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Randy de Puniet Profile |
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Birth Date: February 14, 1981
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Birth Place: Maisons-Laffitte, France
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Birth Name: Randy de Puniet
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Biography |
Randy de Puniet (born February 14, 1981 in Maisons-Laffitte,
France) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. 2006
was his first season in MotoGP, for the Kawasaki factory
team, where he remains for 2007. At Barcelona he took his
first front-row start, and finished a career-best fifth. Up
until Donington, he has started all but one other race on
the third row. He started 4th and finished 2nd at Motegi in
the wet. August 24th 2007 saw the Honda LCR team announce
that de Puniet would ride for them in 2008 and 2009.
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 at Catalunya, coming 4th overall with 3 wins. In
2004 he was third with a single win, spending 2005 with an
Aprilia team run by Jorge Martinez Aspar. |
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Other Information |
Current team: Kawasaki Racing Team
Bike number: 14
World Championships: 0
Race starts: 148
Race Wins: 5
Podium finishes: 23
Pole positions: 9
Fastest laps: 4
Championship Points: 950
2007 Championship position: 11th (108 pts) |
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since January 3, 2008