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ADR-Delta wins LMP2 Award and tyre prize faster Dunlop awarded ADR-Delta a set of free tyres for setting the race’s fastest LMP2 lap. The 3m 38.803s, set by Jan Charouz in the team’s Oreca 03 - Nissan on lap 253, was considerably faster and than last year’s best in class, at 3m 41.536s. more durable with 2012 Podium for Dunlop’s GTE Am category team, Krohn Racing, Le Mans scored a well-deserved third in class with their 458 Italia with drivers , Niclas Jönsson and , the final of whom did more than his fair share of time behind the One of the three winning drivers was Ryan Dalziel. “It was a really good Dunlop’s targets for 2012 were to achieve the wheel. LMP2 Win seemingly disparate aims of making Dunlop LMP2 race for us” he said. “We knew we were a little bit off the one lap pace relative to some of the faster LMP2 cars so we focused on overall race tyres capable of faster lap times and last for longer “Twenty four hours is a long time if you have to pace and maximising the performance from Dunlop’s tyres. The key was distances. drive it, and I drove a lot in that race!” said Michele. leapfrogging people by making more fuel stops - pitting after eleven laps Both targets were achieved in style. The pole “It was a very changeable week in terms of rather than after twelve.” position lap was over three seconds faster than last weather conditions so that makes it satisfying that “We triple stinted and even quadruple stinted so the Dunlop tyre year’s, while the race’s fastest LMP2 lap was a our result was good. We saw rain, cold, dry and performance was a big factor in our result. It’s been a great effort from comparable margin quicker too. warm. It made it difficult to get the setup always everyone at the Starworks Motorsports team.” In terms of durability, Dunlop tyres were able to right. Throughout the race the Dunlop tyres were maintain their pace through four stint durations. The very consistent and I am very happy. For sure, our #43 Extreme Limite Aric took their team name to heart race was not perfect and we were not as fast as with their tyre stategy, completing a hitherto unheard of some of the cars we were racing, but third position This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours race on June 16-17 provided six stint spell on the same set of medium compound is a good result for the championship, especially no end of thrills and spills over the course of the Dunlop tyres, which delivered consistent performance when it’s double points here at Le Mans. round-the-clock epic, with Dunlop the only tyre manufacturer throughout. to be represented in every class contesting the 80th running “The 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours was a of the event. fantastic event for Dunlop” said Jean-Felix Bazelin, Dunlop tyres delivered the pace and performance for a Director, Dunlop Motorsport. “At the start of the race fast-paced LMP2 battle which saw multiple lead changes over we knew we would win the LMP2 category as all the course of the 24 hours and a fantastic win for the #44 competitors had chosen to use our tyres. In this Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX 03b . situation, we could have decided to relax our tyre Starworks, who finished on the overall podium of the FIA development, but instead we set ourselves high World Endurance Championship season-opening 12 Hours of targets.” Sebring, took the class lead at almost ten hours in and “We wanted to see faster lap times and we wanted withstood the strong opposition in the race’s most popular to see tyres which lasted longer. We achieved both of class to cross the finish line with a lap in hand from their these goals. Pole was over three seconds faster than nearest rival. last year. Teams regularly completed four stints and we didn’t see any drop-off in performance. We even saw Art Car thwarted by mechanical failure six stints completed on one set of tyres by Extreme Dunlop’s 2012 Art Car Competition winning livery Limite. Our engineers did an outstanding job.” on the #66 JMW Italia had a promising Dunlop tyres were chosen by all twenty cars in the but ultimately short-lived challenge. After 204 laps LMP2 class as a reflection of the dominant category were completed, with drivers Jonny Cocker, James performance in 2011 where Dunlop won the class at Walker and Roger Wills in action, a CV joint Le Mans, in the Le Mans Series and in the WEC problem stranded the tyre-striped car out on track. predecessor, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. motorsport.dunlop.eu MAY 2012 02 When the going gets wet Aquaplaning is something a driver wants to avoid whether they are on the highway or on the race track. How do tyres Race derived cope with the effects of water in their path, attempting to prevent them from doing their job? Learn how they are designed to deal with water and the most dangerous of its affects – aquaplaning. Grip and Braking for the road

