Dirk Raudies

Dirk Raudies (born June 17, 1964) is a German former professional motorcycle racer and current television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1989 to 1997.

Born in Biberach an der Riß, Germany, Raudies specialised in 125cc class racing where, he experienced his greatest success in 1993 when he won the 125cc Grand Prix world championship on a Honda RS125R.

Since 2004, Raudies has been a television motorsport commentator at Eurosport. From 2004 - 2008 he commentated alongside Ron Ringguth for MotoGP and since 2009 for Superbike World Championship as well as the Supersport World Championship alongside Lenz Leberkern, who also used to be the pit road commentator back when him and Ringguth were broadcasting MotoGP. During those broadcasts he serves rather as a side commentator than an analyst, considering he never raced superbikes.

Raudies is married to Birgit and has three children.

Grand Prix career statistics
Points system from 1988 to 1992: Points system from 1993 onwards:

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