Prüstel GP was a motorcycle racing team based in Oberlungwitz, Saxony, Germany.

Prüstel GP
BaseOberlungwitz, Germany
Riders' Championships

After the 2023 season, the team left from Moto3 World Championship.[1]

History edit

The team was founded in 2008 by Dirk Heidolf and his name Racing Team Germany. Then, it was taken over by Ingo Prüstel and his son Florian in 2016.

The team debuted in the 250cc class on 2008 season and only as a wildcard team with its rider Toni Wirsing.

In 2009 season, the team go through a period of full season in the 250cc and 125cc classes

Prüstel GP rider Jason Dupasquier died in an accident during qualifying for the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.[2]

Results edit

Year Class Team name Motorcycle No. Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2008 250cc Racing Team Germany Honda RS250R 94   Toni Wirsing 4 0 0 0 0 2 27th
2009 250cc Racing Team Germany Honda RS250R 8   Bastien Chesaux 12 (16) 0 0 0 0 1 (3) 25th
73   Shuhei Aoyama 4 (5) 0 0 0 0 17 (27) 19th
125cc Racing Team Germany Honda RS125R 53   Jasper Iwema 15 0 0 0 0 3 28th
2010 Moto2 Racing Team Germany Suter MMX 41   Arne Tode 10 0 0 0 0 2 38th
28   Kazuki Watanabe 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
31   Carmelo Morales 2 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 NC
125cc Racing Team Germany Aprilia RSW 125 71   Tomoyoshi Koyama 17 0 1 0 0 127 8th
84   Jakub Kornfeil 17 0 0 0 0 28 17th
2011 125cc Intact-Racing Team Germany Aprilia RSA 125 11   Sandro Cortese 17 2 6 1 2 225 4th
2012 Moto3 Racing Team Germany Honda-FTR M312 96   Louis Rossi 17 1 1 0 0 86 11th
Honda NSF250R 9   Toni Finsterbusch 6 (15) 0 0 0 0 0 (7) 30th
2013 Moto3 Caretta Technology – RTG Honda-FTR M313 8   Jack Miller 17 0 0 0 0 110 7th
17   John McPhee 17 0 0 0 0 24 19th
2014 Moto3 SaxoPrint–RTG Honda NSF250RW 7   Efrén Vázquez 18 2 7 1 2 222 4th
17   John McPhee 18 0 0 0 0 77 13th
FTR M314 97   Maximilian Kappler 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto3 SaxoPrint–RTG Honda NSF250RW 10   Alexis Masbou 18 1 1 1 0 78 13th
17   John McPhee 18 0 1 1 0 92 11th
Honda-FTR M315 97   Maximilian Kappler 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto3

Peugeot MC Saxoprint

KRM-RZT

Peugeot MGP3O 10   Alexis Masbou 9 0 0 0 0 0 37th
17   John McPhee 16 1 1 0 0 48 22nd
12   Albert Arenas 9 (12) 0 0 0 0 2 35th
38   Hafiq Azmi 1 0 0 0 0 5 33rd
63   Vicente Pérez 1 0 0 0 0 0 46th
KTM RC250GP 97   Maximilian Kappler 1 0 0 0 0 0 40th
2017 Moto3 Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot MGP3O 4   Patrik Pulkkinen 18 0 0 0 0 0 38th
84   Jakub Kornfeil 18 0 0 0 0 26 22nd
2018 Moto3 Redox PrüstelGP KTM RC250GP 12   Marco Bezzecchi 18 3 9 2 0 214  3rd 
84   Jakub Kornfeil 18 0 1 1 0 116 8th
2019 Moto3 Redox PrüstelGP KTM RC250GP 12   Filip Salač 19 0 0 0 0 32 23rd
84   Jakub Kornfeil 19 0 1 0 0 78 14th
2020 Moto3 CarXpert Prüstel GP KTM RC250GP 50   Jason Dupasquier 15 0 0 0 0 0 28th
70   Barry Baltus 14 0 0 0 0 0 26th
60   Dirk Geiger 1 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2021 Moto3 CarXpert Prüstel GP KTM RC250GP 6   Ryusei Yamanaka 16 0 0 0 0 47 20th
50   Jason Dupasquier 5 0 0 0 0 27 24th
12   Filip Salač 9 (17) 0 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 36 (71) 16th
2022 Moto3 CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP CFMoto Moto3 43   Xavier Artigas 20 0 0 0 0 83 16th
99   Carlos Tatay 20 0 1 1 0 87 15th
2023 Moto3 CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP CFMoto Moto3 43   Xavier Artigas 20 0 1 0 0 77 15th
66   Joel Kelso 17 0 1 0 0 61 17th
92   David Almansa 2 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement/wildcard rider

† – Rider deceased

Notes

* Season still in progress.

References edit

  1. ^ "Pruestel leaves the Moto3 World Championship stage in 2024". PruestelGP.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Jason Dupasquier passes away". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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