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Dunlop enjoyed a fantastic success in Germany with AMG Customer Sports Technical Partnership team ROWE Racing ROWE Racing and who won the fifth race of this season’s Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring – or VLN – with the closest race ever over the world-famous Nordschleife. Dunlop win in Drivers Jan Seyffarth and Alexander Roloff powered their Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG to the first win of the season for Dunlop and development partner ROWE with the victory also the first the closest VLN triumph of an AMG-Mercedes in the 2012 VLN GT3. Crossing the line in the open tyre competition race, Roloff took the chequered flag by 0.338 seconds from his nearest rival, Marc race of all time Lieb in the Manthey Porsche. The duo’s dicing had thrilled the fans and spectators of the keenly contested championship which races New short braking Massive outer New adaptive Light construction exclusively on the fearsome Nordschleife. blocks for reduced shoulder blocks for compound for enhanced carcass to improve braking distance improved stability grip on wet and dry fuel effi ciency “That was certainly one of the toughest races of my life” said Roloff. “The last few laps were an incredible fight. I was getting everything I could out of the car - and I am overjoyed that it was enough thanks to the constant performance from our Dunlop tyres. It’s a real compliment to Dunlop, who yet again had the right tyres for the prevailing conditions in the ‘Green Hell’.” The sister ROWE car succumbed to a test accident, meaning a time penalty of one minute and a pit lane start. Despite this, Michael Zehe and Marko Hartung staged a remarkable comeback which was rewarded with the excellent fifth place in GT3.

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RL_dunBMW_GB_advertDINA4_27012012.indd 1 30.01.12 14:06 MOTO 2 UPDATE Rounds four to eight of the Moto2 World Third for Marquez put the pre-season favourite back on top, with former leader Luthi again slaying lap Championship have seen four different winners and records, this time by over two-seconds! Espargaro three title leaders in the exclusive Dunlop category. covered the 106km distance 50 seconds quicker than any previous British Moto2 winner. Marc Marquez (Suter) had been in command heading to Le Mans, but was Slight tweaks to the Dutch TT circuit at Assen caught out by wet race day conditions at the notoriously slippery circuit. While automatically meant a new lap record in a race that Marquez pondered what might have been - having smashed the pole record by saw an early spill for Espargaro and return to victory 0.8 sec in qualifying - Thomas Luthi (Suter) took his first win of the year and Pol for Marquez, building the Repsol rider’s lead to 23 Espargaro () moved into the title lead. points. Front tyre choice was evenly split, while the A dry Catalunya saw a dramatic clash between Marquez and Espargaro, while soft rear was a near unanimous decision. () used the 302/3838 tyre combination to hold off Following the introduction of the new profile fronts Luthi’s 717/3838 mix by just 0.083s! Iannone’s winning time was 22 seconds in Jerez, Germany’s Sachsenring saw the debut quicker than last year, but it was Luthi who broke the lap record by over a of a new Dunlop rear in the form of the ‘ATR14’ second and took the championship advantage. construction, designed to replicate dual compound Cold and blustery conditions for the British GP made grip an especially qualities from a single tread compound. sought after commodity. Most opted for the softer 302 front, including winner Despite limited dry running, 26 of the 33 riders Espargaro, although runner-up Scott Redding (Kalex) proved the harder 717 in selected it for the race, where Marquez took the new combination with the softer 3855 rear could be just as competitive around the tyre to victory in partnership with the 302 front. Mika high-speed . Kallio (Kalex) rode the 717 front and dual-compound W919 rear to second place and Alex de Angelis (FTR) also claimed his first 2012 podium - setting a new lap record in the process. 17th in wet qualifying, Espargaro charged to fourth in the race, but couldn’t prevent Marquez’s title advantage ballooning to 43 points.

Round Event Winner Dunlop Front Tyre Dunlop Rear Tyre 4 French GP, Le Mans Thomas Luthi 125/80R17 KR191 414 190/55R17 KR393 414 5 Catalan GP, Barcelona Andrea Iannone 125/75R17 Moto2 302 195/75R17 Moto2 3838 6 British GP, Silverstone Pol Espargaro 125/75R17 Moto2 302 195/75R17 Moto2 3838 7 Dutch TT, Assen Marc Marquez 125/75R17 Moto2 302 195/75R17 Moto2 3854 8 German GP, Sachsenring Marc Marquez 125/75R17 Moto2 302 195/75R17 ATR14 3838 You don’t go forwards without traction. Learn more about it here Moto2 and Moto3 Indianapolis – 19 August

Dunlop’s championships on the MotoGP bill get just one visit to the US, as they tackle the home of motorsport in the USA, Indianapolis. A tough track surface with banking makes for one of Dunlop’s toughest challenges of the year. What’s Coming Next? MOTO 3 UPDATE Eight races into the inaugural season of the all-Dunlop Moto3 World Championship and the new 250cc four-stroke class continues to have fans on the edge of their seats with the ’blink and you miss it’ action.

