Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a

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. 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

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; in three races he had an 18th place at

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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

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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,

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and

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. Raffin remained with the same team for . He achieved his first Grand Prix points at

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with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at

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. 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

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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

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. In , Raffin joined the inaugural

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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

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

References

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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