Paddock Grand Prix

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.

Paddock Grand Prix
2014 nameInterwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing
Interwetten Paddock Moto3
Base  Switzerland
PrincipalDaniel Epp
Rider(s)12 - Thomas Lüthi (Moto2)
65 - Philipp Öttl (Moto3)
MotorcycleSuter MMX (Moto2)
Kalex KTM (Moto3)
TyresDunlop
Riders' Championships125cc – Thomas Lüthi (2005)

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 70000332nd
Thomas Lüthi 70000727th
Hideyuki Nakajo 10000628th
2003 250cc Elit Grand Prix Honda Jakub Smrž 1300001424th
Jaroslav Huleš 5 (9)[lower-alpha 1]000010 (10)25th
125cc Thomas Lüthi 1601006815th
2004 125cc Elit Grand Prix Honda Thomas Lüthi 1300001425th
Dario Giuseppetti 130000826th
Václav Bittman 300000–
2005 125cc Elit Grand Prix Honda Thomas Lüthi 1648512421st
2006 125cc Elit – Caffé Latte Honda Thomas Lüthi 1611001138th
Sandro Cortese 1600002317th
2007 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia Thomas Lüthi 1700001338th
125cc Sandro Cortese 1700006614th
2008 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia Thomas Lüthi 14020010811th
Auto Kelly – CP Lukáš Pešek 1600004315th
125cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Sandro Cortese 1700011418th
2009 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia Thomas Lüthi 1600001207th
Auto Kelly – CP Lukáš Pešek 1600007415th
Paddock GP Racing Mattia Pasini 3 (16)[lower-alpha 1]0 (1)0 (5)000 (128)5th
2010 MotoGP Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda Hiroshi Aoyama 1300005315th
Alex de Angelis 300001118th
Kousuke Akiyoshi 20000420th
Moto2 Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Moriwaki Thomas Lüthi 1705021564th
125cc Interwetten Honda 125 Honda Marcel Schrötter 1700002718th
2011 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Thomas Lüthi 1714101515th
2012 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Suter Thomas Lüthi 1716131914th
2013 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Thomas Lüthi 1506011556th
Sergio Gadea 100000–
Moto3 Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM Philipp Öttl 1700013418th
2014 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Thomas Lüthi 1824021944th
Moto3 Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM Philipp Öttl 1800001024th
Notes
  1. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References
  1. "Technomag carXpert and Interwetten Paddock Moto2 to merge in 2015". MotoGp.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2014.


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