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Randy de Puniet (born 14 February 1981), sometimes known by his initialsRdP, is a French motorcycle road racer who competed inGrands Prix racing between 1998 and 2014, achieving five wins in the 250cc class.^[1] He also competed in theSuperbike World Championship duringthe 2015 season with little success. He currently competes in theMotoE World Cup, aboard anEnergica Ego Corsa.

Career

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Born inMaisons-Laffitte,Yvelines, de Puniet was French 125cc champion in 1998, moving up to theworld championship a year later. In2001 he moved up to the 250cc World Championship. He earned two podium finishes in2002 to earn a factoryAprilia ride for2003. He took his first win inCatalunya, coming 4th overall with 3 wins. In2004 he was third with a single win, spending2005 with on anAprilia run by former world champion,Jorge Martínez and hisAspar Team.

De Puniet (in white) behindLoris Capirossi

2006 was de Puniet's first season inMotoGP, for theKawasaki factory team, where he remained for2007. He took his first front-row start at the2007 Catalan Grand Prix, and finished a career-best fifth. Up untilDonington, he started all but one other race on the third row. He started fourth and finished second atMotegi in the wet.

LCR Honda announced on 24 August 2007 that de Puniet would ride for them in 2008 and 2009.^[2] He suffered a fractured ankle in a midseason testing crash in2009.^[3] He ultimately remained with LCR for 2010, despite being linked to the French Tech 3 squad.^[4] He had been in contention for a Tech 3 ride for 2011, but team bossHervé Poncharal denied this link.^[5]

Randy de Puniet at the2010 Aragon Grand Prix

De Puniet enjoyed a strong run of form midseason in 2010, including consecutive front row starts atSilverstone andAssen.^[6] He was running fifth in the championship before breaking his leg in a crash at theSachsenring.^[7] He missedthe race at Laguna Seca before returning atBrno, where he finished tenth.

In spite of the promise, de Puniet showed on the Honda before his injury, De Puniet raced forPramac Racing in2011.^[8]After a disappointing year on the satellite Ducati De Puniet joined the Power Electronics Aspar team for2012, 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.^[9] He hoped to receive a wild card ride during 2014,^[10] and did so at the final race inValencia, retiring from the race.

In 2021, de Puniet competed in theFIM Endurance World Championship with Moto Ain.^[11]

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
1998	125cc	Honda RS125R	Honda France	67	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
1999	125cc	Aprilia RS125	Scrab Competition	12	16	0	0	0	0	26	18th	–
2000	125cc	Aprilia RS125	Scrab Competition	12	16	0	0	0	0	50	17th	–
2001	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Equipe de France - Scrab GP	81	16	0	0	0	0	50	13th	–
2002	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Campetella Racing	17	16	0	2	1	0	119	9th	–
2003	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Safilo Oxydo - LCR	7	16	3	9	5	2	208	4th	–
2004	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Safilo Carrera - LCR	7	16	1	8	2	0	214	3rd	–
2005	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Aprilia Aspar 250cc	7	16	1	3	1	2	138	8th	–
2006	MotoGP	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	Kawasaki Racing Team	17	17	0	0	0	0	37	16th	–
2007	MotoGP	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	Kawasaki Racing Team	14	18	0	1	0	0	108	11th	–
2008	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	LCR Honda MotoGP	14	18	0	0	0	0	61	15th	–
2009	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	LCR Honda MotoGP	14	17	0	1	0	0	106	11th	–
2010	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	LCR Honda MotoGP	14	17	0	0	0	0	116	9th	–
2011	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP11	Pramac Racing Team	14	16	0	0	0	0	49	16th	–
2012	MotoGP	Aprilia ART	Power Electronics Aspar	14	18	0	0	0	0	62	13th	–
2013	MotoGP	Aprilia ART	Power Electronics Aspar	14	18	0	0	0	0	36	15th	–
2014	MotoGP	Suzuki GSX-RR	Team Suzuki MotoGP	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
2019	MotoE	Energica Ego	LCR E-Team	14	6	0	0	0	0	21	17th	–
Total					259	5	24	9	4	1401		0

By class

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Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
125cc	1998–2000	1998 France			33	0	0	0	0	76
250cc	2001–2005	2001 Japan	2002 Japan	2003 Catalunya	80	5	22	9	4	729
MotoGP	2006–2014	2006 Spain	2007 Japan		140	0	2	0	0	575
MotoE	2019	2019 Germany			6	0	0	0	0	21
Total	1998–2014, 2019				259	5	24	9	4	1401

