Thomas Lüthi

Thomas Lüthi (born 6 September 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer currently competing in the Moto2 Grand Prix World Championship. For 2021, he will ride for Liqui Moly Intact GP in the Moto2 category.

Thomas Lüthi
NationalitySwiss
Born (1986-09-06) 6 September 1986[1]
Oberdiessbach, Switzerland
Current teamLiqui Moly Intact GP
Bike number12
Websitethomasluethi.ch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2018
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2018 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 0 0 0 0 0
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2017, 2019–
ManufacturersMoriwaki, Suter, Kalex
Championships0
2019 championship position3rd (250 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
154 12 53 7 18 1759
250cc World Championship
Active years2007–2009
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position7th (120 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
47 0 2 0 0 361
125cc World Championship
Active years2002–2006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships1 (2005)
2006 championship position8th (113 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
67 5 10 5 1 444

Career

Early career

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 World Championship

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 World Championship

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 World Championship

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]

MotoGP World Championship

On 24 August 2017, it was announced that Lüthi would move up to MotoGP for the 2018 season, partnering Moto2 title rival Franco Morbidelli at EG 0,0 Marc VDS. Lüthi did not score a single point throughout his first MotoGP campaign, with his best result being 16th place at Losail, Le Mans, Brno, Phillip Island, and Sepang.

Return to Moto2

On 12 August 2018, it was announced that Lüthi would step back to Moto2 for the 2019 season, joining Dynavolt Intact GP. He replaced Xavi Vierge, who moved to Marc VDS.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season
Season Class Motorcycle Type Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit Grand Prix 7 0 0 0 0 7 27th
2003 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit Grand Prix 15 0 1 0 0 68 15th
2004 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit Grand Prix 13 0 0 0 0 14 25th
2005 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit Grand Prix 16 4 8 5 1 242 1st
2006 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit – Caffe Latte 16 1 1 0 0 113 8th
2007 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 Emmi – Caffe Latte 17 0 0 0 0 133 8th
2008 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 Emmi – Caffe Latte 14 0 2 0 0 108 11th
2009 250cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 Emmi – Caffe Latte 16 0 0 0 0 120 7th
2010 Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 17 0 5 0 2 156 4th
2011 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 17 1 4 1 0 151 5th
2012 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Interwetten-Paddock 17 1 6 1 3 191 4th
2013 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 15 0 6 0 1 155 6th
2014 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 18 2 4 0 2 194 4th
2015 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Derendinger Racing Interwetten 18 1 4 1 3 179 5th
2016 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Garage Plus Interwetten 17 4 6 3 2 234 2nd
2017 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Garage Plus Interwetten 16 2 10 1 1 243 2nd
2018 MotoGP Honda Honda RC213V EG 0,0 Marc VDS 18 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Dynavolt Intact GP 18 1 8 0 4 250 3rd
2020 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Liqui Moly Intact GP 1 0 0 0 0 6* 10th*
Total 286 17 65 12 19 2564

* Season still in progress.

By class
Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2002–2006 2002 Germany 2003 Catalan 2005 France 67 5 10 5 1 444 1
250cc 2007–2009 2007 Qatar 2008 Italy 47 0 2 0 0 361 0
Moto2 2010–2017, 2019 2010 Qatar 2010 Spain 2011 Malaysia 154 12 53 7 18 1759 0
MotoGP 2018 2018 Qatar 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2002–Present 286 17 65 12 19 2564 1

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 19 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
6		 FRA
3		 ITA
4		 CAT
5		 NED
Ret		 GER
Ret		 AUT
4		 CZE
DNS		 GBR
1		 RSM
6		 ARA
4		 JPN
1		 AUS
1		 MAL
6		 VAL
2		 2nd 234
2017 Moto2 Kalex QAT
2		 ARG
3		 AME
2		 SPA
8		 FRA
3		 ITA
2		 CAT
2		 NED
2		 GER
Ret		 CZE
1		 AUT
3		 GBR
4		 RSM
1		 ARA
4		 JPN
11		 AUS
10		 MAL
DNS		 VAL 2nd 243
2018 MotoGP Honda QAT
16		 ARG
17		 AME
18		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
16		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
Ret		 NED
20		 GER
17		 CZE
16		 AUT
22		 GBR
C		 RSM
22		 ARA
17		 THA
20		 JPN
20		 AUS
16		 MAL
16		 VAL
Ret		 NC 0
2019 Moto2 Kalex QAT
2		 ARG
Ret		 AME
1		 SPA
4		 FRA
6		 ITA
3		 CAT
2		 NED
4		 GER
5		 CZE
Ret		 AUT
6		 GBR
8		 RSM
4		 ARA
6		 THA
7		 JPN
2		 AUS
3		 MAL
3		 VAL
2		 3rd 250
2020 Moto2 Kalex QAT
10		 SPA
 AND
 CZE
 AUT
 STY
 RSM
 EMI
 CAT
 FRA
 ARA
 TER
 EUR
 VAL
 THA
 MAL
 ARG
 10th 6

* Season still in progress.

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References
  1. Official MotoGP profile Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  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.
Awards
Preceded by
Roger Federer		 Swiss Sportsman of the Year
2005		 Succeeded by
Roger Federer
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