How close? A nail-biting round seven at Assen saw the top 15 riders cross the finish line covered by 12.533 seconds. That made it the third closest race of all-time, when compared with the previous 125cc two-stroke class, which ran from 1949 to 2011! Dunlop has created three different slick tyre compounds for Moto3 - hard, medium and soft - with a combination of two front and two rear compounds 80,000 fans cheered the home star to victory by 0.6s over available at each event. (Honda). A dream day for Cortese was made Frenchman Louis Rossi (FTR Honda) made it four different winners from the complete as he retook the title lead by 18-points from Vinales, opening four rounds with a debut Grand Prix victory in front of his home fans who finished outside the points. at Le Mans in May. Maverick Vinales (FTR Honda) - a non-finisher at Le Mans Cortese is the only rider to have scored in every round and has - then began his title fight-back by becoming the first repeat winner at the been off the podium just once. Vinales holds the edge in terms following Catalunya round. of wins, with four to Cortese’s two, with ten different competitors Catalunya marked the first of three successive Vinales victories - all claimed already claiming a podium finish. Six different riders have using the medium compound front and rear. Vinales set his fastest lap on recorded a fastest race lap. the last lap to secure a tight 0.9s triumph over (Kalex KTM) at With Salom 44-points from Cortese, the championship could Silverstone, followed by a 0.8s victory over Cortese (KTM) in the Assen classic. become a Cortese-Vinales contest - but the race winners and Round eight in Germany saw the Dunlop wet weather rubber tested to the podium finishers remain anyone’s guess. limit when a torrential rainstorm soaked the circuit - delaying the start of the race - which then took place on a drying track. With eight of 27 laps remaining a clear dry line had developed, but the wet tyres held up to the challenge incredibly well, no better illustrated than by Cortese setting the fastest lap on the last lap.

LIVE TWEETS FROM THE Round Event Winner Dunlop Front Tyre Dunlop Rear Tyre Motocross action: GRID! 4 French GP, Le Mans Louis Rossi 95/70R17 KR189 WB 115/70R17 KR389 WB @DunlopWorldMX 5 Catalan GP, Barcelona Maverick Vinales 95/75R17 Moto3 M 115/75R17 Moto3 M Moto2, Moto3 and FIM Endurance World Championship: 6 British GP, Silverstone Maverick Vinales 95/75R17 Moto3 M 115/75R17 Moto3 M @DunlopMoto 7 Dutch TT, Assen Maverick Vinales 95/75R17 Moto3 M 115/75R17 Moto3 M Dunlop four wheel international motorsport action: 8 German GP, Sachsenring Sandro Cortese 95/70R17 KR189 WB 115/70R17 KR389 WB @DunlopMSport M Medium Tyre WB Wet Tyre Scheivlak – Zandvoort – Netherlands A plunging, high-speed, blind right-hander, Scheivlak is lesser known, but right up there with Eau Rouge and Paddock Hill Bend for the Eau Rouge to Le Raidillon challenge it presents. Entered with a dramatic The undulating roller-coaster that is Spa presents sweeping approach, coming over a blind bend. numerous challenges. The track layout features one of Changing cambers in the braking zone don’t the greatest compressions seen by race tyres on any engender confidence as you enter the seriously circuit as cars streak through the downhill to uphill fast and technically very difficult turn. transition from Eau Rouge to Le Raidillon which brings a smile on the face of almost all race drivers. Paddock Hill Bend – Brands Hatch Dunlop rating: - UK Jean-Felix Bazelin, Dunlop Motorsport’s General A fast right hander, with the exit dropping away Manager: “In particular, the compression forces put on from underneath the car, Paddock Hill Bend offers a tyre through the Eau Rouge / Le Raidillon combination one of the greatest challenges in motor racing are greater than experienced at any other circuit in the anywhere in the world – whether it is taken on two world. This means we need to pay particular attention wheels or four. A fan favourite in the Dunlop MSA to the strength and structural integrity of the tyre British Touring Car Championship, where battles construction which at this point is working at the into, through, and sometimes out of this corner extreme of its operating window.” provide delights every year. Imagine what it was like when Formula 1 still raced there. Dunlop rating: Dunlop rating: Nordschleife corners – Nürburgring - Germany Corkscrew – Laguna Seca - USA The Nordschleife features over 70 corners in over 25km One of the most iconic corners in the world, the duration and takes drivers days rather than laps to learn Corkscrew is a left-right combination which a it. The road course features a diverse mixture of surface precipitous drop in its midst. There’s a crest to and corner types to put Dunlop’s tyres through their cover in the approach to the corner, meaning that paces, and frequent weather diversification is often the driver and their tyres are working hard before order of the day. And night. The Nordschleife circuit is they even enter the Corkscrew, which is entered one of the most heralded of tyre test destinations in the hard on the brakes with a late turn in before the world. ground disappears beneath you after the first apex. If you think it’s difficult in a car, imagine what it’s like on a bike where the riders need to position – Maximum compression: The Degner – Suzuka - Japan Fuchsröhre their weight perfectly through the turn and then Fuchsröhre is one of the most extreme challenges on Entered after the Dunlop Curve, the Degner One / immediately negotiate the next left hand, off Nordschleife. Full throttle through the sink and Degner Two combination provide a fantastic camber, downhill corner. An awesome complex of maximum G-forces of 3G and above. So the tyre challenge at Japan’s most challenging race circuit. corners. needs to withstand three times the normal load on it, Used for the Formula 1 Grand Prix and the and still deliver maximum grip. legendary Suzuka 8 Hours motorcycle race, the Dunlop rating: two turns named in honour of motorcycle rider Dunlop rating: .

