Dirk Raudies

Dirk Raudies (born June 17, 1964) is a German former professional motorcycle racer and current television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1989 to 1997.

Dirk Raudies
Dirk Raudies' 1993 Championship-winning Honda RS125R
Nationality	German
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1989 - 1997 First race 1989 125cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 1997 125cc Australian Grand Prix First win 1992 125cc Brazilian Grand Prix Last win 1995 125cc Dutch TT Team(s) Honda Championships 1993 - 125cc Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 117 14 23 8 9 969.5

Born in Biberach an der Riß, Germany, Raudies specialised in 125cc class racing where, he experienced his greatest success in 1993 when he won the 125cc Grand Prix world championship on a Honda RS125R.

Since 2004, Raudies has been a television motorsport commentator at Eurosport. From 2004 - 2008 he commentated alongside Ron Ringguth for MotoGP and since 2009 for Superbike World Championship as well as the Supersport World Championship alongside Lenz Leberkern, who also used to be the pit road commentator back when him and Ringguth were broadcasting MotoGP. During those broadcasts he serves rather as a side commentator than an analyst, considering he never raced superbikes.

Raudies is married to Birgit and has three children.

Grand Prix career statistics

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1989	125cc	Honda	JPN -	AUS -	ESP -	NAT -	GER 12	AUT 6	NED 15	BEL 13	FRA -	GBR 13	SWE 11	CZE 13				29	15	0
1990	125cc	Honda	JPN 4	USA -	ESP 10	NAT 2	GER 2	AUT NC	YUG 13	NED 11	BEL 6	FRA 8	GBR 13	SWE 8	CZE 6	HUN 13	AUS 6	113	5th	0
1991	125cc	Honda	JPN 21	AUS 11	USA -	ESP 9	ITA 10	GER 8	AUT 4	EUR 5	NED 10	FRA 6	GBR NC	RSM 9	CZE NC	VDM -	MAL 8	81	8th	0
1992	125cc	Honda	JPN 9	AUS 7	MAL 5	ESP 7	ITA 2	EUR 5	GER 6	NED -	HUN 15	FRA 7	GBR 4	BRA 1	RSA 4			91	6th	1
1993	125cc	Honda	AUS 1	MAL 1	JPN 1	ESP NC	AUT 3	GER 1	NED 1	EUR 5	RSM 1	GBR 1	CZE 2	ITA 1	USA 1	FIM 8		280	1st	9
1994	125cc	Honda	AUS 10	MAL 4	JPN NC	ESP 5	AUT 1	GER 1	NED NC	ITA 5	FRA 5	GBR 8	CZE 7	USA 8	ARG 6	EUR 1		162	4th	3
1995	125cc	Honda	AUS NC	MAL 7	JPN NC	ESP 3	GER 5	ITA NC	NED 1	FRA 2	GBR 4	CZE NC	BRA 8	ARG 3	EUR 5			124.5	5th	1
1996	125cc	Honda	MAL NC	INA 4	JPN NC	ESP 13	ITA NC	FRA 6	NED 6	GER 16	GBR NC	AUT 2	CZE 10	IMO 14	CAT 10	BRA 10	AUS 11	81	13th	0
1997	125cc	Honda	MAL 14	JPN NC	ESP 20	ITA 20	AUT NC	FRA 10	NED NC	IMO 17	GER NC	BRA 20	GBR NC	CZE 19	CAT 17	INA NC	AUS NC	8	25th	0

External links

• Dirk Raudies biography (German)