Michael Hartel

Michael Härtel

Born	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 23) Landshut, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Website	http://michael-haertel.de/
Current club information
British league	King's Lynn Stars
Career history
2018	Ipswich Witches
2020–	King's Lynn Stars

Michael Härtel (born 25 January 1998) is a German speedway, grasstrack and longtrack rider, who finished runner-up in the 2017 Longtrack World Championship.

Biography[]

Michael Härtel was born in Landshut, Germany and has been competing in the World Longtrack Championship since 2015. In his first appearance he came third and his second saw his win a Vechta.

World Longtrack Championship[]

In 2017 Härtel became a full competitor in the championship and took second overall. During the campaign he was third at Herxheim and Morizes, runner-up at La Reole and winner at Mühldorf.

Overall[]

• 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 Third 2015 & 2017
• La Reole Second 2017
• Morizes Third 2017
• Mühldorf First 2017
• Vechta First 2015

Team Championship[]

• 2015 Mühldorf (Runners-up) 44pts (Rode with , Stephan Katt, Erik Riss)
• 2016 Marianske Lazne (Runners-up) 44pts (Rode with Martin Smolinski, , Stephan Katt)

Speedway[]

Härtel has represented the German Under 21 team and has helped them to the 2017 European Championship finals in Poland. He has been the Germany Under 21 Champion on three occasions, in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

External links[]

• "Michael Hartel". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

Website[]

• "News". michael-haertel.de. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

References

• "SEC - Speedway Euro Championship". speedwayeuro.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
• "Michael Hartel Won The 250cc Gold Trophy - International World of Speedway - British Speedway Forum". speedway-forum.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
• "Michael Hartel as a wild card in Gustrow". speedwayu21.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.