McPhillamy Park – Mount Dunlop rating: Panorama – Bathurst - Australia Arguably the most difficult of Mount Panorama’s many famous turns, the corner entering DUNLOP’S McPhillamy Park is the highest point of the race. The combination of speeds over 200 kph, and undulations intimate with the left had turn into Skyline sees cars dancing on their tip-toes as the physics of adhesion is scarcely adhered to. An epic corner to watch during qualifying when drivers dance over the top of this challenging corner.

Dunlop rating: Craner Curves – Donington - UK Turn 3 Phillip Island - Australia A downhill right-left combination which will forever A fast downhill left hand corner with a drop-off, Mutkurve (Courage bend) – Absolute be remembered for Ayrton Senna’s first lap in the often afflicted by wind at the exposed venue, confidence in the tyre needed: After Bergwerk wet of the 1993 European Formula 1 Grand Prix pushing Moto2 and Moto3 riders wide as they try there is the long left corner, also called “Mutkurve” at Donington Park and a section beloved of drivers to maintain speed and position themselves (Courage Bend). The driver needs absolute trust and riders. Depending on the machine being correctly for the next turn. Turn three offers a and confidence in the tyre because the curve can used, and the skill of the pilot, the Craner Curves high-speed challenge not only for the Moto2 and be driven full throttle at high speeds but it’s a very can be taken flat out, or with skilful lifting of the Moto3 riders; it also gives the tin top contained fine line between the perfect racing line or getting it accelerator when some speed curtailment is drivers in the V8 Supercar Series plenty to think Corners are the essential testing component of every racetrack, it’s wrong here. required. about. where the right tyre choice makes all the difference. Here we rate Dunlop rating: Dunlop rating: Dunlop rating: some of Dunlop’s favourites. A motorcycle rider from the UK chose Dunlop’s GP Racer D211 tyres to set a blistering new lap record of 7m10s bridge to gantry at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, surpassing the previous motorcycle lap record by an incredible 20 seconds. Andy Carlile, a self-taught mechanic from Cumbria in the UK, set the flying lap amazingly on a 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1, bought crash damaged for around £4000 in 2007. The 33-year old motorcycle racing enthusiast and part time hotel worker has great knowledge of the merciless Nürburgring, having completed a few thousand laps in his spare time! The GP Racer D211 tyre, derived from the motorsport D211 GP race product, has given Green is the Carlile Dunlop well over 170 podium finishes, more than 25 rider championships in top-class Superstock/Supersport and hundreds of club colour for Dunlop chooses level race wins. Its performance embodies Dunlop’s race to road philosophy, bringing race winning technology to road tyres. at Le Mans in 2013. Dunlop to “To have finally set this lap time it is an Dunlop Motorsport is proud to be associated with the innovative and exciting everything under the bodywork is revolutionary. There is no piston engine and absolute delight and I really think it’s possible new GreenGT H2, the innovative prototype electric / hydrogen competition it’s powered by hydrogen which is the most abundant chemical substance I could drop into the 6 minute bracket in the car which will participate in the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours. and it only emits water. For that reason, it’s like a dream coming true. Conquer future” said Carlile. “If anyone had said that On board as technical partner for the exciting new project, Dunlop will “From the tyre perspective, it is an interesting challenge. It’s a new world before this record they would have been develop tyres specific to the torque vectoring requirements of electric motors in terms of harnessing the power and the torque. The electric motors allow Nürburgring laughed at, but now it is looking realistically which are electronically controlled to deliver maximum torque to the wheels. very precise management of the power and torque delivery at every point achievable.” Designed to provide a clean and efficient energy solution, the GreenGT of the track. Allying this capability to our computer simulation technology Commenting on the GP Racer D211 H2 has hydrogen fuel cells providing a linear power of 340Kw / 460Hp, and means we can open a lot of doors to new constructions, compounds and Carlile added: “The results were astonishing in parallel, a new lightweight twin-engine powertrain, providing up to 400kW specifications of tyres which we have not even thought of yet. We only see a - NTEC is great. The GP Racer is an amazing or 540Hp. With electronic control and telemetry of the latest generation, the world of opportunities with this project and they probably go further than we tyre - very trustworthy and communicative, powertrain will ensure the very best performance from the distinctive-looking can imagine.” it provides excellent results fast. I have prototype on the track. The GreenGT H2 is due to take to the track for the first time in public thoroughly enjoyed my experience with “It’s a very interesting project, it’s very innovative,” explains Jean-Felix on August 25 at the Silverstone round of the FIA World Endurance Dunlop’s D211 GP Racer; returning to lesser Bazelin, Director, Dunlop Motorsport. “The car has four wheels, but Championship. tyres at any time in the future is going to be a disappointing day!” What’s Coming Next? EWC Le Mans 24 Hours – 8-9 September WEC Silverstone – 26 August The second round the clock epic in the FIM Endurance World Championship is The FIA World Endurance Championship comes to within a stone’s throw from Dunlop the season finale in 2012. Expect to see action, delight and turmoil right up to the Motorsport’s Birmingham base for the first event since Le Mans. Expect close racing at chequered flag. the venue of the British Formula 1 and MotoGP Grands Prix with the all-Dunlop LMP2 01 class expected to deliver the closest and most exciting racing. Suzuka 8 Hours – 29 July A classic motorcycle race. It’s a round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, but it’s much more than that as the Japanese What’s manufacturers unleash Suzuka-only specials complete with crack riding squads for eight hours of battling the competition and the Coming superb twists and turns of Suzuka. Next? FASTEST? A question often asked by Moto2 and Moto3 fans, is how can riders set their fastest laps on one of the last laps of a race?

