Teuvo Länsivuori
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Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 December 1945 Iisalmi, Finland | (age 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Länsivuori's most successful seasons were in
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]
Motorcycle Grand Prix results[1]
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
- ^ 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.