Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a Swiss motorcycle racer. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 champion in 2014 and 2018.

Jesko Raffin
Raffin in 2018
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28)
Zürich, Switzerland
Bike number2
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2012, 20152020
ManufacturersKalex, NTS
Championships0
2020 championship position33rd (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
73 0 0 0 0 56
MotoE World Championship
Active years2019
ManufacturersEnergica
Championships0
2019 championship position7th (47 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
6 0 0 0 0 47

Career

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Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in 2012 with GP Team Switzerland as a replacement for the injured Randy Krummenacher;[1] in three races he had an 18th place at Sepang as best finish.

After winning the CEV Moto2 Championship in 2014,[2] in 2015 Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider, competing with a Kalex 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. Raffin remained with the same team for 2016. He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at Sachsenring.

In 2017, 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 2018 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.

In 2019, Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup 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 2020.

Career statistics

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FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

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Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
2014 Kalex JER
Ret
ARA1
1
ARA2
1
CAT
1
ALB
1
NAV1
4
NAV2
1
ALG1
4
ALG2
6
VAL
1
1st 186
2018 Kalex EST1
3
EST2
1
VAL
1
CAT1
1
CAT2
2
ARA1
2
ARA2
2
JER
2
ALB1
5
ALB2
6
1st 203
Suter VAL
3

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2012 Moto2 Kalex GP Team Switzerland 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG 18 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG 17 0 0 0 0 14 25th
2017 Moto2 Kalex Garage Plus Interwetten 18 0 0 0 0 26 20th
2018 Moto2 Kalex SAG Team 6 0 0 0 0 10 22nd
2019 Moto2 NTS NTS RW Racing GP 8 0 0 0 0 6 27th
Kalex Dynavolt Intact GP
MotoE Energica 6 0 0 0 0 47 8th
2020 Moto2 NTS NTS RW Racing GP 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
Total 79 0 0 0 0 103

By class

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Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
Moto2 2012, 2015–2020 2012 Aragon 73 0 0 0 0 56 0
MotoE 2019 2019 Germany 6 0 0 0 0 47 0
Total 2012, 2015–2020 79 0 0 0 0 103 0

Races by year

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

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2012 Moto2 Kalex QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA
27
JPN
28
MAL
18
AUS VAL NC 0
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
22
AME
24
ARG
28
SPA
25
FRA
24
ITA
23
CAT
24
NED
21
GER
21
INP
17
CZE
26
GBR
21
RSM
Ret
ARA
20
JPN
17
AUS
17
MAL
21
VAL
24
NC 0
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
18
ARG
23
AME
21
SPA
14
FRA
23
ITA
26
CAT
DNS
NED
18
GER
8
AUT
24
CZE
24
GBR
17
RSM
15
ARA
20
JPN
17
AUS
13
MAL
16
VAL
17
25th 14
2017 Moto2 Kalex QAT
14
ARG
13
AME
21
SPA
20
FRA
23
ITA
23
CAT
23
NED
17
GER
16
CZE
29
AUT
18
GBR
27
RSM
9
ARA
23
JPN
25
AUS
4
MAL
15
VAL
21
20th 26
2018 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM
15
ARA
23
THA JPN
20
AUS
8
MAL
19
VAL
15
22nd 10
2019 Moto2 NTS QAT
14
ARG
15
AME
16
SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM THA
21
JPN
19
AUS
13
MAL
20
VAL 27th 6
Kalex ARA
20
MotoE Energica GER
13
AUT
9
RSM1
4
RSM2
7
VAL1
7
VAL2
10
8th 47
2020 Moto2 NTS QAT
23
SPA
21
ANC
DNS
CZE AUT STY RSM
Ret
EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR 33rd 0

References

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  1. ^ "Moto2: news e curiosità alla vigilia del GP di Aragon". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Jesko Raffin campeón del CEV Moto2". motociclismo.es (in Spanish). Motorpress Ibérica. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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