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Max Neukirchner

Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in Stollberg, East Germany) is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.

Max Neukirchner
Max Neukirchner
NationalityGerman
Born (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 41)
Stollberg, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Current teamYART Yamaha Official EWC Team
Bike number7
Websitemax-neukirchner.de
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2011–2012
ManufacturersMZ-RE-Honda, Kalex-Honda
Championships0
2012 championship position26th (9 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
26 0 0 0 0 51
250cc World Championship
Active years2001–2003,
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2003 championship position31st (1 pt)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
3 0 0 0 0 1
Superbike World Championship
Active years2005–2010, 2013–2014
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati, Suzuki
Championships0
2014 championship position23rd (17 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
150 2 10 2 2 848

Career

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Supersport & Superbike World Championship

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In 2004 he competed in the Supersport World Championship riding for Klaffi Honda, finishing the season ranked 9th with 63 points.

For 2005, Neukirchner, along with the Klaffi Honda team, moved to the Superbike World Championship. He got a 3rd place podium finish at Phillip Island (but broke his hand at the next round in Valencia [1]) and finished the season 12th with 123 points.

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 2008 he rode a 2007-spec Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle for Team Alstare Suzuki. At Valencia he took his first career pole [2], and lead until the final corner, where he was hit by Carlos Checa, Neukirchner breaking his collarbone. On 27 April 2008 at Assen he achieved his second World Superbike podium finish, finishing behind Troy Bayliss and Checa in the first race [3].

Neukirchner took his maiden victory (and the first for a German rider) in the first race at Monza, his 70th race in SBK. He won by just 0.058 seconds from Noriyuki Haga[4][permanent dead link‍]. In race 2, he achieved another podium, finishing 2nd to Haga, missing out on victory by 0.009 seconds in a three-way blanket finish. At Miller Motorsport Park he was helped to learn the fastest line through the early part of the track by video of Suzuki's AMA Superbike champion Ben Spies [5]. 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 2010 championship after he failed to provide medical evidence that he was fit to race.[5]

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

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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

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2003- 9th, IDM Supersport Championship #7 Honda CBR600RR
2004- 9th, Supersport World Championship #76 Honda CBR600RR
2005- 12th, Superbike World Championship #76 Ducati 999R
2006- 18th, Superbike World Championship #76 Ducati 999R / Suzuki GSX-R1000
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, Moto2 World Championship #76 Kalex
2013- 14th, Superbike World Championship #27 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2014- 2nd, IDM Superbike Championship #76 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2015- 6th, IDM Superbike Championship #76 Yamaha YZF-R1
2016- 7th, IDM Superbike Championship #76 / 6th, Endurance FIM World Championship #7 Yamaha YZF-R1
2017- Endurance FIM World Championship #7 Yamaha YZF-R1

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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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 Moto2 Kalex-Honda Kiefer Racing 76 10 0 0 0 0 9 26th
Total 26 0 0 0 0 51

By class

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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

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Races by year

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(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 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

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Races by year

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(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
2004 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

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Races by year

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(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
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 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
2007 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

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  1. ^ Neukirchner out, Barros poised to join. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kurtis Roberts replaces Neukirchner at Pedercini. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Neukirchner replaces Foret at Alstare. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Neukirchner suffers broken femur
  5. ^ "Suzuki cut ties with Neukirchner – Guintoli moves to WSB". Insidebikes. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Neukirchner confirmed at Ten Kate". Insidebikes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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