As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Dirk Raudies

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Honda
Born: June 17, 1964(age 62)
Birthplace: Biberach

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Salzburgring in 1989.

In 125cc (1989–1997): 64 starts, 11 wins, 15 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1990 (125cc). First win: Interlagos 1992 (125cc). World champion: 1993 125cc.

In all, 64 Grand Prix starts, 11 wins and 15 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

125cc ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1989–1997 ★ 1 titles (1993)

Win rate12.0%

Podium rate19.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.5

974 pts · Poles 8

53 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

1989	Hockenheim	grid 22	12 +4
1989	Salzburgring	grid 30	6 +10
1989	Assen	grid 24	15 +1
1989	Spa	grid 25	13 +3
1989	Donington	grid 26	13 +3
1989	Anderstorp	grid 28	11 +5
1989	Brno	grid 20	13 +3
1990	Suzuka	grid 4	4 +13
1990	Jerez	grid 11	10 +6
1990	Misano	grid 11	2 +17
1990	Nürburgring	grid 2	2 +17
1990	Salzburgring	grid 14	DNF
1990	Rijeka	grid 9	13 +3
1990	Assen	grid 12	11 +5
1990	Spa	grid 28	6 +10
1990	Le Mans	grid 11	8 +8
1990	Donington	grid 11	13 +3
1990	Anderstorp	grid 5	8 +8
1990	Brno	grid 9	6 +10
1990	Hungaroring	grid 15	13 +3
1990	Phillip Island	grid 5	6 +10
1991	Suzuka		21
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 15	11 +5
1991	Jerez		9 +7
1991	Misano		10 +6
1991	Hockenheim	grid 3	8 +8
1991	Salzburgring	grid 6	4 +13
1991	Jarama	grid 9	5 +11
1991	Assen	grid 12	10 +6
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 11	6 +10
1991	Donington	grid 13	DNF
1991	Mugello		9 +7
1991	Brno	grid 14	DNF
1991	Shah Alam	grid 11	8 +8
1992	Suzuka	grid 20	9 +2
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 10	7 +4
1992	Shah Alam	grid 9	5 +8
1992	Jerez	grid 13	7 +4
1992	Mugello	grid 7	2 +15
1992	Catalunya	grid 4	5 +8
1992	Hockenheim	grid 5	6 +6
1992	Hungaroring	grid 14	15
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 6	7 +4
1992	Donington	grid 6	4 +10
1992	Interlagos	grid 7	1 +20
1992	Kyalami	grid 2	4 +10
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 2	1 +25
1993	Shah Alam	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Suzuka	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Jerez	grid 1	DNF
1993	Salzburgring	grid 2	3 +16
1993	Hockenheim	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Assen	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Catalunya	grid 2	5 +11
1993	Mugello	grid 3	1 +25
1993	Donington	grid 2	1 +25
1993	Brno	grid 2	2 +20
1993	Misano	grid 3	1 +25
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 3	1 +25
1993	Jarama	grid 1	8 +8
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 2	10 +6
1994	Shah Alam	grid 3	4 +13
1994	Suzuka	grid 16	DNF
1994	Jerez	grid 2	5 +11
1994	Salzburgring	grid 3	1 +25
1994	Hockenheim	grid 2	1 +25
1994	Assen	grid 3	DNF
1994	Mugello	grid 5	5 +11
1994	Le Mans	grid 4	5 +11
1994	Donington	grid 16	8 +8
1994	Brno	grid 10	7 +9
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 6	8 +8
1994	Buenos Aires	grid 13	6 +10
1994	Catalunya	grid 1	1 +25
1995	Eastern Creek	grid 1	DNF
1995	Shah Alam	grid 2	7 +9
1995	Suzuka	grid 11	DNF
1995	Jerez	grid 4	3 +16
1995	Nürburgring	grid 9	5 +11
1995	Mugello	grid 9	DNF
1995	Assen	grid 11	1 +25
1995	Le Mans	grid 5	2 +20
1995	Donington	grid 5	4 +13
1995	Brno	grid 7	DNF
1995	Rio	grid 13	8 +8
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 11	3 +16
1995	Catalunya	grid 3	5 +11
1996	Shah Alam	grid 2	DNF
1996	Sentul	grid 4	4 +13
1996	Suzuka	grid 23	DNF
1996	Jerez	grid 14	13 +3
1996	Mugello	grid 4	DNF
1996	Paul Ricard	grid 3	6 +10
1996	Assen	grid 6	6 +10
1996	Nürburgring	grid 9	16
1996	Donington	grid 6	Out on lap 1
1996	Red Bull Ring	grid 9	2 +20
1996	Brno	grid 14	10 +6
1996	Imola	grid 22	14 +2
1996	Catalunya	grid 16	10 +6
1996	Rio	grid 10	10 +6
1996	Eastern Creek	grid 10	11 +5
1997	Shah Alam	grid 16	14 +2
1997	Suzuka	grid 20	Out on lap 1
1997	Jerez	grid 19	20
1997	Mugello	grid 17	20
1997	Red Bull Ring	grid 13	DNF
1997	Paul Ricard	grid 14	10 +6
1997	Assen	grid 21	DNF
1997	Imola	grid 21	17
1997	Nürburgring		DNF
1997	Rio	grid 17	20
1997	Donington		DNF
1997	Brno	grid 24	19
1997	Catalunya	grid 25	17
1997	Sentul	grid 23	DNF
1997	Phillip Island	grid 19	DNF

