Thomas Lüthi
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Thomas Lüthi (* 6 September 1986 in Oberdiessbach, Kanton Bern) is a Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer for the Czech Elit Grand Prix-Team of team manager Daniel Epp.
He scored his first 125cm³ class Grand Prix win in 2005 at Le Mans followed by three more victories that season. On November 6, 2005, Lüthi secured his first world championship in the 125cc class, the sixth-youngest champion ever.
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[edit] Biography
He is considered as one of the greatest talents in motorcycle road racing. 2005 represented his third full season in the 125cc class, with the Czech Elit Grand Prix team, whose team manager is Swiss Daniel Epp.
Growing up amongst the lime trees in Emmental, Thomas Luthi’s name first appeared in the motorcycle world as a 9 year old, starting his career on pocket bike. He had a special ability for balance and concentration even at that age. That ability has not changed even to this day. This season, Sandro Cortese is his team mate at the Elit team.
Thomas Luthi is the ideal weight for a 125cc bike, which means that he does not have to ride with lead weights on the motorcycle in order to compete with the minimum all-up weight of the motorcycle at 136 Kilos.
Andy Ibbott of California Superbike School fame started training Thomas during the 2005 season. On 6 November 2005 at Valencia, Luthi won the MotoGP world championship title in the 125cc Class. He thereby became the sixth-youngest world champion of all time. As a consequence he was selected to be Swiss sportsman of the year 2005 and by the choice of the Swiss people, also won the annual "Swiss Award" in the category of sport.
[edit] Career
[edit] Championship standings
| Contest | Year | Result |
| Swiss Pocket Bike | 1998 1999 2000 |
2nd 1st 1st |
| ADAC Junior Cup 125 | 2001 | 6th |
| IDM German championship 125 ccm IDM | 2002 | 3rd |
| FIM Road Racing World Championship 125cc at Estoril | 2002 | 9th |
| GP 125 ccm | 2002 | 27th |
| GP 125 ccm | 2003 | 15th |
| GP 125 ccm | 2004 | 25th |
| GP 125 ccm | 2005 | World Champion |
| GP 125 ccm | 2006 | 8th |
[edit] FIM Grand Prix results
| Round | Year | Result |
| GP 125 ccm - Barcelona, Spain | 2003 | 2nd |
| GP 125 ccm - Assen, Netherlands | 2003 | 9th |
| GP 125 ccm - Sepang, Malaysia | 2003 | 4th |
| GP 125 ccm - Estoril, Portugal | 2005 | 3rd |
| GP 125 ccm - Le Mans, France | 2005 | Winner |
| GP 125 ccm - Brno, Czech Republic | 2005 | Winner |
| GP 125 ccm - Sepang, Malaysia | 2005 | Winner |
| GP 125 ccm - Phillip Island, Australia | 2005 | Winner |
| GP 125 ccm - Le Mans, France | 2006 | Winner |
[edit] External links
- (German) Homepage von Thomas Lüthi
- (German) Schweizer Fanpage
- (German) Die Homepage des deutschen Fanclubs
- (German) Tom Lüthi ist der «Star des Jahres» von www.startalk.ch
- (German) Radio Basilisk-Interview nach dem 1. Sieg in Le Mans (wma, schweizerdeutsch)
| Preceded by: Andrea Dovizioso |
125cc Motorcycle World Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by: Álvaro Bautista |
