Thomas Lüthi

Thomas Lüthi

Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1986-09-06) 6 September 1986[1]
Oberdiessbach, Switzerland
Current team Garage Plus Interwetten
Bike number 12
Website thomasluethi.ch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years20102016
ManufacturersMoriwaki, Suter, Kalex
Championships0
2015 championship position5th (179 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
103 6 30 3 11 1051
250cc World Championship
Active years20072009
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position7th (120 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
47 0 2 0 0 361
125cc World Championship
Active years20022006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships1 (2005)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
67 5 10 5 1 444

Thomas Lüthi (born 6 September 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer currently competing in the Moto2 Grand Prix World Championship.

Early life

Lüthi was born in Oberdiessbach, Kanton Bern, Switzerland, but grew up in Emmental. Lüthi started racing pocket bikes at the age of nine. He won pocket bike championships in 1999 and 2000. In 2002, he finished second overall in the European 125cc Championship, and third in the German 125cc series.

125cc

Lüthi made his first 125cc World Championship appearance at the 2002 German Grand Prix, which he finished in 26th place.

In the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Lüthi was invited by Daniel Epp to ride for his team, known as the "Elit Grand Prix Team"; Epp became his manager. Lüthi scored his first podium in Barcelona and ended in second place. In 2004, he retired from four races in a row, missed four races because of injury, and scored 14 points.

Andy Ibbott of California Superbike School started training Thomas during the 2005 season. Lüthi scored his first 125cc class Grand Prix win in 2005 at Le Mans, followed by three more victories that season, including one at his team's home race at Brno, Czech Republic. On 6 November 2005 Lüthi secured his first world championship in the 125cc class, the sixth-youngest person to do so; this took place at Valencia. While using a Honda RS125R kit, Lüthi won the world championship title in the 125cc class, being five points ahead of Mika Kallio. Lüthi was voted Swiss sportsman of the year in 2005 and also won the annual "Swiss Award" in the category of sport.

After winning the 2005 125cc World Championship, he was partnered by Sandro Cortese of Germany and the team name was changed to "Elit — Caffè Latte". He scored his only win and only podium of the season at the 2006 French Grand Prix. He lost his championship title to Álvaro Bautista.

250cc

After the 2006 season, Lüthi moved on to 250cc. The team changed their name to "Emmi — Caffè Latte", and defected to Aprilia, racing on the Aprilia RSA 250.

For 2008, Lüthi continued with the Aprilia RSA 250. Daniel Epp also ran an Aprillia LE for Lukáš Pešek, under the Auto Kelly - CP branding. Lüthi did not have any podiums until the 2008 Italian GP, where he finished at the podium in third place. At Assen, he finished in second place behind Álvaro Bautista. At Brno, Lüthi crashed out of the race due to an apparent brake failure.

In 2009, he finished seventh overall in 250cc, although without a podium.

Moto2

For 2010, he remained with the team in the Moto2 class that replaced the 250cc category. At Silverstone, Lüthi finished in second place. Lüthi finished in third place at Assen, which was a position he acquired on the last lap after being in first place earlier in the race.[2] Lüthi had a collarbone injury during those two races.[3]

Grand Prix career statistics

All statistics are from MotoGP.com[4]

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Type Races Wins Podiums Poles FLaps Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Honda Honda RS125R 7 0 0 0 0 7 27th
2003 125cc Honda Honda RS125R 15 0 1 0 0 68 15th
2004 125cc Honda Honda RS125R 13 0 0 0 0 14 25th
2005 125cc Honda Honda RS125R 16 4 8 5 1 242 1st
2006 125cc Honda Honda RS125R 16 1 1 0 0 113 8th
2007 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 17 0 0 0 0 133 8th
2008 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 14 0 2 0 0 108 11th
2009 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 16 0 0 0 0 120 7th
2010 Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 17 0 5 0 2 156 4th
2011 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 17 1 4 1 0 151 5th
2012 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 17 1 6 1 3 191 4th
2013 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 15 0 6 0 1 155 6th
2014 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 2 4 0 2 194 4th
2015 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 18 1 4 1 3 179 5th
2016 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 1 1 1 0 0 25* 1st*
Total 217 11 42 8 12 1856

* Season still in progress.

