Randy de Puniet (born 14 February 1981) is a road racer of

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s from France. He competed in Grands Prix racing between 1998 and 2014, where he achieved five wins in the 250cc class. He also competed in the

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

during the 2015 season with little success. He currently competes in the

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, aboard an

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Corsa.

Career

Born in

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a year later. In he moved up to the 250cc World Championship. He earned two podium finishes in to earn a factory

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ride for . He took his first win in

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, coming 4th overall with 3 wins. In he was third with a single win, spending with on an

run by former world champion, Jorge Martínez and his

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. was his first season in

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, for the Kawasaki factory team, where he remained for . He took his first front-row start at the 2007 Catalan Grand Prix, and finished a career-best fifth. Up until Donington, he started all but one other race on the third row. He started fourth and finished second at Motegi in the wet. LCR Honda announced on 24 August 2007 that de Puniet would ride for them in 2008 and 2009. He suffered a fractured ankle in a midseason testing crash in . He ultimately remained with LCR for 2010, despite being linked to the French Tech 3 squad. He had been in contention for a Tech 3 ride for 2011, but team boss Herve Poncharal denied this link. Randy de Puniet

He enjoyed a strong run of form midseason in 2010, including consecutive front row starts at

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and

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. He was running fifth in the championship before breaking his leg in a crash at the

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. He missed the race at Laguna Seca before returning at

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, where he finished tenth. In spite of the promise he showed on the Honda before his injury, De Puniet raced for

Pramac Racing Pramac Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP and MotoE World Championships. The team was created in 2002 by Italian company Pramac. In 2005 Pramac Racing joined forces with Spanish d'Antin MotoGP to form "Pramac d'Antin" and ...

in . After a disappointing year on the satellite Ducati De Puniet joined the Power Electronics Aspar team for , 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. He hoped to receive a wild card ride during 2014, and did so at the final race in

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, retiring from the race. In 2021, De Puniet competed in the

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with Moto Ain.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Commitment

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.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puniet, Randy De 1981 births Living people People from Maisons-Laffitte Kawasaki Motors Racing MotoGP riders 125cc World Championship riders 250cc World Championship riders French motorcycle racers Superbike World Championship riders Suzuki MotoGP riders Pramac Racing MotoGP riders Aspar Racing Team MotoGP riders LCR Team MotoGP riders Sportspeople from Yvelines MotoGP World Championship riders MotoE World Cup riders