Peter Politiek jr (born 1984 in Singapore) is a former motorcycle racer from the Netherlands. "Mr Politics" competed in the Dutch Superbikes and the German IDM Superbikes Championships. In the 2009 season, Peter took his first Dutch Superbikes pole position and win. Peter has been a testrider for Moto73 magazine since 2017.
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The Netherlands, also commonly known as Holland, is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.
2010 Dutch Superbikes: 4th
2011 Dutch Superbikes: 11th
After running into many problems when switching teams and brands for the 2012 season, Peter decided to take a racing sabbatical and only competed in selected Dutch Superbikes races and AHRMA Vintage races in the 2012 season. Ending his professional racing career after the last Dutch Superbikes race in Assen in oktober of 2012.
Currently, Peter races in selected (international) events on modern and vintage motorcycles and still is a testrider for Moto73 magazine in the Netherlands.
Background:
Peter Politiek is a four time Dutch National show-jumping champion. He is still the youngest rider ever (age 8) to win a national championship in horseback riding in the Netherlands.
Peter competed in the Dutch 250cc Grand Prix of the Netherlands at age 17, in 2002. The youngest Dutch rider to start in the intermediate class of the MotoGP World Championships. He suffered a near fatal crash in a European Championship race nearly a month later. It put the Dutch rider into a (artificial) coma for 6 weeks.
In 2006 Peter won two American Vintage Racing Championships when competing in the AHRMA championship series during his time in New York City.
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