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Leah Stunts Asia Tour 2013 18 / 09 / 2013 Motul.Sport.News 38 ENGLISH VERSION Motul.Sport.News 38 Leah Stunts Asia Tour 2013 / Singapore Leah Petersen Leah Petersen embarks on her first-ever Asia tour! To celebrate the launch of Motul’s new MCO range, Leah Grand Prix weekend. A dedicated stunt yard will be set Petersen – a partner of Motul and one of the top female aside for Leah, where over 70,000 spectators will be sportbike free-style riders in the world – is set to wow the treated to a mix of balance, agility and daredevil antics crowd as she visits Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam as on two wheels. part of her Asia tour. Last but not least, the final leg will be hosted in Ho Chi Organised in collaboration with Motul, a strong sup- Minh City, Vietnam. Motul Stunt Fest 2013 is expected to porter of stunt riding in America, Europe and Asia, this attract more than 8,000 visitors over the weekend, and three-leg tour will take place over three weekends from apart from the widely anticipated stunt show, there will 6-20 October 2013. be various other activities such as drift demos, a stunt The tour kicks off in Singapore, where Leah’s perfor- competition and a Motul graffiti contest. mance will be part of a bigger Motul Bike Festival. This festival celebrates all things motorcycles, and includes an For more information: www.leahstunts.com/asia exciting moto gymkhana and best in show competition. Leah next travels to Sepang International Circuit in Click here to view an exclusive Malaysia to perform during the Malaysian Motorcycle preview of the tour! News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 38 FIM MotoGP World Championship / Misano Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Cal Crutchlow / Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 Team / Yamaha M1 Crutchlow remains clearly in the lead of the privateers and Tech3 renews its partnership with Yamaha After the three falls at Silverstone, Cal Crutchlow nee- difficult and I’m pleased with my result. The top-6 is not ded to regain confidence at the San Marino Grand really my goal at this time but this weekend I didn’t feel Prix on 15 September. Despite the initially somewhat confident on my bike and it was important to finish well.’ laborious trials, he managed to take fifth position on the Motul Italy welcomed 150 guests at this race marked starting grid. He then stayed in fifth place throughout by the win by Lorenzo, visibly intent on not letting his most of the race, before being passed in the last lap by contenders easily grab his title. Meanwhile, Bradley Stefan Bradl. ‘Its a pity to lose fifth place in the last lap’, Smith crossed the chequered flag in 11th place. admitted the British rider, ‘but the weekend was very It should also be mentioned that YamahaTech3 has News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 38 FIM MotoGP World Championship / Misano Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Bradley Smith / Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 Team / Yamaha M1 just renewed its partnership with the Yamaha factory, ten years. (...) We are very pleased to continue working entering into a two year commitment. The team today together, especially to develop young talents.’ Next holds third place in the teams standings: cooperation year, Yamaha Tech3 will entrust its YZR-M1s to Bradley with Yamaha has been fruitful since 1999 when Hervé Smith and Pol Espargaró. Poncharal and the Japanese brand signed their first agreement in 250 cc class. Yamaha Tech3 is now an integral part of the Yamaha GP programme, sending its Standings feedback to the manufacturer which provides the team 01 / Marc Márquez, Honda, 253 pts with constant support. ‘The renewal of this agreement is an honour and a privilege,’ added Hervé Poncha- 02 / Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha, 219 pts ral. ‘It is not limited to a technical partnership, and we 03 / Dani Pedrosa, Honda, 219 pts really feel part of the Yamaha family.’ Lin Jarvis, mana- 04 / Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, 169 pts ging director of Yamaha Motor Racing, confirmed this feeling: ‘We have been in a fruitful partnership for over 05 / Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha, 146 pts News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 38 Vets Motocross of Nations / Farleigh Castle Vets Motocross of Nations With eight world titles to its name, team France puts on a show On 14 and 15 September the Vets Motocross des Na- fourth: Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda CR 500 from 1988), tions took place on the iconic Farleigh Castle circuit in Yves Demaria (Kawasaki KX 500 from 1989), Frédéric England. This event was unique in that it put back on Bolley (Honda CR 500) and Jacky Vimond (Yamaha the track racing motorcycles of the 1980s and 1990s YZ 250). This exceptional team holds the most titles in ridden by champions of those decades. In this type of the history of French motocross, having won a total of meet, a friendly atmosphere prevails over any harsh eight world crowns between 1986 and 2007, to which competition spirit, which does not prevent each nation are to be added the three titles won in the United from seeking to convene the best champions on com- States by Jean-Michel Bayle in 1992. pletely restored machines. Motul also supported another team, Team Interna- Motul was present on the English circuit by welcoming tional Air Hammer, composed of riders from various team France in its motorhome. The team consisted countries: Greg Crater, Rory O’Neil, Joanne Halpin in the four riders who participated in the 1992 Moto- and Mossey Drennan are also regulars of the disci- cross of Nations, in Australia, where they finished pline. It was their second participation in this event. News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 38 « Rallye des Chalets » historic vehicles event / Bruxelles A rally making children’s dreams come true By organising at the end of August the second Ral- dreams come true, such as visiting New York, swim- lye des Chalets, the organiser Marc Poons wanted to ming with dolphins, meeting Santa Claus, seeing the bring about a wave of generosity by holding a tombola northern lights, visiting the Los Angeles cinema stu- and an auction sale with prizes given by the partners dios or horse-riding in Lapland. he had approached, Motul being one of them. This Meanwhile, the rally strictly speaking brought together event generated the sum of 33,135 €, credited to the 45 collectors’ cars which travelled to the Vosges from association ‘Make-a-Wish’ Belgium South, whose aim Brussels, via Sedan, Gérardmer and Épinal. They is to make the wishes of 3 to 17 year old children suf- finished the trip by travelling along the superb ridge fering from serious diseases become reality. Thanks road which gave the teams splendid panoramic views to the sum collected, nine children will see one of their over the Vosges mountains. Canadian Superbike Championship / Mont Tremblant Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 By bagging the Superbike title, Legende / Szoke wins his wager! ‘That’s how I like to win championships: with a clear victory,’ stated Jordan Szoke, whose team is techni- 01 / 01 / 2013 Motul.Sport.Newscally supported by Motul. Jordan indeed won the VERSION FRANÇAISE sixth round of the Canadian Superbike Championship 00 held at end August on the Mont-Tremblant circuit. He therefore bags this championship for the ninth time, but that’s not all! This season he indeed wanted to clinch three different championships, with the Natio- 12TH nal Observed Trials Championship and the Kelso 2013 MOTUL TITLE Series Mountain Bike Championship in addition to the Superbike. Having already bagged the first two, sors and it’s just incredible to have succeeded!’ he therefore reached his goal with this latest win: a At Mont-Tremblant, he secured the best time in the splendid performance, upon which he remarked, trials and rapidly took the lead after the start, finishing ‘I’m exhausted. What a season! I’ve attempted a 6” ahead of his pursuers. Clearly the mark of a great quite difficult endeavour for our fans and our spon- champion. News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 38 European Le Mans Series / Hungaroring Round 01 02 03 04 05 Matt Griffin - Johnny Mowlem/ RAM Racing / Ferrari F458 GTE After the penultimate round of the season, the Motul teams lead their category The fourth ELMS round, on 14 September on the Hun- first season in this discipline, the British team mounted garoring near Budapest, saw the Alpine A450’s first win. the podium in each round and holds first teams place in The trials in rainy conditions and then the race on a track the provisional standings. For Dan Shufflebottom, team initially damp with a tendency to dry, made tyre manage- principal, ‘The weather wasn’t on our side and we took ment tricky for the teams present. some time to find the right pace during the qualifyings, In LMP2, Motul provided its technical assistance to Jota but we thought the car was well tuned for the race. (...) Sport and Thiriet by TDS Racing. Jota mounted the third It remains for us to do our best at the Paul Ricard circuit, step of the podium and would undoubtedly have clin- to win the title.’ ched an even better result if a flat had not disrupted Oli- The last round of the season will indeed take place at vier Turvey’s strategy, forcing him to pit for repairs.