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Raymond Roche (born 21 February 1957 inOllioules) is aFrench former professionalGrand Prixmotorcycleroad racer.
In 1981, Roche teamed up with Jean Lafond to win theFIM Endurance World Championship. His best year in Grand Prix racing was in1984, where he finished third in the 500cc world championship behindEddie Lawson andRandy Mamola.[1]
After retiring from Grand Prix racing, Roche competed in theSuperbike World Championship as a member of theDucati factory racing team, winning that championship in1990, and finishing as runner-up in1991 and1992.[2] He is still only one of four native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | FRA Ret | FRA DNS | POR Ret | POR 26 | AUS | AUS | NZL | NZL | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| 1989 | Ducati | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | HUN 2 | HUN Ret | CAN 2 | CAN Ret | USA 1 | USA 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 10 | FRA 3 | FRA 2 | JPN 13 | JPN 18 | GER 1 | GER 1 | ITA Ret | ITA 1 | AUS 4 | AUS 2 | NZL Ret | NZL Ret | 3rd | 222 | ||||
| 1990 | Ducati | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | GBR 2 | GBR 2 | HUN 2 | HUN 1 | GER Ret | GER 2 | CAN 1 | CAN 1 | USA 2 | USA 4 | AUT 8 | AUT 2 | JPN 1 | JPN 6 | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | ITA 3 | ITA 6 | MAL 4 | MAL 3 | AUS 5 | AUS 8 | NZL 2 | NZL Ret | 1st | 391 |
| 1991 | Ducati | GBR Ret | GBR 2 | SPA Ret | SPA 3 | CAN | CAN | USA DNS | USA DNS | AUT 3 | AUT 3 | SMR 4 | SMR 2 | SWE Ret | SWE 3 | JPN 6 | JPN 2 | MAL 1 | MAL 1 | GER 2 | GER 1 | FRA 2 | FRA 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 1 | AUS | AUS | 2nd | 282 |
| 1992 | Ducati | SPA 7 | SPA 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 2 | GER 5 | GER 4 | BEL Ret | BEL 4 | SPA 2 | SPA 6 | AUT 28 | AUT 3 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | MAL 1 | MAL 2 | JPN 5 | JPN 8 | NED 3 | NED 3 | ITA Ret | ITA 2 | AUS Ret | AUS 1 | NZL 3 | NZL 4 | 2nd | 336 |
| Year | Bike | Rider | TC |
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| 1981 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 1st |