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.

Career Supersport & Superbike World Championship In , Neukirchner competed in the Supersport World Championship riding for Klaffi Honda, finishing the season ranked ninth with 63 points.

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

Neukirchner looked set to remain with Klaffi Honda in 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. He joined Pedercini Ducati but after a poor first half of the season Neukirchner and Pedercini announced their split. Neukirchner went on to replace Fabien Foret at Alstare Eng. Corona Extra. He finished the season 18th with 28 points.

For , Neukirchner rode for Suzuki Germany and finished the season ranked ninth overall. The team used the 2006-spec works Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6.

For , Neukirchner rode a 2007-spec Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle for Team Alstare Suzuki. At Valencia he took his first career pole , 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..

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. In race 2, he achieved another podium, finishing second 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 . 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, Neukirchner suffered a broken femur in a first-corner crash for which he was blameless.

Although Suzuki Alstare announced in May that Neukirchner would remain with the team for 2009 and 2010 , 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.

On 14 October 2009, it was confirmed that Neukirchner would race for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team for the 2010 season.

Moto2 World Championship

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, Neukirchner 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 seventh place.

Career highlights

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

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (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 SPA14 AUS8 SMRRet ITA6 GER5 GBR11 EUR11 NED7 ITA11 FRA8 9th 63

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (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 QATRet QAT8 AUS4 AUS3 SPARet SPA12 ITARet ITARet EUR7 EUR18 SMRRet SMRRet CZE14 CZERet GBR10 GBR11 NED8 NED7 GER7 GER7 ITA7 ITAC FRA8 FRA8 12th 123 2006 Ducati QAT10 QATRet AUS18 AUS13 ESPRet ESP18 ITARet ITARet EUR16 EURRet SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR 18th 28 Suzuki NED6 NEDRet GER13 GERRet ITARet ITARet FRA12 FRA14 2007 Suzuki QAT6 QAT10 AUS8 AUS8 EUR8 EUR10 SPA12 SPA10 NED10 NED7 ITA10 ITA12 GBR10 GBRC SMR9 SMR10 CZE9 CZE12 GBR10 GBR10 GERRet GER10 ITARet ITA10 FRA4 FRARet 9th 149 2008 Suzuki QAT5 QAT8 AUS7 AUS5 SPARet SPADNS NED3 NED5 ITA1 ITA2 USA4 USA2 GER3 GER3 SMR1 SMR7 CZE7 CZE5 GBR7 GBR4 EURRet EUR14 ITA4 ITA4 FRA5 FRA9 PORRet POR4 5th 311 2009 Suzuki AUS2 AUS6 QATRet QAT6 SPA3 SPA7 NED13 NED9 ITADNS ITADNS RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR GBR CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 16th 75 2010 Honda AUS12 AUS16 PORRet POR15 SPA13 SPA17 NED20 NED9 ITA12 ITA12 RSA19 RSA17 USA12 USA12 SMR14 SMR14 CZERet CZERet GBR11 GBRRet GERRet GER15 ITA14 ITA12 FRA13 FRA12 18th 54 2013 Ducati AUS10 AUS11 SPA11 SPA12 NED11 NED12 ITA12 ITA10 GBR14 GBR12 POR13 POR11 ITA12 ITA13 RUS7 RUSC GBR12 GBR12 GERRet GER9 TURDNS TURDNS USA USA FRA FRA SPA14 SPA11 14th 91 2014 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR MAL MAL SMR SMR POR POR USA USA SPA SPA FRA9 FRA6 QAT QAT 23rd 17

FIM Endurance World Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2015 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Broc Parkes Max Neukirchner Iván Silva Sheridan Morais 10th 2016 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Broc Parkes Max Neukirchner Iván Silva Marvin Fritz Kohta Nozane Takuya Fujita Sheridan Morais 6th 2017–18 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Marvin Fritz Max Neukirchner Broc Parkes Takuya Fujita Kohta Nozane 16th