Teuvo Länsivuori

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Teuvo Länsivuori
Teuvo Länsivuori at the 1975 Daytona 200
Nationality	Finnish
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1969 - 1978
Teams	Yamaha, Suzuki
Grands Prix	74
Championships	0
Wins	8
Podium finishes	27
Career points	532
Pole positions	7
Fastest laps	12
First Grand Prix	1969 250cc Finnish Grand Prix
First win	1971 350cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last win	1974 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1978 500cc German Grand Prix

Teuvo Pentti "Tepi" Länsivuori (born December 9, 1945 in Iisalmi, Finland) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He had his most successful years in 1973 when he finished in second place in the 350cc World Championship to Giacomo Agostini, second in the 250 championship to Dieter Braun and in 1976 when he finished second in the 500cc world championship to his Suzuki team-mate Barry Sheene.

[edit] Motorcycle Grand Prix results ^[1]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1969	250cc	Yamaha	SPA -	W.GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	E.GER -	TCH -	FIN 8	ULS -	NAT -	YUG -		3	38th	0
1970	125cc	Yamaha	W.GER -	FRA 10	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	E.GER -	TCH -	FIN 8	NAT -	SPA -			4	41st	0
	250cc	Yamaha	W.GER 10	FRA -	YUG 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	E.GER -	TCH 10	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	SPA -		7	27th	0
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	W.GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	E.GER -	TCH -	SWE 4	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	SPA -		8	22nd	0
	350cc	Yamaha	AUT -	W.GER -	IOM -	NED -	E.GER -	TCH 10	SWE 6	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 6	SPA 1			25	10th	1
1972	250cc	Yamaha	W.GER 9	FRA 6	AUT 7	NAT 4	IOM -	YUG -	NED 8	BEL 8	E.GER -	TCH 8	SWE 5	FIN 4	SPA 2	46	5th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	W.GER 6	FRA 2	AUT 6	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 8	E.GER 5	TCH 6	SWE -	FIN 5	SPA -		42	7th	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 5	AUT 4	W.GER 3	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 1	TCH 3	SWE -	FIN 1	SPA -			64	2nd	2
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 3	AUT 3	W.GER 1	NAT 2	IOM -	YUG -	NED 3	TCH 1	SWE 1	FIN -	SPA -			77	2nd	3
1974	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 2	W.GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	SWE 1	FIN -	YUG -	SPA -				27	6th	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 4	W.GER -	AUT -	NAT 2	IOM -	NED 2	BEL -	SWE 1	FIN 3	TCH 3				67	3rd	1
1975	500cc	Suzuki	FRA DNF	AUT 2	W.GER 3	NAT -	IOM -	NED 5	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 2	TCH DNF				40	4th	0
1976	500cc	Suzuki	FRA 4	AUT -	NAT 4	IOM -	NED -	BEL 5	SWE 4	FIN 2	TCH 2	W.GER -				48	2nd	0
1977	500cc	Suzuki	VEN -	AUT -	W.GER -	NAT -	FRA 7	NED 7	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN 7	TCH 6	GBR 3			35	9th	0
1978	500cc	Suzuki	VEN -	SPA -	AUT -	FRA 7	NAT -	NED 7	BEL 4	SWE -	FIN 7	GBR 3	W.GER -			39	8th	0

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