19th having started in 31st, and failing to qualify for the race in Yugoslavia.^[1]

1989 saw regular appearances for Rudroff, racing in theAustralian Grand Prix where he came 15th from a starting position of 21, followed by theUnited States Grand Prix where he came 15th one more having started again at 21. Following theSpanish Grand Prix, where he came 20th having begun at 23, he raced in the Nations Grand Prix. He began at 24, and finished 3rd in 59 minutes, 53.630 seconds over 33 laps. This was the only podium in his career. He raced in West Germany, Austria,Yugoslavia, Netherlands and theCzechoslovak Grand Prix later that year. He ended the season with 18 championship points.^[1]

Rudolf competed in three rounds of the1990 Superbike World Championship aboard aBimota.^[2] He returned to Grand Prix competition in 1991, where he competed in 10 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.^[1] He made 13 more starts in 1992, now on aHarris Yamaha, but only returned three points despite coming 8th at theBritish Grand Prix. In 1993 he made 14 appearances again on the Yamaha, returning 17 points despite falling out of the Australian Grand Prix and of theJapanese Grand Prix in the first lap. He was not seen again on the race track until 1996, where he raced once in theGerman Grand Prix on aSuzuki bike and fell at the first lap.^[1]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

• Michael Rudroff onMotoGP.com
• Michael Rudroff onWorldSBK.com
• World Superbike Rider Profile

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