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1989. Of the 72 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
30 races together: ahead 7, behind 21, both out 2
Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
114 races together: ahead 59, behind 51, both out 4
Stefan Dörflinger 4 world titles
12 races together: ahead 11, behind 1, both out 0
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
27 races together: ahead 6, behind 21, both out 0

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

125cc 117 races · 1989–1997

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.2 to an average finish of 8.7

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 3.2	12 wins / 29 races
Grid 4–6	5.0 → 5.1	0 wins / 18 races
Grid 7–9	8.5 → 6.1	1 wins / 11 races
Grid 10–15	12.2 → 8.7	1 wins / 28 races
Grid 16〜	21.5 → 13.5	0 wins / 25 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Salzburgring (average P3.5, 5 races)

Interlagos1 racesavg P1.0

Red Bull Ring2 racesavg P2.0

Salzburgring5 racesavg P3.5

Sentul2 racesavg P4.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P4.0

Misano3 racesavg P4.3

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P4.5

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P4.5

Le Mans3 racesavg P5.0

Hockenheim5 racesavg P5.6

Phillip Island2 racesavg P6.0

Shah Alam7 racesavg P6.5

Jarama2 racesavg P6.5

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P7.0

Donington9 racesavg P7.2

Catalunya6 racesavg P7.2

Assen8 racesavg P7.3

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P7.3

Mugello7 racesavg P7.4

Nürburgring4 racesavg P7.7

Eastern Creek6 racesavg P8.0

Suzuka8 racesavg P8.8

Brno8 racesavg P9.5

Spa2 racesavg P9.5

Anderstorp2 racesavg P9.5

Jerez8 racesavg P9.6

Rio3 racesavg P12.7

Rijeka1 racesavg P13.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P14.0

Imola2 racesavg P15.5

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)99 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 5,526 miles
0.2× around the Earth · 1,965 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 202,022 miles
8.1× around the Earth · at least 18.4 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

95.1%Start rate (117/123)

4Longest run of absences (races)

76Longest run of starts (races)

14.4Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1989 125cc P15 · 29 pts

1990 125cc P5 · 113 pts

1991 125cc P8 · 81 pts

1992 125cc P6 · 91 pts

1993 125cc P1 · 280 pts

1994 125cc P4 · 162 pts

1995 125cc P5 · 129 pts

1996 125cc P13 · 81 pts

1997 125cc P25 · 8 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years)