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 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2002 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER
26
CZE
19
POR
9
BRA
24
PAC MAL
21
AUS
Ret
VAL
24
27th 7
2003 125cc Honda JPN
9
RSA
17
SPA
12
FRA
9
ITA
15
CAT
2
NED
7
GBR
22
GER
Ret
CZE
Ret
POR
Ret
BRA
15
PAC
10
MAL
4
AUS
16
VAL
DNS
15th 68
2004 125cc Honda RSA
Ret
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT NED BRA GER
18
GBR
18
CZE
18
POR
16
JPN
12
QAT
13
MAL
11
AUS
19
VAL
14
25th 14
2005 125cc Honda SPA
Ret
POR
3
CHN
4
FRA
1
ITA
2
CAT
7
NED
10
GBR
6
GER
2
CZE
1
JPN
2
MAL
1
QAT
6
AUS
1
TUR
5
VAL
9
1st 242
2006 125cc Honda SPA
Ret
QAT
8
TUR
12
CHN
Ret
FRA
1
ITA
9
CAT
6
NED
8
GBR
8
GER
6
CZE
5
MAL
13
AUS
4
JPN
Ret
POR
Ret
VAL
10
8th 113
2007 250cc Aprilia QAT
4
SPA
Ret
TUR
5
CHN
8
FRA
Ret
ITA
5
CAT
4
GBR
Ret
NED
Ret
GER
9
CZE
7
RSM
4
POR
4
JPN
10
AUS
5
MAL
5
VAL
9
8th 133
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
15
SPA
Ret
POR
4
CHN
Ret
FRA
11
ITA
3
CAT
5
GBR
5
NED
2
GER
7
CZE
Ret
RSM
7
IND
C
JPN AUS MAL
9
VAL
10
11th 108
2009 250cc Aprilia QAT
6
JPN
8
SPA
5
FRA
Ret
ITA
4
CAT
6
NED
Ret
GER
8
GBR
9
CZE
Ret
IND
9
RSM
10
POR
7
AUS
11
MAL
4
VAL
4
7th 120
2010 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT
7
SPA
3
FRA
19
ITA
4
GBR
2
NED
3
CAT
2
GER
Ret
CZE
11
IND
7
RSM
3
ARA
10
JPN
8
MAL
Ret
AUS
11
POR
16
VAL
4
4th 156
2011 Moto2 Suter QAT
3
SPA
2
POR
Ret
FRA
5
CAT
Ret
GBR
15
NED
8
ITA
6
GER
5
CZE
5
IND
17
RSM
8
ARA
7
JPN
3
AUS
11
MAL
1
VAL
17
5th 151
2012 Moto2 Suter QAT
5
SPA
3
POR
3
FRA
1
CAT
2
GBR
8
NED
Ret
GER
5
ITA
3
IND
5
CZE
2
RSM
9
ARA
10
JPN
5
MAL
Ret
AUS
Ret
VAL
4
4th 191
2013 Moto2 Suter QAT AME
DNS
SPA
11
FRA
Ret
ITA
9
CAT
3
NED
8
GER
6
IND
13
CZE
3
GBR
3
RSM
4
ARA
Ret
MAL
3
AUS
2
JPN
3
VAL
7
6th 155
2014 Moto2 Suter QAT
3
AME
6
ARG
19
SPA
10
FRA
8
ITA
Ret
CAT
5
NED
6
GER
9
IND
Ret
CZE
4
GBR
5
RSM
5
ARA
4
JPN
1
AUS
2
MAL
8
VAL
1
4th 194
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
3
AME
12
ARG
6
SPA
4
FRA
1
ITA
Ret
CAT
6
NED
5
GER
6
IND
6
CZE
7
GBR
9
RSM
10
ARA
5
JPN
Ret
AUS
15
MAL
2
VAL
3
5th 179
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
1
ARG
7
AME
7
SPA
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GER
AUT
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
4th* 43*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. Official MotoGP profile
  2. "Another Iannone runaway at Assen". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 26 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  3. "Luthi to ride fresh from surgery". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 1 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  4. "Thomas Luthi". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 3 November 2008.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Roger Federer
Swiss Sportsman of the Year
2005
Succeeded by
Roger Federer
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Italy Andrea Dovizioso
125cc Motorcycle World Champion
2005
Succeeded by
Spain Álvaro Bautista
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