Jean-Philippe Ruggia (born 1 October 1965 in Toulon) 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.[1] 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.

Jean-Philippe Ruggia
NationalityFrench
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1987 - 1996, 1998
First race1987 250cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race1998 500cc Dutch TT
First win1993 250cc British Grand Prix
Last win1994 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)Aprilia
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
138 3 10 2 2 899

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

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Points system from 1969 to 1987:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank Wins
1987 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN
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
7 17th 0
1988 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN
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
104 7th 0
1989 250cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN
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
-
110 7th 0
1990 500cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN
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
110 8th 0
1991 500cc Sonauto-Yamaha JPN
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
78 10th 0
1992 250cc Gilera JPN
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
6 17th 0
1993 250cc Aprilia AUS
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
129 6th 2
1994 250cc Chesterfield-Aprilia AUS
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
149 6th 1
1995 250cc Elf Tech 3-Honda AUS
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
115 5th 0
1996 250cc Honda MAL
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
91 9th 0
1998 500cc MuZ-Weber JPN
-
MAL
-
ESP
-
ITA
-
FRA
-
MAD
-
NED
NC
GBR
-
GER
-
CZE
-
IMO
-
CAT
-
AUS
-
ARG
-
0 - 0

References

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  1. ^ "Jean Philippe Ruggia career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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