Paddock Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Switzerland who competed in the F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship since until , before being acquired by team Technomag. In , Paddock's rider Thomas Lüthi won the 125cc title.

History The team began racing as Elit Grand Prix in the 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 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 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 and the Interwetten Paddock team fielded a Suter bike for Thomas Lüthi in the Moto2 class. Since the team expanded its activities to the Moto3 class with a Kalex-KTM bike for Philipp Öttl.

For 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.

Results

Summary Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos. 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 250cc Elit Grand Prix Honda Jakub Smrž 13 0 0 0 0 14 24th Jaroslav Huleš 5 (9) 0 0 0 0 10 (10) 25th 125cc Thomas Lüthi 16 0 1 0 0 68 15th 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 – 125cc Elit Grand Prix Honda Thomas Lüthi 16 4 8 5 1 242 1st 125cc Elit – Caffé Latte Honda Thomas Lüthi 16 1 1 0 0 113 8th Sandro Cortese 16 0 0 0 0 23 17th 250cc Emmi – Caffé Latte Aprilia Thomas Lüthi 17 0 0 0 0 133 8th 125cc Sandro Cortese 17 0 0 0 0 66 14th 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 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) 0 (1) 0 (5) 0 0 0 (128) 5th 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 Moto2 Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Thomas Lüthi 17 1 4 1 0 151 5th Moto2 Interwetten-Paddock Suter Thomas Lüthi 17 1 6 1 3 191 4th 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 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

References

External links Interwetten Racing Paddock - Grand Prix team management