Michael Rudroff
Introduction '''Michael Rudroff''' (born 28 December 1960) is a German former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Rudolf competed in his first Grand Prix in 1987, and made one podium; coming third in the 1989 Nations Grand Prix. His career ranged from 1987 until 1996, where he started in 53 races, though he never started from pole position.
Career Rudroff, riding a Honda bike, appeared in two Grand Prix in 1987, the West Germany Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix where he qualified in positions 38 and 26 but did not compete in the final race. He raced in the West German, Dutch TT and Yugoslavian Grand Prix in 1988, completing 28 laps in the first and coming in at 15th having started at 24th, completing 20 laps and coming in at 19th having started in 31st, and failing to qualify for the race in Yugoslavia.1989 saw regular appearances for Rudroff, racing in the Australian Grand Prix where he came 15th from a starting position of 21, followed by the United States Grand Prix where he came 15th one more having started again at 21.Following the Spanish Grand Prix, where he came 20th having begun at 23, he raced in the Nations Grand Prix. He began at 24, and finished 3rd in 59 minutes, 53.630 seconds over 33 laps. This was the only podium in his career. He raced in West Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Netherlands and the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix later that year. He ended the season with 18 championship points.Rudolf competed in three rounds of the 1990 Superbike World Championship aboard a Bimota. He returned to Grand Prix competition in 1991, where he competed in 10 races, and one other race in which he was not classified. This included a season-best 11th in the Australian Grand Prix, and he enjoyed a career-best 26 championship points. He made 13 more starts in 1992, now on a Harris Yamaha, but only returned three points despite coming 8th at the British Grand Prix. In 1993 he made 14 appearances again on the Yamaha, returning 17 points despite falling out of the Australian Grand Prix and of the Japanese Grand Prix in the first lap. He was not seen again on the race track until 1996, where he raced once in the German Grand Prix on a Suzuki bike and fell at the first lap.
Career statistics ===Grand Prix motorcycle racing=======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  Pts 1987 500cc Honda   JPN SPA GERRet NAT AUTRet YUG NED FRA GBR SWE CZE RSM POR BRA ARG NC 0 1988 500cc Honda    JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER15 AUT NED19 BEL YUGRet FRA GBR SWE CZE BRA 37th 1 1989 500cc Honda    JPN AUS15 USA15 SPA20 NAT3 GER21 AUT19 YUG15 NED17 BEL FRA GBR SWE CZE20 BRA 20th 18 1991 500cc Honda    JPN AUS USA SPA15 ITA15 GER12 AUT11 EUR14 NED14 FRA14 GBR13 RSM14 CZE12 VDMRet MAL 18th 26 1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPN15 AUS18 MAL14 SPA16 ITA16 EUR18 GER14 NED11 HUN16 FRA14 GBR8 BRA15 RSA19 21st 3 1993 500cc Harris-Yamaha  AUSRet MAL17 JPNRet SPARet AUT17 GER13 NED12 EUR17 RSMRet GBR10 CZE13 ITA15 USA18 FIMRet 21st 17 1996 500cc Suzuki MAL  INA  JPN SPA  ITA FRA  NED  GERRet GBR AUT  CZE  IMO  CAT BRA  AUS  NC 0===Superbike World Championship=======Races by year====(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13  Pts 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 1990 Bimota SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER15 GERRet CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN JPN FRARet FRA24 ITA13 ITA26 MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL 66th 4 1995 Ducati GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT19 AUT13 USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 51st 3 1997 Suzuki AUS AUS SMR SMR GBR GBR GERDNS GERDNS ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED17 NED18 SPA SPA JPN JPN INA INA NC 0
References
External links *  Michael Rudroff from MotoGP.com*  World Superbike Rider Profile