Bruno Kneubühler

Bruno Kneubühler, 2016

Bruno Kneubühler (left) and Theo Timmer , 1973

Bruno Kneubühler, on a Honda RC 163 R, built in 1963 (247 cm³, 33 kW), at the Oldtimer Grand Prix 2016 in Schwanenstadt

Bruno Kneubühler (born February 3, 1946 in Zurich ) is a former Swiss motorcycle racer .

Career

During his almost 20 year career in the motorcycle world championship , Bruno Kneubühler took part in the Grand Prix classes between 50 and 500 cm³. After he 1971 Swiss motorcycle road championship won in the 350-cc class he finished his first Grand Prix season in 1972 in the 500cc class in third place behind the dominating MV Agusta - factory team with drivers Giacomo Agostini and Alberto Pagani . In the same year, Kneubühler won the Spanish Grand Prix in Montjuïc in the class up to 350 cm³, ahead of Renzo Pasolini and János Drapál .

In 1973 he proved his driving versatility at the Spanish Grand Prix, where he took second place in the classes up to 50, up to 250 and up to 500 cm³. In the 1974 season he drove to second place in the Dutch TT in Assen in the 250 cc class and won the eight-liter race. Kneubühler had his best year in 1983 . At that time he won the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia and the Grand Prix of Sweden . In the world championship of the 125 cc class, he finished second behind Ángel Nieto . Kneubühler was three times vice world champion, 1973 in the class up to 50 cm³ on Kreidler , 1974 in the class up to 125 cm³ with Yamaha and in 1983 again in the 125 cm³ class on MBA . He won a total of five grand prix, was on the podium 33 times and on pole position five times .

Bruno Kneubühler retired from professional racing in 1989 at the age of 43. To this day he runs a car and motorcycle driving school in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . He also conducts motorcycle training courses for an insurance group and is a member of the Swiss Road Safety Council (VSR).

statistics

title

• 1971 - Swiss 350 cm³ champion

In the motorcycle world championship

season	class	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
1972	350 cc	Yamaha	8th	1	0	0	0	0	45	6th
	500 cc	Yamaha	8th	0	0	2	0	0	54	3.
1973	50 cc	Kreidler	5	1	4th	0	0	0	51	2.
	250 cc	Yamaha	4th	0	1	0	0	0	28	9.
	350 cc	Harley-Davidson / Yamaha	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	33.
	500 cc	Yamaha	4th	0	1	2	0	0	34	6th
1974	125 cc	Yamaha	7th	1	1	3	0	0	63	2.
	250 cc	Yamaha	5	0	2	0	1	0	43	5.
	350 cc	Yamaha	2	0	1	0	0	0	17th	12.
1975	125 cc	Yamaha	8th	0	0	2	0	0	43	6th
	250 cc	Yamaha	4th	0	0	0	0	0	22nd	9.
	350 cc	Yamaha	1	0	0	0	0	0	8th	20th
1976	250 cc	Yamaha	6th	0	0	0	0	0	29	8th.
	350 cc	Yamaha	5	0	0	0	0	0	28	7th
1977	250 cc	Yamaha	2	0	0	0	0	0	6th	26th
	350 cc	Yamaha	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	11.
1978	500 cc	Suzuki	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	29
1979	125 cc	MBA	7th	0	0	0	2	0	36	9.
1980	125 cc	MBA	9	0	1	2	0	0	68	4th
1981	250 cc	Yamaha	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	27.
1982	125 cc	MBA	5	0	0	0	0	0	18th	15th
1983	125 cc	MBA	11	2	1	1	0	0	76	2.
1984	125 cc	MBA	8th	0	0	0	1	0	27	10.
1985	125 cc	LCR	10	0	1	1	0	0	58	5.
1986	125 cc	MBA	7th	0	0	1	1	0	54	6th
1987	500 cc	Honda	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
1988	500 cc	Honda	13	0	0	0	0	0	9	22nd
1989	500 cc	Honda	12	0	0	0	0	0	6th	34.
total			173	5	13	15th	5	0	859

References

Web links

Commons : Bruno Kneubühler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bruno Kneubühler on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
• Official website of Bruno Kneubühler Fahrschule GmbH

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Ohner: Swiss motorcycle champion. (No longer available online.) Www.motorsportstatistik.com, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 .