Michael Rudroff

Michael Rudroff (born 28 December 1960) is a German former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Michael Rudroff
NationalityGerman
Born (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960
Motorcycle racing career statistics
500cc World Championship
Active years1987–1989, 1991–1993, 1996
ManufacturersHonda, Harris Yamaha, Suzuki
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
53 0 1 0 0 67
Superbike World Championship
Active years1990, 1995, 1997
ManufacturersBimota, Ducati, Suzuki
1997 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
10 0 0 0 0 7

Rudolf competed in his first Grand Prix in 1987, and made one podium; coming third in the 1989 Nations Grand Prix. His career ranged from 1987 until 1996, where he started in 53 races, though he never started from pole position.[1]

Career

Rudroff, riding a Honda bike, appeared in two Grand Prix in 1987, the West Germany Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix where he qualified in positions 38 and 26 but did not compete in the final race. He raced in the West German, Dutch TT and Yugoslavian Grand Prix in 1988, completing 28 laps in the first and coming in at 15th having started at 24th, completing 20 laps and coming in at 19th having started in 31st, and failing to qualify for the race in Yugoslavia.[1]

1989 saw regular appearances for Rudroff, racing in the Australian Grand Prix where he came 15th from a starting position of 21, followed by the United States Grand Prix where he came 15th one more having started again at 21. Following the Spanish Grand Prix, where he came 20th having begun at 23, he raced in the Nations Grand Prix. He began at 24, and finished 3rd in 59 minutes, 53.630 seconds over 33 laps. This was the only podium in his career. He raced in West Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Netherlands and the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix later that year. He ended the season with 18 championship points.[1]

Rudolf competed in three rounds of the 1990 Superbike World Championship aboard a Bimota.[2] He returned to Grand Prix competition in 1991, where he competed in 10 races, and one other race in which he was not classified. This included a season-best 11th in the Australian Grand Prix, and he enjoyed a career-best 26 championship points.[1] He made 13 more starts in 1992, now on a Harris Yamaha, but only returned three points despite coming 8th at the British Grand Prix. In 1993 he made 14 appearances again on the Yamaha, returning 17 points despite falling out of the Australian Grand Prix and of the Japanese Grand Prix in the first lap. He was not seen again on the race track until 1996, where he raced once in the German Grand Prix on a Suzuki bike and fell at the first lap.[1]

Career statistics

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 Pos. Pts
1987 500cc Honda JPN SPA GER
Ret		 NAT AUT
Ret		 YUG NED FRA GBR SWE CZE RSM POR BRA ARG NC 0
1988 500cc Honda JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER
15		 AUT NED
19		 BEL YUG
Ret		 FRA GBR SWE CZE BRA 37th 1
1989 500cc Honda JPN AUS
15		 USA
15		 SPA
20		 NAT
3		 GER
21		 AUT
19		 YUG
15		 NED
17		 BEL FRA GBR SWE CZE
20		 BRA 20th 18
1991 500cc Honda JPN AUS USA SPA
15		 ITA
15		 GER
12		 AUT
11		 EUR
14		 NED
14		 FRA
14		 GBR
13		 RSM
14		 CZE
12		 VDM
Ret		 MAL 18th 26
1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPN
15		 AUS
18		 MAL
14		 SPA
16		 ITA
16		 EUR
18		 GER
14		 NED
11		 HUN
16		 FRA
14		 GBR
8		 BRA
15		 RSA
19		 21st 3
1993 500cc Harris-Yamaha AUS
Ret		 MAL
17		 JPN
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 AUT
17		 GER
13		 NED
12		 EUR
17		 RSM
Ret		 GBR
10		 CZE
13		 ITA
15		 USA
18		 FIM
Ret		 21st 17
1996 500cc Suzuki MAL INA JPN SPA ITA FRA NED GER
Ret		 GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT BRA AUS NC 0

Races by year

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

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1990 Bimota SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER
15		 GER
Ret		 CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN JPN FRA
Ret		 FRA
24		 ITA
13		 ITA
26		 MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL 66th 4
1995 Ducati GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT
19		 AUT
13		 USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 51st 3
1997 Suzuki AUS AUS SMR SMR GBR GBR GER
DNS		 GER
DNS		 ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED
17		 NED
18		 SPA SPA JPN JPN INA INA NC 0

References
  1. "Rider Profile: Michael Rudroff". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  2. "Michael Rudolf WSBK Rider Profile". wsb-archives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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