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SPONSORING


                                                                                                                                 IN 2007, TOM MADE THE SWITCH TO THE                TOM FIGHTS HIS WAY BACK TO THE TOP OF                   SPONSORING
            Tom Lüthi and intAct Battery-Power                                                                                   250CC CLASS                                        MOTO2 IN 2019 AND HAS HIS SIGHTS FIRMLY
                                                                                                                                 Which meant swapping his trusty Honda for an Aprilia. After
                                                                                                                                                                                    SET ON THE WORLD TITLE IN 2020
     20                                                                                                                          three years of fierce competition in the 250cc category, Lüthi   The Bern native keeps on fighting, securing a Moto2 class   21
            A promising pairing                                                                                                  continued to hold his own when he progressed from the   start in the Intact GP team after a difficult MotoGP season,
                                                                                                                                 250cc class to the 600cc Moto2 class. Over the course of   and making his way back to the top league on a Kalex he
                                                                                                                                 eight years, Tom Lüthi consistently ranked among the best in   knows. As one of the main candidates for the Moto2 World
                                                                                                                                 Moto2 World Championship, securing 45 podium finishes, 11   Championship title, he finished the 2019 season with eight
                                                                                                                                 victories and two World Championship runner-up titles (2016   podiums with four in a row in the final four races, and took
                                                                                                                                 and 2017) from seasons 2010-2017.                  third in the overall rankings after an ultra-exciting final at
                                                                                                                                                                                    Valencia. For 2020, the Swiss has made the Moto2 title his
                                                                                                                                 AND THEN TOM LÜTHI FINALLY TURNED HIS              clear goal.
                                                                                                                                 DREAM INTO REALITY
                                                                                                                                 In 2018 the Swiss rider moved up into the MotoGP World
                                                                                                                                 Championship, competing in the premier class on a Honda
                                                                                                                                 RC213V. However, the season was more difficult than
                                                                                                                                 expected, not least because of a long injury break in the
                                                                                                                                 2017/2018 winter season and the lack of preparation time.



























                  Dates and facts

                  Name:          Tom Lüthi


                  Category:      Moto2

                  Team:          Liqui Moly Intact GP


                  Age:           33 Years

                  Place of birth:   Oberdiessbach, CH

                  Nationality    Swiss


                  Height:        172 cm

                  Weight:        62 kg


                  Web:           intactgp.de

                                                                                                                                 Portrait: Foto Thanner // Race picture: Fritz Glänzel

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