Paddock Grand Prix

Paddock Grand Prix
2014 name	Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto3
Base	Switzerland
Principal	Daniel Epp
Rider(s)	12 - Thomas Lüthi (Moto2) 65 - Philipp Öttl (Moto3)
Motorcycle	Suter MMX (Moto2) Kalex KTM (Moto3)
Tyres	Dunlop
Riders' Championships	125cc – Thomas Lüthi (2005)

Paddock Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Switzerland who competed in the F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship since 2002 until 2014, before being acquired by team Technomag. In 2005, Paddock's rider Thomas Lüthi won the 125cc title.

History

The team began racing as Elit Grand Prix in the 2002 season with Czech rider Jakub Smrž on a Honda RS125R.

At the 2005 French Grand Prix the Paddock team achieved its first victory thanks to Thomas Lüthi who won the 125cc race. At the end of the season he secured the world championship title in the 125cc class. In the 2007 season the team, known as Emmi - Caffè Latte Racing Team, switched to Aprilia bikes with rider Sandro Cortese on an Aprilia RS 125 R in the 125 class and Thomas Lüthi on an Aprilia RSV 250 in the 250 division.

For the 2010 season, the team was renamed Interwetten Racing. Lüthi finished the season in fourth place in the inaugural Moto2 campaign, riding a Honda-powered Moriwaki chassis. The Interwetten team also fielded a bike in the MotoGP class for the first time with former 250cc world champion Hiroshi Aoyama finishing in 15th place aboard a Honda RC212V. Interwetten rider Marcel Schrötter finished 18th in the 125cc class on a Honda RS125R.

Between 2011 and 2014 the Interwetten Paddock team fielded a Suter bike for Thomas Lüthi in the Moto2 class. Since 2013 the team expanded its activities to the Moto3 class with a Kalex-KTM bike for Philipp Öttl.

For 2015 the Paddock team was acquired by the Technomag team and its base was relocated in France on the CGBM Evolution premises, near the Paul Ricard Circuit. ^[1]

Results

Summary

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2002	125cc	Elit Grand Prix	Honda	Jakub Smrž	7	0	0	0	0	3	32nd
				Thomas Lüthi	7	0	0	0	0	7	27th
				Hideyuki Nakajo	1	0	0	0	0	6	28th
2003	250cc	Elit Grand Prix	Honda	Jakub Smrž	13	0	0	0	0	14	24th
	250cc			Jaroslav Huleš	5 (9)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	0	10 (10)	25th
	125cc			Thomas Lüthi	16	0	1	0	0	68	15th
2004	125cc	Elit Grand Prix	Honda	Thomas Lüthi	13	0	0	0	0	14	25th
				Dario Giuseppetti	13	0	0	0	0	8	26th
				Václav Bittman	3	0	0	0	0	0	–
2005	125cc	Elit Grand Prix	Honda	Thomas Lüthi	16	4	8	5	1	242	1st
2006	125cc	Elit – Caffé Latte	Honda	Thomas Lüthi	16	1	1	0	0	113	8th
2006	125cc	Elit – Caffé Latte	Honda	Sandro Cortese	16	0	0	0	0	23	17th
2007	250cc	Emmi – Caffé Latte	Aprilia	Thomas Lüthi	17	0	0	0	0	133	8th
2007	125cc	Emmi – Caffé Latte	Aprilia	Sandro Cortese	17	0	0	0	0	66	14th
2008	250cc	Emmi – Caffé Latte	Aprilia	Thomas Lüthi	14	0	2	0	0	108	11th
	250cc	Auto Kelly – CP		Lukáš Pešek	16	0	0	0	0	43	15th
	125cc	Emmi – Caffé Latte		Sandro Cortese	17	0	0	0	1	141	8th
2009	250cc	Emmi – Caffé Latte	Aprilia	Thomas Lüthi	16	0	0	0	0	120	7th
		Auto Kelly – CP		Lukáš Pešek	16	0	0	0	0	74	15th
		Paddock GP Racing		Mattia Pasini	3 (16)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0 (1)	0 (5)	0	0	0 (128)	5th
2010	MotoGP	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	Hiroshi Aoyama	13	0	0	0	0	53	15th
				Alex de Angelis	3	0	0	0	0	11	18th
				Kousuke Akiyoshi	2	0	0	0	0	4	20th
	Moto2	Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2	Moriwaki	Thomas Lüthi	17	0	5	0	2	156	4th
	125cc	Interwetten Honda 125	Honda	Marcel Schrötter	17	0	0	0	0	27	18th
2011	Moto2	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	Thomas Lüthi	17	1	4	1	0	151	5th
2012	Moto2	Interwetten Paddock	Suter	Thomas Lüthi	17	1	6	1	3	191	4th
2013	Moto2	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	Thomas Lüthi	15	0	6	0	1	155	6th
	Moto2	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	Sergio Gadea	1	0	0	0	0	0	–
	Moto3	Interwetten Paddock Moto3	Kalex KTM	Philipp Öttl	17	0	0	0	1	34	18th
2011	Moto2	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	Thomas Lüthi	18	2	4	0	2	194	4th
2011	Moto3	Interwetten Paddock Moto3	Kalex KTM	Philipp Öttl	18	0	0	0	0	10	24th

Notes

1 2 Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References

↑ "Technomag carXpert and Interwetten Paddock Moto2 to merge in 2015". MotoGp.com (Dorna Sports). 12 September 2014.

External links

Interwetten Honda MotoGP Team

Moto2 (Interwetten Paddock Moto2):	Thomas Lüthi (12)

Moto3 (Interwetten Paddock Moto3):	Philipp Öttl (65)

Grand Prix motorcycle::	Suter MMX2 (Moto2) Kalex-KTM (Moto3)

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