Jörg Teuchert

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Jörg Teuchert (right) and sponsor Claus Hämmer at the 2006 season finale in Hockenheim

Jörg Teuchert (born February 27, 1970 in Simmelsdorf ) is a former German motorcycle racer .

Life

Beginnings

Jörg Teuchert was born with racing from his father Arnulf , who himself was an active motorcycle racer. At the age of five he was already riding a cross motorcycle. From 1986, then served in the OMC Cup and 1987 the first title: OMC Enduro Cup winners on a 80- cc - Yamaha . The following year he won the cup on a 125cc Yamaha. In 1991 he was seventh in the international six-day race with the German national junior team.

Teuchert made his first attempts at walking on asphalt in 1993 in series sport. In 1994, at the age of 24, he then competed in the Yamaha Cup . The talented Franconian finished the first season in second place. In the following year the entry into the IDM Supersport with final rank eight, 1996 it was fifth place. In 1997 Teuchert won his first German championship title in road races in the Supersport class, which he was able to defend the following year.

World Supersport Championship

In 1999 Jörg Teuchert entered the Supersport World Championship with the Yamaha Motor Germany team . The rookie -Year ended Teuchert an excellent fourth place. The coronation followed the following year . Teuchert became world supersport champion in a Yamaha YZF-R6 with two wins from eleven races and only three points ahead of Paolo Casoli from Italy and the French Stéphane Chambon , who were tied in second place.

In 2001 Teuchert finished third, 2002 was the bad luck year for Teuchert: many injuries and in the end eighth place. In 2003 things didn't go any better either and after finishing tenth Teuchert left the World Cup.

IDM superbike

In 2004, Jörg Teuchert started on MV Agusta in the Superbike class of the German championship. After initial problems, a heavy fall at Hockenheim and an injury, Teuchert finished seventh. 2005 went a little better, but technical defects often prevented good placements. After finishing sixth in the second MV year, the division from the Italian manufacturer followed.

In 2006 Teuchert joined the Superbikers with a new team on a Yamaha YZF-R1 and immediately won the title: International German Motorcycle Champion 2006. After an extremely successful year, Teuchert changed brands again in 2007 and started again on an MV Agusta , but not as a works driver for MV Agusta Germany, but in the Inghart Racing Team.

For the 2008 season, Jörg Teuchert changed after two years at MV Agusta into the team Yamaha Motor Germany by Michael Galinski . He drove a Yamaha YZF-R1 and finished the season as runner-up behind the Austrian Honda driver Martin Bauer . 2009 , the could Franke on the completely new model, the R1 which now has an engine with irregular firing order , secure disposal his second title in the IDM Superbike. In the overall standings, with 268 points, he was 84 points ahead of the runner-up, KTM driver Stefan Nebel from Velbert .

In 2010 and 2011 , Teuchert also competed in the IDM Superbike for Yamaha Motor Germany . For the 2012 season he moved to BMW in the Wilbers team. After the IDM season 2012 , he announced his retirement from active motorsport.

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References

literature

  • Steffen Ottinger: International Six Day Trip 2012. The story since 1913 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 74 .

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personal data
SURNAME Teuchert, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Simmelsdorf