Michael Härtel

Michael Härtel (born 25 January 1998) is a German motorcycle rider. He competes in speedway, grasstrack and longtrack. He finished runner-up in the 2017 Longtrack World Championship.^[1]

Michael Härtel

Born	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 27) Landshut, Germany
Nationality	German
Website	michael-haertel.de
Career history
Germany
2022	Olching
2023	Güstrow
Great Britain
2018	Ipswich Witches
2020	King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
2019	German longtrack champion
Team honours
2023	Bundesliga title

Career

Härtel was born in Landshut, Germany and was the German Under 21 Champion on three occasions, in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He also started his longtrack career in 2015, competing in the World Longtrack Championship. In his first appearance he came third and his second saw his win a Vechta.

In 2017, Härtel became a full competitor in the championship and took second overall. During the campaign he was third at Herxheim am Berg and Morizès, runner-up at La Réole and winner at Mühldorf. Also during 2017, he represented the German Under 21 team and has helped them to the 2017 European Championship finals in Poland.^[2] In 2018, he rode for Ipswich Witches but missed the second part of the season after breaking his arm riding longtrack.^[3]

In 2020, he was brought back into the British leagues by King's Lynn Stars,^[4]

In 2023, he helped MC Güstrow win the Budesliga title.^[5]

Results

• 2014 N/S Reserve
• 2015 - 2 apps (9th) 36pts
• 2016 - 1 apps (18th) 7pts
• 2017 - 5 apps (Runner-up) 101pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

• Herxheim am Berg Third 2015 & 2017
• La Réole Second 2017
• Morizès Third 2017
• Mühldorf First 2017
• Vechta First 2015

Team Championship

• 2015 Mühldorf (Runners-up) 44pts (Rode with Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt, Erik Riss)
• 2016 Mariánské Lázně (Runners-up) 44pts (Rode with Martin Smolinski, Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt)