Max Neukirchner
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Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in
Career
Supersport & Superbike World Championship
In 2004 he competed in the Supersport World Championship riding for Klaffi Honda, finishing the season ranked 9th with 63 points.
For
He looked set to remain with Klaffi Honda in 2006 but the ride eventually went to Alex Barros. Klaffi wasn't able to find the money to run a second bike for Neukirchner and he was left without a ride.[1] He joined Pedercini Ducati but after a poor first half of the season Neukirchner and Pedercini announced their split.[2] Neukirchner went on to replace Fabien Foret at Alstare Eng. Corona Extra. He finished the season 18th with 28 points.[3]
For 2007 Neukirchner rode for Suzuki Germany and finished the season ranked ninth overall. The team used the 2006-spec works Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6.
For
Neukirchner took his maiden victory (and the first for a German rider) in the first race at
. He did not score another podium that season, but consistent points finishes including four further fourth places allowed him to finish as the top Suzuki in 5th overall.At Monza he suffered a broken femur in a first-corner crash for which he was blameless.[4]
Although Suzuki Alstare announced in May that he would remain with the team for 2009 and 2010 [6], doubts later surfaced over his future with the team. On 12 October 2009 Suzuki Alstare announced that they would not be offering Neukirchner a contract extension for the
On 14 October 2009 it was confirmed that Neukirchner would race for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team for the 2010 season.[6]
Moto2 World Championship
For the 2011 season, Neukirchner rode for the MZ Racing Team with a 2010 FTR chassis at the Moto2 World Championship under the technical direction of the Italian company Pro Ride Motorsports (www.proridegp.com).
For the 2012 season, he was riding for the Kiefer Racing Team with a Kalex chassis at the Moto2 World Championship, but left the series after sustained injury in Brno. Neukirchner achieved his best result and his only point scoring finish of the year at Le Mans with 7th place.
Career highlights
2003- 9th, IDM Supersport Championship #7 Honda CBR600RR
2004- 9th, Supersport World Championship #76 Honda CBR600RR
2005- 12th,
2006- 18th,
2007- 9th, Superbike World Championship #76 Suzuki GSX-R1000
2008- 5th, Superbike World Championship #76 Suzuki GSX-R1000
2009- 16th, Superbike World Championship #76 Suzuki GSX-R1000
2010- 18th, Superbike World Championship #76 Honda CBR1000RR
2011- 20th, Moto2 World Championship #76 MZ-RE Honda
2012- 26th,
2013- 14th,
2014- 2nd, IDM Superbike Championship #76
2015- 6th, IDM Superbike Championship #76 Yamaha YZF-R1
2016- 7th, IDM Superbike Championship #76 / 6th,
2017-
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Moto2 | MZ-RE-Honda | MZ Racing Team | 76 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 20th |
2012
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Moto2 | Kalex-Honda | Kiefer Racing | 76 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26th |
Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
By class
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moto2 | 2011–2012 | 2011 Qatar | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 250cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER 18 |
CZE | POR | VAL | PAC | AUS | MAL | BRA
|
NC | 0 | |
2002 | 250cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT
|
NED | GBR | GER 19 |
CZE | POR | BRA
|
PAC |
MAL | AUS | VAL | NC | 0 | |
2003 | 250cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT
|
NED | GBR | GER 15 |
CZE | POR | BRA
|
PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | 31st | 1 | |
2011 | Moto2 | MZ-RE-Honda | QAT 15 |
SPA 10 |
POR DNS |
FRA 15 |
CAT 10 |
GBR 12 |
NED 10 |
ITA 8 |
GER Ret |
CZE Ret |
INP 24 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 13 |
JPN 18 |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
VAL 9 |
20th | 42 |
2012
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Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 30 |
SPA Ret |
POR 20 |
FRA 7 |
CAT 17 |
GBR 17 |
NED Ret |
GER 18 |
ITA Ret |
INP 21 |
CZE DNS |
RSM
|
ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | VAL | 26th | 9 |
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Pts |
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2004
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Honda | SPA 14 |
AUS 8 |
SMR Ret |
ITA 6 |
GER 5 |
GBR 11 |
EUR 11 |
NED 7 |
ITA 11 |
FRA 8 |
9th | 63 |
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
2005
|
Honda | QAT Ret |
QAT 8 |
AUS 4 |
AUS 3 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 12 |
ITA Ret |
ITA Ret |
EUR 7 |
EUR 18 |
SMR Ret |
SMR Ret |
CZE 14 |
CZE Ret |
GBR 10 |
GBR 11 |
NED 8 |
NED 7 |
GER 7 |
GER 7 |
ITA 7 |
ITA C |
FRA 8 |
FRA 8 |
12th | 123 | ||||
2006
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Ducati | QAT 10 |
QAT Ret |
AUS 18 |
AUS 13 |
ESP Ret |
ESP 18 |
ITA Ret |
ITA Ret |
EUR 16 |
EUR Ret |
SMR | SMR | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | 18th | 28 | ||||||||||||
Suzuki | NED 6 |
NED Ret |
GER 13 |
GER Ret |
ITA Ret |
ITA Ret |
FRA 12 |
FRA 14 |
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2007
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Suzuki | QAT 6 |
QAT 10 |
AUS 8 |
AUS 8 |
EUR 8 |
EUR 10 |
SPA 12 |
SPA 10 |
NED 10 |
NED 7 |
ITA 10 |
ITA 12 |
GBR 10 |
GBR C |
SMR 9 |
SMR 10 |
CZE 9 |
CZE 12 |
GBR 10 |
GBR 10 |
GER Ret |
GER 10 |
ITA Ret |
ITA 10 |
FRA 4 |
FRA Ret |
9th | 149 | ||
2008
|
Suzuki | QAT 5 |
QAT 8 |
AUS 7 |
AUS 5 |
SPA Ret |
SPA DNS |
NED 3 |
NED 5 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
USA 4 |
USA 2 |
GER 3 |
GER 3 |
SMR 1 |
SMR 7 |
CZE 7 |
CZE 5 |
GBR 7 |
GBR 4 |
EUR Ret |
EUR 14 |
ITA 4 |
ITA 4 |
FRA 5 |
FRA 9 |
POR Ret |
POR 4 |
5th | 311 |
2009
|
Suzuki | AUS 2 |
AUS 6 |
QAT Ret |
QAT 6 |
SPA 3 |
SPA 7 |
NED 13 |
NED 9 |
ITA DNS |
ITA DNS |
RSA | RSA | USA | USA | SMR | SMR | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | 16th | 75 |
2010
|
Honda | AUS 12 |
AUS 16 |
POR Ret |
POR 15 |
SPA 13 |
SPA 17 |
NED 20 |
NED 9 |
ITA 12 |
ITA 12 |
RSA 19 |
RSA 17 |
USA 12 |
USA 12 |
SMR 14 |
SMR 14 |
CZE Ret |
CZE Ret |
GBR 11 |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
GER 15 |
ITA 14 |
ITA 12 |
FRA 13 |
FRA 12 |
18th | 54 | ||
2013
|
Ducati | AUS 10 |
AUS 11 |
SPA 11 |
SPA 12 |
NED 11 |
NED 12 |
ITA 12 |
ITA 10 |
GBR 14 |
GBR 12 |
POR 13 |
POR 11 |
ITA 12 |
ITA 13 |
RUS 7 |
RUS C |
GBR 12 |
GBR 12 |
GER Ret |
GER 9 |
TUR DNS |
TUR DNS |
USA |
USA |
FRA |
FRA |
SPA 14 |
SPA 11 |
14th | 91 |
2014
|
Ducati | AUS |
AUS |
SPA |
SPA |
NED |
NED |
ITA |
ITA |
GBR |
GBR |
MAL |
MAL |
SMR |
SMR |
POR |
POR |
USA |
USA |
SPA |
SPA |
FRA 9 |
FRA 6 |
QAT |
QAT |
23rd | 17 |
References
- ^ Neukirchner out, Barros poised to join. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kurtis Roberts replaces Neukirchner at Pedercini. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Neukirchner replaces Foret at Alstare. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Neukirchner suffers broken femur
- ^ "Suzuki cut ties with Neukirchner – Guintoli moves to WSB". Insidebikes. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Neukirchner confirmed at Ten Kate". Insidebikes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links
- Max Neukirchner at MotoGP.com
- Max Neukirchner at WorldSBK.com
- max-neukirchner.de Official Website (in German)