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Dirk Raudies

1964 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Dirk Raudies is the 852nd most popular racing driver (down from 794th in 2024), the 5,985th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,830th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dirk Raudies ranks 852 out of 1,080Before him are Jim Crawford, John Cannon, Toni Gardemeister, Jorge Martín, Tony Bettenhausen, and Allan Simonsen. After him are Toranosuke Takagi, Tony Shelly, Ken Downing, Gus Hutchison, Pascal Wehrlein, and Roberta Cowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dirk Raudies ranks 717Before him are Otto Konrad, Pál Szekeres, Jon Carin, Robson da Silva, Snježana Kordić, and Stratos Apostolakis. After him are Birgit Peter, Trischa Zorn, Dedee Pfeiffer, Dana Hill, Sven Loll, and Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dirk Raudies ranks 5,991 out of 7,253Before him are Marina Wilke (1958), Lars Riedel (1967), Marusha (1966), Roland Schröder (1962), Gabriele Löwe (1958), Steffen Wesemann (1971), Jens Seipenbusch (1968), Jens Müller (1965), and Gabriele Hegerl (1962). After him are Birgit Peter (1964), Karim Bellarabi (1990), and Florian Munteanu (1990).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Dirk Raudies ranks 63Before him are Peter Broeker (1926), Markus Winkelhock (1980), Michael Bartels (1968), Ernst Loof (1907), John Cordts (1935), and Frank Biela (1964). After him are Pascal Wehrlein (1994), Marco Werner (1966), Timo Bernhard (1981), Stefan Bradl (1989), Sophia Flörsch (2000), and Timo Scheider (1978).