# Randy de Puniet

Randy de Puniet (born 14 February 1981) is a road racer of motorcycles from France. He competed in Grands Prix racing between 1998 and 2014, where he achieved five wins in the 250cc class. He also competed in the Superbike World Championship during the 2015 season with little success. He currently competes in the MotoE World Cup, aboard an Energica Ego Corsa.

## Career

Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, de Puniet was French 125cc champion in 1998, moving up to the world championship a year later. In 2001 he moved up to the 250cc World Championship. He earned two podium finishes in 2002 to earn a factory Aprilia ride for 2003. He took his first win in Catalunya, coming 4th overall with 3 wins. In 2004 he was third with a single win, spending 2005 with on an Aprilia run by former world champion, Jorge Martínez and his Aspar Team.
2006 was his first season in MotoGP, for the Kawasaki factory team, where he remained for 2007. He took his first front-row start at the 2007 Catalan Grand Prix, and finished a career-best fifth. Up until Donington, he started all but one other race on the third row. He started fourth and finished second at Motegi in the wet.
LCR Honda announced on 24 August 2007 that de Puniet would ride for them in 2008 and 2009. He suffered a fractured ankle in a midseason testing crash in 2009. He ultimately remained with LCR for 2010, despite being linked to the French Tech 3 squad. He had been in contention for a Tech 3 ride for 2011, but team boss Hervé Poncharal denied this link.
He enjoyed a strong run of form midseason in 2010, including consecutive front row starts at Silverstone and Assen. He was running fifth in the championship before breaking his leg in a crash at the Sachsenring. He missed the race at Laguna Seca before returning at Brno, where he finished tenth.
In spite of the promise he showed on the Honda before his injury, De Puniet raced for Pramac Racing in 2011. After a disappointing year on the satellite Ducati De Puniet joined the Power Electronics Aspar team for 2012, a 'Claiming Rules Team' running a modified Aprilia RSV4 known as the ART.
For 2014, De Puniet was not racing, instead concentrating on development and testing on the Suzuki 2015 MotoGP machine. He hoped to receive a wild card ride during 2014, and did so at the final race in Valencia, retiring from the race.
In 2021, De Puniet competed in the FIM Endurance World Championship with Moto Ain.

