Background
Lüthi was born in Oberdiessbach, Kanton Bern, Switzerland, but grew up in Emmental.
Lüthi was born in Oberdiessbach, Kanton Bern, Switzerland, but grew up in Emmental.
In 2002, he finished second overall in the European Championship, and third in the German series. Lüthi made his first World Championship appearance at the 2002 German Grand Prix, which he finished in 26th place.
Lüthi started racing pocket bikes at the age of nine. Lüthi scored his first podium in Barcelona and ended in second place. In 2004, he retired from four races in a row, missed four races because of injury, and scored 14 points.
Andy Ibbott of California Superbike School started training Thomas during the 2005 season.
On 6 November 2005 Lüthi secured his first world championship in the class, the sixth-youngest person to do southern This took place at Valencia.
After winning the 2005 World Championship, he was partnered by Sandro Cortese of Germany and the team name was changed to "Elit — Caffè Latte". He lost his championship title to Álvaro Bautista.
After the 2006 season, Lüthi moved on to The team changed their name to "Emmi — Caffè Latte", and defected to Aprilia, racing on the Aprilia Republic of South Africa 250.
Foreign 2008, Lüthi continued with the Aprilia Republic of South Africa 250. Daniel Epp also ran an Aprillia LE for Lukáš Pešek, under the Auto Kelly - Communist Party branding. Lüthi did not have any podiums until the 2008 Italian General Practice, where he finished at the podium in third place.
At Assen, he finished in second place behind Álvaro Bautista.
At Brno, Lüthi crashed out of the race due to an apparent brake failure. In 2009, he finished seventh overall in, although without a podium.
Foreign 2010, he remained with the team in the class that replaced the category. At Silverstone, Lüthi finished in second place.
Lüthi finished in third place at Assen, which was a position he acquired on the last lap after being in first place earlier in the race.
Lüthi had a collarbone injury during those two races.
He won pocket bike championships in 1999 and 2000. In the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Lüthi was invited by Daniel Epp to ride for his team, known as the "Elit Grand Prix Team". Epp became his manager. Lüthi scored his first class Grand Prix win in 2005 at Le Mans, followed by three more victories that season, including one at his team"s home race at Brno, Czechoslovakian Republic. While using a Honda RS125R kit, Lüthi won the world championship title in the class, being five points ahead of Mika Kallio. Lüthi was voted Swiss sportsman of the year in 2005 and also won the annual "Swiss Award" in the category of sport. He scored his only win and only podium of the season at the 2006 French Grand Prix.
