Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a
Swiss motorcycle racer
Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Oth ...
. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 champion in 2014 and 2018.
Career
Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in with GP Team Switzerland as a replacement for the injured
Randy Krummenacher; in three races he had an 18th place at
Sepang as best finish.
After winning the CEV Moto2 Championship in 2014,
in Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider, competing with a
Kalex
Kalex Engineering is a German specialty engineering company that designs, manufactures and sells high-performance parts for motorcycles. Kalex Engineering was founded in 2008 in the Bavarian city of Bobingen, Germany by Klaus Hirsekorn and Alex ...
for the Sports-Millions–Emwe–SAG team. He failed to score championship points, as his best result was 17th place, obtained in third occasions—
Indianapolis,
Motegi and
Phillip Island
Phillip Island ( Boonwurrung: ''Corriong'', ''Worne'' or ''Millowl'') is an Australian island about south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, by explore ...
. Raffin remained with the same team for . He achieved his first Grand Prix points at
Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains. , the c ...
with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champ ...
.
In , Raffin switched to the Garage Plus Interwetten team from his home country Switzerland. He collected 26 points and finished 20th in the standings. Raffin did not find a ride for the season, but was recalled by his former SAG team as a replacement rider for six of the final seven races after
Isaac Viñales parted ways with the team prematurely. In six races, Raffin achieved 10 points and 22nd in the standings. In the same year he won the
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
FIM Moto2 European Championship is a motorcycle racing competition intended for young racers in Europe. This competition is organized by Dorna, which also runs the competition MotoGP, and Superbike World Championship.
Moto2 was initially a 600 c ...
.
In , Raffin joined the inaugural
MotoE World Cup
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with the German Dynavolt Intact GP team. He collected 47 points and finished the season in 8th. Raffin also had eight replacement rider entries in the Moto2 season, one with the Intact GP team and seven with
RW Racing GP. Having impressed in his replacement entries with RW, Raffin was signed by the team to make his full-time return to Moto2 for .
Career statistics
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
Races by year
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raffin, Jesko
1996 births
Living people
Swiss motorcycle racers
Moto2 World Championship riders
Sportspeople from Zürich
MotoE World Cup riders