Well, there are many factors to be considered. levels, which will often have changed since the last time A racing machine, whether four wheel or two, which is they were on track. This familiarity leads to increased powered by fuel and combustion gets lighter during the confidence, resulting in a rider pushing harder as the course of a race as the fuel is used and its weight goes, race goes on. quite literally, up in smoke. This is a significant factor for Other factors for consideration are desire and race cars, and still a valid factor for motorcycles. tactics. As the laps tick by and the chequered flag Less weight means a lighter machine and faster lap times. gets closer, so a rider’s opportunities to make up a On a motorcycle, the weight of the fuel is usually carried position diminish. Riders compete in races to win, so the quite high on the machine, so any weight lost – even though adrenalin and competitive desire push them to make the a motorcycle carries less fuel than a car – is weight lost from most of the last few laps as they bid to go one better on the right area to assist better handling, and faster lap times. track. Another area which assists a rider in going faster is track In addition, with overtaking on two-wheels much condition improvement. Every time a rider completes a lap easier than on four, riders often wait until the last laps during dry conditions, the circuit surface gets better. This to either overtake or shake-off a closely following improvement comes from the circuit surface being cleared opponent. In the case of an overtake, the aim of a late of dust and debris, as well as a layer of rubber coating the pass is to reach the chequered flag before a retaliation track itself. can occur. By contrast, a cunning rider can defend his This rubber left stuck to the track can form a chemical position by holding back slightly and thus masking his bond with the rubber still on the tyres, giving higher levels of true strengths, before surprising his opponents with a grip, and allowing faster cornering. sudden burst of full speed in the closing stages. Dunlop’s tyres are designed to deliver consistent and Dunlop’s tyres give riders the confidence to push at durable performance. This can be contrasted with Formula their maximum late in a race, and that’s why riders like 1, where the tyres are designed to degrade with the them so much. performance diminishing – sometimes alarmingly so. In Formula 1, this tyre performance is sought in order to assist with strategy and overtaking possibilities for the heavily aerodynamically critical machines. In order to deliver consistent performance, the tyres need to imbrue the rider with confidence. This confidence comes in a large part from tyre performance which is predictable, not peaky. The edge of adhesion needs to be felt through the tyre by the rider, not something that comes as a surprise. This is a critical aspect of Dunlop’s tyre design philosophy; the tyres need to be communicative for the rider to extract the best results. Dunlop’s Moto2 and Moto3 tyres are designed to deliver consistent performance throughout their life – just as any rider would want from the Dunlop tyres ridden on the road. This means they can be called upon to go faster as the track conditions improve and the motorcycle gets lighter. In a sport where the human-technical relationship is crucial to success, familiarity and confidence also play a part in closing lap speeds. The more consecutive laps a rider completes, the more familiar they become with grip The science of motorcycle racing tyres In no other motorsport is the importance of tyres so crucial as with motorcycles, where they convey horsepower to the track with the contact area of a small coin. The link between rider and tyre is much closer than with MAY 2012 motorsport.dunlop.eu motorsport.dunlop.eu MAY 2012 21 any other racing machine so the technology needs to be right. Learn more 22 about the fascinating subject of motorcycle tyre technology here. Paulin was back on the podium in Portugal with second overall in the event, thanks to a moto two win at the rough and rutted Agueda circuit. Team-mate Boog took sixth in the event. In Belgium, Paulin took fifth overall, but Sweden saw an event of damage limitation with seventh overall – his worst result of the season barring a mechanical non-start in Mexico.

