Teuvo Pentti "Tepi" Länsivuori (born 9 December 1945) is a Finnish former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1969 to 1978.[1]
Teuvo Länsivuori | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Teuvo Länsivuori in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 December 1945 Iisalmi, Finland | (age 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Länsivuori's most successful seasons were in 1973 when he finished in second place to Giacomo Agostini in the 350cc World Championship, second in the 250 championship to Dieter Braun and won the Finnish round of the 1973 Formula 750 championship.[1][2]
In 1976 he competed as a privateer in the 500cc world championship to place second to his former Suzuki teammate Barry Sheene.[1]
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Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1969 | 250cc | Yamaha | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
TCH - |
FIN 8 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
YUG - |
3 | 38th | 0 | |
1970 | 125cc | Yamaha | GER - |
FRA 10 |
YUG - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
TCH - |
FIN 8 |
NAT - |
ESP - |
4 | 41st | 0 | ||
250cc | Yamaha | GER 10 |
FRA 12 |
YUG 6 |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
TCH 10 |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
7 | 27th | 0 | ||
1971 | 250cc | Yamaha | AUT - |
GER - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
TCH - |
SWE 4 |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
8 | 22nd | 0 | |
350cc | Yamaha | AUT - |
GER - |
IOM - |
NED - |
DDR - |
TCH 10 |
SWE 6 |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT 6 |
ESP 1 |
25 | 10th | 1 | |||
1972 | 250cc | Yamaha | GER 9 |
FRA 6 |
AUT 7 |
NAT 4 |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED 8 |
BEL 8 |
DDR - |
TCH 8 |
SWE 5 |
FIN 4 |
ESP 2 |
46 | 5th | 0 |
350cc | Yamaha | GER 6 |
FRA 2 |
AUT 6 |
NAT - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED 8 |
DDR 5 |
TCH 6 |
SWE - |
FIN 5 |
ESP - |
42 | 7th | 0 | ||
1973 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA 5 |
AUT 4 |
GER 3 |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL 1 |
TCH 3 |
SWE - |
FIN 1 |
ESP - |
64 | 2nd | 2 | ||
350cc | Yamaha | FRA 3 |
AUT 3 |
GER 1 |
NAT 2 |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED 3 |
TCH 1 |
SWE 1 |
FIN - |
ESP - |
77 | 2nd | 3 | |||
1974 | 350cc | Yamaha | FRA 2 |
GER - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED - |
SWE 1 |
FIN - |
YUG - |
ESP - |
27 | 6th | 1 | |||
500cc | Yamaha | FRA 4 |
GER - |
AUT - |
NAT 2 |
IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL - |
SWE 1 |
FIN 3 |
TCH 3 |
67 | 3rd | 1 | ||||
1975 | 500cc | Suzuki | FRA DNF |
AUT 2 |
GER 3 |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN 2 |
TCH DNF |
40 | 4th | 0 | |||
1976 | 500cc | Suzuki | FRA 4 |
AUT DSQ |
NAT 4 |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL 5 |
SWE 4 |
FIN 2 |
TCH 2 |
GER - |
48 | 2nd | 0 | |||
1977 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT 12 |
FRA 7 |
NED 7 |
BEL 4 |
SWE - |
FIN 7 |
TCH 6 |
GBR 3 |
35 | 9th | 0 | ||
1978 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN - |
ESP 7 |
AUT 5 |
FRA - |
NAT 7 |
NED - |
BEL 5 |
SWE 8 |
FIN 4 |
GBR 5 |
GER 9 |
39 | 8th | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Rider Statistics – Teuvo Länsivuori". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ^ "1973 Formula 750 final standings". Racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 2023-03-18.