Randy De Puniet

MotoGP

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 remained 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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