Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in

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) is a professional

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racer currently competing in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a

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Career

Supersport & Superbike World Championship

In he competed in the

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riding for Klaffi

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, finishing the season ranked 9th with 63 points. For , Neukirchner, along with the Klaffi Honda team, moved to the

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

. He got a 3rd place podium finish at

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(but broke his hand at the next round in

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and finished the season 12th with 123 points. He looked set to remain with Klaffi Honda in but the ride eventually went to

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. 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

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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 he rode a 2007-spec

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motorcycle for Team Alstare Suzuki. At

he took his first career pol

and lead until the final corner, where he was hit by

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, Neukirchner breaking his collarbone. On 27 April 2008 at

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he achieved his second World Superbike podium finish, finishing behind

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and Checa in the first rac

Neukirchner took his maiden victory (and the first for a German rider) in the first race at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, his 70th race in SBK. He won by just 0.058 seconds from Noriyuki Haga

In race 2, he achieved another podium, finishing 2nd 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

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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

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he suffered a broken femur in a first-corner crash for which he was blameless.Neukirchner suffers broken femur
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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 Superbike World Championship season, 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, he 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

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with 7th place.

Career highlights

2003- 9th, IDM Supersport Championship #7 Honda CBR600RR
2004- 9th,

#76 Honda CBR600RR
2005- 12th,

#76 Ducati 999R
2006- 18th,

#76 Ducati 999R /

2007- 9th,

#76

2008- 5th,

#76

2009- 16th,

#76

2010- 18th,

#76

Honda CBR1000RR The Honda CBR1000RR, marketed in some countries as the "Fireblade" (capitalized as FireBlade until the 2000s), is a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder superbike, introduced by Honda in 2004 as the 7th generation of the CBR series of motorcycles ...

2011- 20th, Moto2 World Championship #76 MZ-RE Honda
2012- 26th, Moto2 World Championship #76

Kalex Kalex Engineering is a German specialty engineering company that designs, manufactures and sells high-performance parts for motorcycles. Kalex Engineering was founded in 2008 in the Bavarian city of Bobingen, Germany by Klaus Hirsekorn and Al ...

2013- 14th,

#27 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2014- 2nd, IDM Superbike Championship #76 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2015- 6th, IDM Superbike Championship #76

2016- 7th, IDM Superbike Championship #76 / 6th, Endurance FIM World Championship #7

2017- Endurance FIM World Championship #7

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)

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

References

External links

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