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' Championships125ccThomas Lüthi (2005)

History edit

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 edit

Summary edit

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
  Jaroslav Huleš 5 (9)[a] 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
  Sandro Cortese 16 0 0 0 0 23 17th
2007 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia   Thomas Lüthi 17 0 0 0 0 133 8th
125cc   Sandro Cortese 17 0 0 0 0 66 14th
2008 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia   Thomas Lüthi 14 0 2 0 0 108 11th
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)[a] 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
  Sergio Gadea 1 0 0 0 0 0
Moto3 Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM   Philipp Öttl 17 0 0 0 1 34 18th
2014 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter   Thomas Lüthi 18 2 4 0 2 194 4th
Moto3 Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM   Philipp Öttl 18 0 0 0 0 10 24th
Notes
  1. ^ a b Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References edit

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

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