Didier de Radiguès
Nationality	Belgian
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1980 - 1991 First race 1980 250cc Dutch TT Last race 1991 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix First win 1982 350cc Nations Grand Prix Last win 1983 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha, Cagiva, Suzuki Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 141 4 15 12 3 688

Didier de Radiguès (born 27 March 1958) is a Belgian former professional motorcycle racer, auto racing driver and current artist. He also serves as a television sports color commentator for Belgium television, a Moto GP riders manager and as the owner of a motorcycle riding school. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1980 to 1991.

Motorsport career

Born in Leuven, De Radiguès, made his motorcycle Grand Prix debut in 1979, racing in the 500cc class. His best year was in 1982 when he won two races and finished second to Anton Mang in the 350cc world championship. He rode in 500cc for the Yamaha factory racing team in 1988 as a team-mate to Eddie Lawson and ended his career with the Suzuki team in 1991 as Kevin Schwantz' team-mate. He won four Grands Prix during his career as well as the 1991 Macau Grand Prix, a non-championship event.^[1]

De Radiguès is the Belgium's most successful motorcycle road racer with four Grand Prix victories. In 1992 at the request of the riders, de Radiguès organized the International Motorcycle Riders Association which was then managed by Franco Uncini at IRTA.

After his motorcycle racing career, de Radiguès took up sports car endurance racing, winning the 1997 Belgian Procar Championship as well as the Spa 24 Hours race and the championship in the American Le Mans Series in 2001. In 1998 de Radiguès entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans with fellow ex-motorcycle rider Wayne Gardner.^[2]

In 2003, de Radiguès began a motorcycle riding school in France.

Television career

De Radiguès is also a Motorsport TV consultant, first on Club RTL and then on RTBF (since 2013), the two largest French-speaking Belgian TV channels. He gives commentary on Moto3, Moto2 and Moto GP races.

Artistic career

Didier de Radiguès started his artistic career in New York and Singapore, Brussels, Hong Kong and Paris. His first series called « From My Gazebo » is inspired by his many trips to the Bahamas. From his gazebo, planted in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean on a small island of the Exumas, Didier de Radiguès captures the landscape around him. His latest series is called People Portrait.^[3][4]

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

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

Source:^[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Solution F	Philippe Gache Wayne Gardner	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	LMP1	155	DNF	DNF
1999	Kremer Racing	Tomás Saldaña Grant Orbell	Lola B98/10-Ford	LMP	46	DNF	DNF
2000	Team Rafanelli SRL	Domenico Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti	Lola B2K/10-Judd	LMP900	154	DNF	DNF
2001	Dick Barbour Racing	Sascha Maassen Hideshi Matsuda	Reynard 01Q-LM-Judd	LMP675	95	DNF	DNF
2002	MBD Sportscar Team	Milka Duno John Graham	Panoz LMP07-Mugen	LMP900	259	DNF	DNF

References

External links

• Didier de Radiguès motorcycle school
• Didier de Radiguès Artist Photographer Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine