# Jesko Raffin

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 2012 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, in 2015 Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider, 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 2016. He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at Sachsenring.
In 2017, 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 2018 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 10 points and 22nd in the standings. In the same year he won the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship.
In 2019, Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup 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 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 2020.

## 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 Ret | ARA1 1 | ARA2 1 | CAT 1 | ALB 1 | NAV1 4 | NAV2 1 | ALG1 4 | ALG2 6 | VAL 1 | | 1st | 186 |
| 2018 | Kalex | EST1 3 | EST2 1 | VAL 1 | CAT1 1 | CAT2 2 | ARA1 2 | ARA2 2 | JER 2 | ALB1 5 | ALB2 6 | | 1st | 203 |
| 2018 | Suter | | | | | | | | | | | VAL 3 | 1st | 203 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Kalex | GP Team Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25th |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | Garage Plus Interwetten | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20th |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | Dynavolt Intact GP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27th |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica | Dynavolt Intact GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8th |
| 2020 | Moto2 | NTS | NTS RW Racing GP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | INP | CZE | RSM | ARA 27 | JPN 28 | MAL 18 | AUS | VAL | | | NC | 0 |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 22 | AME 24 | ARG 28 | SPA 25 | FRA 24 | ITA 23 | CAT 24 | NED 21 | GER 21 | INP 17 | CZE 26 | GBR 21 | RSM Ret | ARA 20 | JPN 17 | AUS 17 | MAL 21 | VAL 24 | | NC | 0 |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 18 | ARG 23 | AME 21 | SPA 14 | FRA 23 | ITA 26 | CAT DNS | NED 18 | GER 8 | AUT 24 | CZE 24 | GBR 17 | RSM 15 | ARA 20 | JPN 17 | AUS 13 | MAL 16 | VAL 17 | | 25th | 14 |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 14 | ARG 13 | AME 21 | SPA 20 | FRA 23 | ITA 23 | CAT 23 | NED 17 | GER 16 | CZE 29 | AUT 18 | GBR 27 | RSM 9 | ARA 23 | JPN 25 | AUS 4 | MAL 15 | VAL 21 | | 20th | 26 |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | RSM 15 | ARA 23 | THA | JPN 20 | AUS 8 | MAL 19 | VAL 15 | 22nd | 10 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | NTS | QAT 14 | ARG 15 | AME 16 | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | RSM | | THA 21 | JPN 19 | AUS 13 | MAL 20 | VAL | 27th | 6 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ARA 20 | | | | | | 27th | 6 |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica | GER 13 | AUT 9 | RSM1 4 | RSM2 7 | VAL1 7 | VAL2 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 47 |
| 2020 | Moto2 | NTS | QAT 23 | SPA 21 | ANC DNS | CZE | AUT | STY | RSM Ret | EMI | CAT | FRA | ARA | TER | EUR | VAL | POR | | | | | 33rd | 0 |