Races by year

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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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	FRA 17	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG					NC	0
1999	125cc	Aprilia	MAL 20	JPN 15	SPA Ret	FRA 11	ITA 19	CAT 9	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER 15	CZE Ret	IMO Ret	VAL 10	AUS 21	RSA Ret	BRA 18	ARG 10			18th	26
2000	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 14	MAL Ret	JPN 10	SPA 13	FRA 12	ITA 9	CAT 13	NED Ret	GBR 10	GER Ret	CZE Ret	POR 7	VAL 18	BRA 9	PAC Ret	AUS 13			17th	50
2001	250cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	RSA Ret	SPA 18	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 8	NED 13	GBR Ret	GER 5	CZE 6	POR 17	VAL 10	PAC 11	AUS Ret	MAL 12	BRA 13			13th	50
2002	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 3	RSA 6	SPA Ret	FRA 3	ITA 5	CAT 4	NED Ret	GBR 6	GER Ret	CZE 6	POR Ret	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	MAL 6	AUS 6	VAL 4			9th	119
2003	250cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	RSA 2	SPA 3	FRA 2	ITA Ret	CAT 1	NED Ret	GBR 8	GER 3	CZE 1	POR 3	BRA 3	PAC 6	MAL 5	AUS Ret	VAL 1			4th	208
2004	250cc	Aprilia	RSA 2	SPA 2	FRA 2	ITA 4	CAT 1	NED 4	BRA 8	GER 5	GBR 3	CZE 2	POR 3	JPN 11	QAT Ret	MAL 5	AUS Ret	VAL 3			3rd	214
2005	250cc	Aprilia	SPA Ret	POR 3	CHN 8	FRA 2	ITA Ret	CAT 6	NED 8	GBR 1	GER 6	CZE 8	JPN 5	MAL 4	QAT Ret	AUS 7	TUR Ret	VAL 8			8th	138
2006	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SPA Ret	QAT Ret	TUR 12	CHN 12	FRA Ret	ITA 13	CAT Ret	NED 14	GBR 12	GER Ret	USA 12	CZE 14	MAL 13	AUS 11	JPN Ret	POR 10	VAL Ret		16th	37
2007	MotoGP	Kawasaki	QAT Ret	SPA 13	CHN 8	TUR 8	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 5	GBR 6	NED Ret	GER Ret	USA 6	CZE 8	RSM Ret	POR Ret	JPN 2	AUS 6	MAL 4	VAL 9	11th	108
2008	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 9	SPA Ret	POR 15	CHN 13	FRA 9	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	GBR 12	NED Ret	GER 8	USA 6	CZE 16	RSM Ret	INP 13	JPN 12	AUS 9	MAL 10	VAL 15	15th	61
2009	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 10	JPN 11	SPA 4	FRA 14	ITA 8	CAT 8	NED 7	USA 9	GER Ret	GBR 3	CZE 10	INP 12	RSM 12	POR 11	AUS 8	MAL Ret	VAL 11		11th	106
2010	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 6	SPA 9	FRA 7	ITA 6	GBR 6	NED 6	CAT 4	GER Ret	USA	CZE 10	INP 13	RSM 13	ARA Ret	JPN 9	MAL 10	AUS 10	POR 6	VAL 10	9th	116
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	SPA Ret	POR 10	FRA Ret	CAT Ret	GBR 12	NED Ret	ITA 14	GER 13	USA DNS	CZE 12	INP 8	RSM 14	ARA 12	JPN 10	AUS 6	MAL C	VAL Ret	16th	49
2012	MotoGP	ART	QAT 13	SPA Ret	POR 13	FRA Ret	CAT 15	GBR 12	NED 8	GER 11	ITA 12	USA 11	INP Ret	CZE 8	RSM 9	ARA 11	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 11	VAL 12	13th	62
2013	MotoGP	ART	QAT 12	AME 14	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT Ret	NED 12	GER 12	USA Ret	INP Ret	CZE 15	GBR 16	RSM 17	ARA 13	MAL 12	AUS 10	JPN 13	VAL Ret	15th	36
2014	MotoGP	Suzuki	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL Ret	NC	0
2019	MotoE	Energica	GER 17	AUT 12	RSM1 11	RSM2 13	VAL1 12	VAL2 11													17th	21

Superbike World Championship

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Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2015	Suzuki	AUS 17	AUS 7	THA 13	THA Ret	SPA Ret	SPA 13	NED Ret	NED Ret	ITA DNS	ITA Ret	GBR 14	GBR 14	POR 13	POR 16	SMR Ret	SMR 17	USA 11	USA 11	MAL 12	MAL 13	SPA 16	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	FRA 18	QAT 12	QAT 7	18th	52

FIM World Endurance Championship

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By team

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Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
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

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Year	Team	Riders	Bike	Pos
2025	Elf Marc VDS KM99	Jérémy Guarnoni Randy de Puniet Florian Marino	Yamaha YZF-R1	9th

Commitment

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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.^{[citation needed]}