Honda World Motocross have not had plain sailing this season. In Mexico, Evengy Bobryshev picked up bronchitis, whilst team-mate Rui Goncalves was already nursing a tendon injury from a previous round. Both continued to suffer in Brazil, meaning a Latin American excursion the pair would rather forget. Coming back to Europe, Bobryshev had a fall in France, whilst Goncalves MX struggled with arm pump. Portugal looked better, with Goncalves up to fifth in moto two, before a stall dropped him to sixth, with his team-mate one place behind. 1 Bobryshev’s woes continued however, with a chest injury he would carry to the next event in Belgium, one where Goncalves broke a rib. Bobryshev bounced back with a second place in qualifying in Sweden, but was soon bouncing his arm off a rock, requiring stitches and retirement from the event. UPDATE Goncalves meanwhile suffered being hit by another rider in qualifying, then falling prey to mechanical difficulties in the first race before taking seventh in moto two. Paulin - revelation Dunlop MX race coordinator Eddy Seel sums up the season so far: “The fight is really exciting this year for the championship title, I’m always ready at the podium of the season. with the yellow caps in my hand!”

It’s been a fast and furious couple of months for Dunlop’s partners in the MX1 World Championship, with events in Mexico, Brazil, France, Portugal, Belgium and Sweden from mid-May to mid-July. Dunlop’s star has been the revelation of the season so far, with Kawasaki Racing rider Gautier Paulin, who sits after nine rounds within 33 points of the championship lead. Paulin has four heat wins and one GP wins to his name in fourth position in the standings MX1’s visit to Mexico in mid-May didn’t go as smoothly as anyone would have liked, with safety concerns curtailing riding on the Saturday, before action on Sunday where Paulin’s team-mate Xavier Boog challenged for the lead, before finishing in sixth - his best result to date. From Mexico straight to Brazil, where Boog went better with a debut MX1 race win in the second race at the new Beto Carrero track. Paulin’s results saw him just shy of the podium for the Grand Prix. Back to Europe, where Paulin celebrated a home podium finish, setting fastest laps on his way to second place from a tenth starting position in moto one. While in moto two a freak accident caused by a rock rolling into his path meant he dropped to fifth, before fighting back to third. His results meant he was third in the event – only denied second by tie-break See an on-board lap of Evengy Bobryshev in Sweden rulings. Boog meanwhile scored a best fifth overall in the event. What’s Coming Next? MX1 GP of Germany – 23 September MX of Nations – 30 September After further rounds in Latvia the Czech Republic, UK, Just a week after the conclusion of the World Championship, Netherlands and Italy; the season will come to a thrilling the MX of Nations event brings the best motocross riders conclusion at Teutschenthal, Germany. competing in the USA to meet the World Championship riders in Lommel, Belgium. DOWNLOAD DUNLOP ON YOUR DESKTOP WE RACE, YOU WIN Derived from the race dominating D211 GP, the GP RACER D211 sets a reference for track day tyres*

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