Teuvo Länsivuori
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Motorcycle Grand Prix Career | |
Nationality | Finnish |
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Active years | 1969 - 1978 |
Team(s) | Suzuki |
Grands Prix | 74 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 8 |
Podium finishes | 27 |
Pole positions | 12 |
Fastest laps | 5 |
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 Länsivuori (born December 9, 1945 in Iisalmi, Finland) was a 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 to his Suzuki team-mate Barry Sheene in the 500cc world championship.