Jean-Philippe Ruggia


Jean-Philippe Ruggia is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1995 when he finished in fifth place in the 250cc world championship. He won two races in 1993 riding for Aprilia and ended the season ranked sixth. He was also moderately successful in the 500cc class, finishing 8th overall in 1990. He is also the first rider known to use the elbow down riding style, years before Marc Márquez popularized the riding style in Grand Prix racing.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:
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Points system from 1988 to 1992:
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Points system from 1993 onwards:
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YearClassTeam123456789101112131415PointsRankWins
1987250ccSonauto-YamahaJPN
NC
ESP
7
GER
24
NAT
17
AUT
22
YUG
11
NED
26
FRA
8
GBR
14
SWE
NC
CZE
NC
RSM
21
POR
13
BRA
19
ARG
NC
717th0
1988250ccSonauto-YamahaJPN
7
USA
13
ESP
3
EXP
5
NAT
9
GER
13
AUT
13
NED
11
BEL
9
YUG
NC
FRA
7
GBR
6
SWE
7
CZE
11
BRA
8
1047th0
1989250ccSonauto-YamahaJPN
5
AUS
2
USA
7
ESP
3
NAT
2
GER
7
AUT
8
YUG
4
NED
NC
BEL
NC
FRA
5
GBR
-
SWE
-
CZE
-
BRA
-
1107th0
1990500ccSonauto-YamahaJPN
8
USA
5
ESP
10
NAT
NC
GER
6
AUT
8
YUG
5
NED
11
BEL
2
FRA
NC
GBR
9
SWE
7
CZE
8
HUN
6
AUS
NC
1108th0
1991500ccSonauto-YamahaJPN
NC
AUS
7
USA
4
ESP
5
ITA
5
GER
-
AUT
-
EUR
7
NED
8
FRA
5
GBR
NC
RSM
10
CZE
-
VDM
NC
MAL
NC
7810th0
1992250ccGileraJPN
NC
AUS
9
MAL
NC
ESP
NC
ITA
NC
EUR
10
GER
NC
NED
NC
HUN
NC
FRA
NC
GBR
NC
BRA
12
RSA
9
617th0
1993250ccApriliaAUS
9
MAL
19
JPN
5
ESP
3
AUT
NC
GER
8
NED
4
EUR
5
RSM
4
GBR
1
CZE
NC
ITA
1
USA
NC
FIM
NC
1296th2
1994250ccChesterfield-ApriliaAUS
4
MAL
4
JPN
7
ESP
1
AUT
6
GER
8
NED
NC
ITA
4
FRA
7
GBR
6
CZE
3
USA
NC
ARG
4
EUR
6
1496th1
1995250ccElf Tech 3-HondaAUS
NC
MAL
5
JPN
5
ESP
7
GER
5
ITA
9
NED
4
FRA
8
GBR
5
CZE
6
BRA
6
ARG
5
EUR
13
1155th0
1996250ccHondaMAL
5
INA
10
JPN
10
ESP
8
ITA
7
FRA
NC
NED
NC
GER
7
GBR
NC
AUT
5
CZE
6
IMO
NC
CAT
NC
BRA
5
AUS
6
919th0
1998500ccMuZ-WeberJPN
-
MAL
-
ESP
-
ITA
-
FRA
-
MAD
-
NED
NC
GBR
-
GER
-
CZE
-
IMO
-
CAT
-
AUS
-
ARG
-
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