Dakar Rally – Stages 4 to 8 Bolivia - Argentina Stages 04-08

Africa Eco Race – Anastasiya Nifontova – VEB Racing – HUSQVARNA 450 FE

ENGLISH VERSION 13.01.16

AFRICA ECO RACE MOROCCO - MAURITANIA - SENEGAL

MOTUL TEAMS PULL OFF FEATS

The Africa Eco Race is an off-road rally recalling joyfully in Assa. She then took 2nd place of the ove- the African era of the Dakar, especially because of rall standings from Dakhla to Amodjar and was still the countries it crosses: Morocco, Mauritania and 3rd when her clutch forced her to be content with Senegal, with the traditional arrival on 10 January 11th final place and the win in Women’s category. on the banks of Lake Retba. Two teams partnered Among Cars, team Thomasse / Larroque led its by Motul marked the 8th edition of the event, one Optimus buggy built by MD Rallye Sport to 2nd in Bike and the other in Car. place of the overall and to victory in two-wheel- Russian rider Anastasiya Nifontova of team VEB Ra- drive vehicles. By participating under the colours cing won the FIM Off-Road Rallies Women’s World of the Heart Surgery Patronage association, the Cup in 2015. She honoured this title by achieving ‘Ecurie du Cœur’ (Heart Team) has funded opera- amazing performances throughout the rally. For tions on ten African children suffering from heart instance, she bagged the absolute 2nd time in the malformations. The team could also be pleased of third stage. ‘I am perhaps not the only person to the presence at the arrival of its eight Optimuses, be impressed by this time...’ the champion stated four being among the Top ten.

FRENCH ICE ANDROS TROPHY ISOLA 2000 RACE 04/07

DAYRAUT CHANGES YEAR ELITE PRO STANDINGS Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 441 pts 01 WITHOUT CHANGING PACE Franck Lagorce 400 pts 02 Benjamin Rivière, 394 pts 03

After the winter break, the 27th edition of the the Citroën came 4th just ahead of the Mazda. Andros Trophy resumed on 8 and 9 January at Turning to motorcycles, Motul supports the very Isola 2000. The last winner of 2015 and the first spectacular AMV Cup and the efforts of Team winner of 2016 are one and the same person: Trebad. Vivian Dabert first clinched his first pole Jean-Philippe Dayraut! The ‘flying’ Toulousain has ahead of his brother Sylvain. The latter did better given its third win of the season to team Mazda in the races with two podiums and a strengthened France, partnered technically by Motul just like leadership in the overall standings four rounds Ohwell which is keeping its chances of bagging a from the end. Of note, Randy de Puniet’s presence title thanks to Benjamin Rivière. in Andorra and Loris Baz’ presence at l’Alpe d’Huez ‘When the track conditions were more or less are giving the championship the look and feel of a identical for all the drivers, we could show our MotoGP! mettle,’ commented Jean-Philippe Dayraut at the end of the Italian weekend. ‘Despite 60 kg of ballast, we managed to win race 1. We could no longer battle ahead on Saturday, with the rain, but crossed the arrival line first. This win shows that the Mazda3 is particularly competitive, even with ballast.’ Motul celebrated a 1-2 on Friday with Dayraut ahead of Rivière. The following day,

DAKAR RALLY – STAGES 4 TO 8 BOLIVIA - ARGENTINA STAGES 04-08

MANO A MANO BIKES – GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER LEG 8 Toby Price (KTM) 01 AMONG THE BIKERS Paulo Gonçalves (Honda Team HRC) à 2’05 02 Stefan Svitko (KTM) à 14’14 03 Kevin Benavides (Honda South America) à 25’55 05 Juan Pedrero (Sherco TVS) à 39’41 09 Alain Duclos (Sherco TVS) à 49’41 10 The first week of racing of the 2016 Dakar fi- stayed by the side of the Austrian till helped ar- nished in Salta, Argentina, where the contenders rived. The lost time was naturally given back to him enjoyed a day’s rest after spending two days in Bo- by the organisers at the arrival. livia. The teams partnered technically by Motul are At the end of stage 8, Honda South America rider continuing to battle it out courageously in the face Kevin Benavides stayed on the ball in 5th position, of many difficulties and fierce competition. The just like the Sherco TVS Rally Factory duo Joan Pe- Hondas of team HRC are therefore starring enter- drero and Alain Duclos in 9th and 10th places. Two tainingly in the lead pack in the Bike category. The quads of Team Rhide South Africa driven by Brian leader on Wednesday, Joan Barreda let his team- Baragwanath and George Twigge were also batt- mate, Paulo Gonçalves, take the lead the following ling for the Top 10 in their category. For all, many day before unfortunately having to quit following a obstacles remain to be crossed before reaching mechanical incident on Friday. Gonçalves kept the Rosario on 16 January. advantage till stage 8 (Salta – Belen) during which he lost 5’17 to the KTM of Toby Price now leading the rally. There was an extremely emotional moment on Saturday between Uyuni and Salta when Gonçal- ves, in the lead of the event, stopped when he saw Matthias Walkner in a sorry state as he had just broken his thigh-bone. The Portuguese man

DAKAR RALLY 2016 – PART 2

THE DAKAR: A TREMENDOUS TESTING GROUND

Our Brazilian application engineer, Nicolas De- against the effects of such an altitude. Engines suf- maria, employed at the Latin America Motul Centre fer equally, because of the phenomenonVERSION of FRANÇAISEfuel dilu- 22.10.15 of Excellence Products, swapped hats to become tion in engine oil. One of the advantages of a 100% an adventurer experiencing the 2016 Dakar accom- synthetic lubricant like Motul 300V is its excellent panying the partner teams. An ideally placed ob- resistance to dilution. Engines are thus protected server, he sees every day the true difficulty of the against wear that could result from loss of viscosity rally for the men and their machines. Here are a few arising from high fuel dilution. excerpts from the notes jotted by our very special The Dakar also highlights the importance of lubrica- envoy in the past few days. ting the air filter. The quality of engine intake air is a field where you should not compromise. Insufficient ‘The Dakar reached its highest point of 4,600 metres filtering can lead to excessive wear and serious da- near Uyuni! Human beings find it difficult to stand mage, especially in the presence of very fine par- such conditions and 400 people had to receive care ticles that are hard to trap by the filtering element,

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like those encountered here at Uyuni. Good lubri- Last, to succeed in the Dakar, you need impeccable cation helps prevent the entry of impurities into the mechanics, a talented and fit driver/rider or team engine without diminishing the air inlet. Excellent and also, sometimes, the flair for DIY. The rider of protection without loss of power! team Honda South America, KevinVERSION Benavides, FRANÇAISE still 22.10.15 The human body is equally put to test, as shown by contending for the Bikes podium with the last week Marcello Medeiros who crossed 5,000 kilometres, round the corner, was one of the heroes of the Boli- from São Luiz, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, vian episode of the race. On Friday 8 January, during to take the start in Buenos Aires at the wheel of his the Uyuni – Uyuni stage, the road book holder on Yamaha quad. After a good start to the rally, he suf- the handlebars of his Honda CRF450 came off as he fered an accident in the 5th stage. A broken collar- went over a bump. The cable feeding the road book bone put a premature end to his first Dakar. His team engine was snatched off, which caused a short cir- uses Motul products and could bear our colours well cuit. But the Argentinian did not lose his composure. during the 2016 season. It will contend in the Dakar Our MacGyver used the steel cable in his survival kit Series events, with a view to getting to the end of the to re-attach the road book. He then repaired the da- 2017 Dakar Rally! maged connections before starting off again.’

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