Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a Swiss motorcycle racer. 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, Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider in , 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 . He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of eighth at Sachsenring.
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 ten points and 22nd in the standings. In the same year, he won the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship.
In , Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup with the German Dynavolt Intact GP team. He collected 47 points and finished the season in eighth. 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 (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 ARA1 ARA2 CAT ALB NAV1 NAV2 ALG1 ALG2 VAL 1st 186 2018 Kalex EST1 EST2 VAL CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 JER ALB1 ALB2 1st 203 Suter VAL
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd Moto2 Kalex GP Team Switzerland 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG 18 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Kalex Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG 17 0 0 0 0 14 25th Moto2 Kalex Garage Plus Interwetten 18 0 0 0 0 26 20th 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 KalexDynavolt Intact GP MotoE Energica60000478th Moto2 NTS NTS RW Racing GP 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rdTotal 79 0 0 0 0 103
By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp 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 (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 Moto2 Kalex QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL NC 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 25th 14 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 20th 26 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 22nd 10 2019 Moto2 NTS QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 27th 6 Kalex ARA MotoE Energica GER AUT RSM1 RSM2 VAL1 VAL2 8th 47 Moto2 NTS QAT SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR 33rd 0
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