Teuvo Länsivuori

Teuvo Länsivuori
Teuvo Länsivuori
	Teuvo Länsivuori c. 1972.jpg
Nationality	Finnish
Born	9 December 1945 (age 72); Iisalmi, Finland
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1969 – 1978
First race	1969 250cc Finnish Grand Prix
Last race	1978 500cc German Grand Prix
First win	1971 350cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last win	1974 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
Team(s)	Yamaha, Suzuki
Championships	0

Teuvo Pentti "Tepi" Länsivuori (born 9 December 1945) is a Finnish former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Grand Prix world championship where he had his most successful years in 1973 when he finished in second place behind Giacomo Agostini in the 350cc World Championship, second in the 250 championship to Dieter Braun, and in 1976 when he finished second to his Suzuki team-mate Barry Sheene, in the 500cc world championship.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results ^[1]

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1969	250cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	FIN 8	ULS -	NAT -	YUG -		3	38th	0
1970	125cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA 10	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	FIN 8		NAT -	ESP -		4	41st	0
1970	250cc	Yamaha	GER 10	FRA 12	YUG 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH 10	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		7	27th	0
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	TCH -	SWE 4	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		8	22nd	0
1971	350cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -		DDR -	TCH 10	SWE 6	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 6	ESP 1		25	10th	1
1972	250cc	Yamaha	GER 9	FRA 6	AUT 7	NAT 4	IOM -	YUG -	NED 8	BEL 8	DDR -	TCH 8	SWE 5	FIN 4	ESP 2	46	5th	0
1972	350cc	Yamaha	GER 6	FRA 2	AUT 6	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 8		DDR 5	TCH 6	SWE -	FIN 5	ESP -	42	7th	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 5	AUT 4	GER 3		IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 1	TCH 3	SWE -	FIN 1	ESP -		64	2nd	2
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 3	AUT 3	GER 1	NAT 2	IOM -	YUG -	NED 3		TCH 1	SWE 1	FIN -	ESP -		77	2nd	3
1974	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 2	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -		SWE 1	FIN -		YUG -	ESP -		27	6th	1
1974	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 4	GER -	AUT -	NAT 2	IOM -	NED 2	BEL -	SWE 1	FIN 3	TCH 3				67	3rd	1
1975	500cc	Suzuki	FRA DNF	AUT 2	GER 3	NAT -	IOM -	NED 5	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 2	TCH DNF				40	4th	0
1976	500cc	Suzuki	FRA 4	AUT DSQ	NAT 4	IOM -	NED -	BEL 5	SWE 4	FIN 2	TCH 2	GER -				48	2nd	0
1977	500cc	Suzuki	VEN -	AUT -	GER -	NAT 12	FRA 7	NED 7	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN 7	TCH 6	GBR 3			35	9th	0
1978	500cc	Suzuki	VEN -	ESP 7	AUT 5	FRA -	NAT 7	NED -	BEL 5	SWE 8	FIN 4	GBR 5	GER 9			39	8th	0

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