## Career statistics
### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
| 1998 | 125cc | Honda RS125R | Honda France | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 1999 | 125cc | Aprilia RS125 | Scrab Competition | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18th | – |
| 2000 | 125cc | Aprilia RS125 | Scrab Competition | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 17th | – |
| 2001 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Equipe de France - Scrab GP | 81 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13th | – |
| 2002 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Campetella Racing | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 9th | – |
| 2003 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Safilo Oxydo - LCR | 7 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 208 | 4th | – |
| 2004 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Safilo Carrera - LCR | 7 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 214 | 3rd | – |
| 2005 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Aprilia Aspar 250cc | 7 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 8th | – |
| 2006 | MotoGP | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 16th | – |
| 2007 | MotoGP | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 11th | – |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | LCR Honda MotoGP | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 15th | – |
| 2009 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | LCR Honda MotoGP | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 11th | – |
| 2010 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | LCR Honda MotoGP | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 9th | – |
| 2011 | MotoGP | Ducati Desmosedici GP11 | Pramac Racing Team | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16th | – |
| 2012 | MotoGP | Aprilia ART | Power Electronics Aspar | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 13th | – |
| 2013 | MotoGP | Aprilia ART | Power Electronics Aspar | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15th | – |
| 2014 | MotoGP | Suzuki GSX-RR | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica Ego | LCR E-Team | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17th | – |
| Total | | | | | 259 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1401 | | 0 |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| 125cc | 1998–2000 | 1998 France | | | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 250cc | 2001–2005 | 2001 Japan | 2002 Japan | 2003 Catalunya | 80 | 5 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 729 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2006–2014 | 2006 Spain | 2007 Japan | | 140 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 575 | 0 |
| MotoE | 2019 | 2019 Germany | | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Total | 1998–2014, 2019 | | | | 259 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1401 | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 1998 | 125cc | Honda | JPN | MAL | SPA | ITA | FRA 17 | MAD | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | IMO | CAT | AUS | ARG | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 1999 | 125cc | Aprilia | MAL 20 | JPN 15 | SPA Ret | FRA 11 | ITA 19 | CAT 9 | NED Ret | GBR Ret | GER 15 | CZE Ret | IMO Ret | VAL 10 | AUS 21 | RSA Ret | BRA 18 | ARG 10 | | | 18th | 26 |
| 2000 | 125cc | Aprilia | RSA 14 | MAL Ret | JPN 10 | SPA 13 | FRA 12 | ITA 9 | CAT 13 | NED Ret | GBR 10 | GER Ret | CZE Ret | POR 7 | VAL 18 | BRA 9 | PAC Ret | AUS 13 | | | 17th | 50 |
| 2001 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret | RSA Ret | SPA 18 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT 8 | NED 13 | GBR Ret | GER 5 | CZE 6 | POR 17 | VAL 10 | PAC 11 | AUS Ret | MAL 12 | BRA 13 | | | 13th | 50 |
| 2002 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN 3 | RSA 6 | SPA Ret | FRA 3 | ITA 5 | CAT 4 | NED Ret | GBR 6 | GER Ret | CZE 6 | POR Ret | BRA Ret | PAC Ret | MAL 6 | AUS 6 | VAL 4 | | | 9th | 119 |
| 2003 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret | RSA 2 | SPA 3 | FRA 2 | ITA Ret | CAT 1 | NED Ret | GBR 8 | GER 3 | CZE 1 | POR 3 | BRA 3 | PAC 6 | MAL 5 | AUS Ret | VAL 1 | | | 4th | 208 |
| 2004 | 250cc | Aprilia | RSA 2 | SPA 2 | FRA 2 | ITA 4 | CAT 1 | NED 4 | BRA 8 | GER 5 | GBR 3 | CZE 2 | POR 3 | JPN 11 | QAT Ret | MAL 5 | AUS Ret | VAL 3 | | | 3rd | 214 |
| 2005 | 250cc | Aprilia | SPA Ret | POR 3 | CHN 8 | FRA 2 | ITA Ret | CAT 6 | NED 8 | GBR 1 | GER 6 | CZE 8 | JPN 5 | MAL 4 | QAT Ret | AUS 7 | TUR Ret | VAL 8 | | | 8th | 138 |
| 2006 | MotoGP | Kawasaki | SPA Ret | QAT Ret | TUR 12 | CHN 12 | FRA Ret | ITA 13 | CAT Ret | NED 14 | GBR 12 | GER Ret | USA 12 | CZE 14 | MAL 13 | AUS 11 | JPN Ret | POR 10 | VAL Ret | | 16th | 37 |
| 2007 | MotoGP | Kawasaki | QAT Ret | SPA 13 | CHN 8 | TUR 8 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT 5 | GBR 6 | NED Ret | GER Ret | USA 6 | CZE 8 | RSM Ret | POR Ret | JPN 2 | AUS 6 | MAL 4 | VAL 9 | 11th | 108 |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 9 | SPA Ret | POR 15 | CHN 13 | FRA 9 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | GBR 12 | NED Ret | GER 8 | USA 6 | CZE 16 | RSM Ret | INP 13 | JPN 12 | AUS 9 | MAL 10 | VAL 15 | 15th | 61 |
| 2009 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 10 | JPN 11 | SPA 4 | FRA 14 | ITA 8 | CAT 8 | NED 7 | USA 9 | GER Ret | GBR 3 | CZE 10 | INP 12 | RSM 12 | POR 11 | AUS 8 | MAL Ret | VAL 11 | | 11th | 106 |
| 2010 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 6 | SPA 9 | FRA 7 | ITA 6 | GBR 6 | NED 6 | CAT 4 | GER Ret | USA | CZE 10 | INP 13 | RSM 13 | ARA Ret | JPN 9 | MAL 10 | AUS 10 | POR 6 | VAL 10 | 9th | 116 |
| 2011 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT Ret | SPA Ret | POR 10 | FRA Ret | CAT Ret | GBR 12 | NED Ret | ITA 14 | GER 13 | USA DNS | CZE 12 | INP 8 | RSM 14 | ARA 12 | JPN 10 | AUS 6 | MAL C | VAL Ret | 16th | 49 |
| 2012 | MotoGP | ART | QAT 13 | SPA Ret | POR 13 | FRA Ret | CAT 15 | GBR 12 | NED 8 | GER 11 | ITA 12 | USA 11 | INP Ret | CZE 8 | RSM 9 | ARA 11 | JPN Ret | MAL Ret | AUS 11 | VAL 12 | 13th | 62 |
| 2013 | MotoGP | ART | QAT 12 | AME 14 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 11 | CAT Ret | NED 12 | GER 12 | USA Ret | INP Ret | CZE 15 | GBR 16 | RSM 17 | ARA 13 | MAL 12 | AUS 10 | JPN 13 | VAL Ret | 15th | 36 |
| 2014 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT | AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | INP | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL Ret | NC | 0 |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica | GER 17 | AUT 12 | RSM1 11 | RSM2 13 | VAL1 12 | VAL2 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 21 |

### Superbike World Championship
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 2015 | Suzuki | AUS 17 | AUS 7 | THA 13 | THA Ret | SPA Ret | SPA 13 | NED Ret | NED Ret | ITA DNS | ITA Ret | GBR 14 | GBR 14 | POR 13 | POR 16 | SMR Ret | SMR 17 | USA 11 | USA 11 | MAL 12 | MAL 13 | SPA 16 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | FRA 18 | QAT 12 | QAT 7 | 18th | 52 |

### FIM World Endurance Championship
#### By team

| Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
| 2018–19 | Team SRC Kawasaki France | Kawasaki ZX-10R | Jérémy Guarnoni David Checa Erwan Nigon Randy de Puniet | 1st |
| 2025 | Elf Marc VDS KM99 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Jérémy Guarnoni Alessandro del Bianco Florian Marino Randy de Puniet | |

## Commitment

De Puniet is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II.