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JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup 2012 / Fuji Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

Yuhi Sekiguchi - / NDDP racing / Nissan GT-R GT300 Last round a success for Team Motul Autech! On 17 November the JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup him to cross the arrival line 4th. For Weider 2012 took place in Fuji, as stated in its name: it was a Team, secured the same place as his round outside the championship which marked the end team-mate, 7th. of the Super GT and Formula Nippon championships. In Formula Nippon, the two Motul teams came in the On this occasion, Motul provided its technical Top 10. Naoki Yamamoto of team Mugen (Honda support to several teams contending in Super GT 500 HR12E) indeed finished the raceth 8 while Toshihiro (Motul Autech Nismo, Weider Team, KeePer Kaneishi of Team HP Real Racing (Honda HR12E) Kraft) and GT300 (R&D Sport and S-Road crossed the arrival line two places behind him. NDDP Racing). The first race was greatly disturbed by rain and had to be interrupted in the eleventh lap as absolutely huge puddles had formed on the track. For Motul Autech, Michael Krumm, who left 8th, had managed to pro- gress to 4th place at the time of the unexpected halt. , for Honda Weider Team, finished 7th. Race two took place in much sunnier and dry condi- tions and, for Motul Autech, Satoshi Motoyama also gave a fine performance: having left th5 , he regressed to 9th place before finding a very rapid pace allowing

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Romanian Hill Climbing Championship / Sinaia Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

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Paul Andronic / Autotechnica Motorsport Centre / Mitsubishi Evo IX

Paul Andronic confirms his superiority and clinches his third title on a trot Romania’s fastest car: that’s how we could call the with his team to make the repair and clinched an im- Mitsubishi Evo IX specially tuned in Paul Andronic’s pressive scratch time in race two. workshop, Autotechnica Motorsport Centre. With a For 2013, the champion hopes to still further biturbo engine developing some 700 hp and all-wheel- improve his car and participate again in the hill clim- drive, this fearsome machine allowed the driver to win bing championship, seeking to beat new records. the hill climbing championship for the third consecutive An ambitious programme! year, in Group H. And, cherry on the cake, he is again vice-champion in the all categories standings, pre- ceded simply by a Formula 3000 single-seater. But the season was by no means a breeze: after three wins in the first rounds, allowing him to chalk up 18 consecu- tive wins, electrical problems prevented Andronic from repeating this performance in the sixth round. He was also hindered by supply problems of the special fuel from Italy and had to cope with a broken turbo. There then remained four events: he won two in the ove- rall standings before contending in the last, the most Standings spectacular, always highly attended by many specta- 01 / Paul Andronic - Mitsubishi Evo IX, 222 pts tors, in the Sinaia mountains. As the regulations ban 02 / Daniel Onoriu - Mitsubishi Evo VI, 160 pts tyre heaters, Paul Andronic suffered an excursion from 03 / Ovidiu Zaberca - Mitsubishi Evo VIII, 149 pts the track in the first hill climb but achieved miracles

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German Rallycross Championship / Gross Döln Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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Andrea Steffen / Skoda Fabia RS / Steffen Motorsport

Andrea Steffen pips his rival at the post! The German Rallycross Championship final, at Gross Döln near Berlin, allowed Andreas Steffen to finish the season beautifully and win the Super1600 title, at the wheel of his Skoda Fabia RS. In the last event, after securing the best time in the qualifyings, the driver from Buxtehude had an excellent start and led the race all the way through to the end. Having equal points as his rival, Bernd Schomaker, his ten wins of the season (as against six for Schomaker) allowed him to climb the highest step of the podium. ‘The season was difficult for us’, admitted Jürgen Steffen, manager of Steffen Motorsport, supported technically by Motul. ‘We had many spanners put in the works but we were totally focussed on our results, which was the key to our suc- Standings cess.’ For Andreas Steffen, ‘We proved we were really 01 / Andreas Steffen, Skoda Fabia RS, 132 pts in the lead pack. This title is for us one step further 02 / Bernd Schomaker, Skoda Fabia RS, 132 pts ahead, which I’d like to transform next year by getting 03 / Nils Voekel, VW Polo Mk3, 101 pts the team involved at European level.’

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Caravana Moto Halloween / Cali

Caravana Moto Halloween Motul, partner of the big Suzuki Halloween parade

1 November saw the holding in Cali, south-west the riders of motorcycles and quads, as well as by Colombia, of the ‘Caravana Moto Halloween Alto their passengers. The parade started in the north of Cilindraje y Motovelocidad’, in which participated the city after nightfall, crossing the main avenues to Creamigo, Motul’s importer for this region of the Ciudad Jardin, to the south of Cali, where it conver- country. Organised by Suzuki, the event brought to- ged on the large car parks of the shopping centre. gether as every year many motorcycles and mopeds A disguise contest was held there, the best recei- of all cubic capacities, for this ‘witches day’ of which ving prizes to the applause of the many onlookers one of the attractions were the disguises worn by enjoying this pleasant yet gruesome evening!

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Rickey Gadson / Kawasaki ZX-14R

With Motul, Rickey Gadson remains Drag Bike king

On his Kawasaki Ninja 14R Drag Bike, Rickey Gad- on a 245 hp machine, becoming the world’s fastest son dominated the RST (Real Street) category throu- Afro-American rider. He is also the most titled two ghout the season. Supported technically by Motul, wheel dragster racing contender. he indeed won four of the six races of the season, Today, he manages a riding school, the Rickey Gad- clinching the last three ahead of the Suzuki Hayabusa son Drag Racing School, which he opened the day Turbo of 2012 Mirock Champion, Johnny Turbo. he realised it was possible to cross 400 metres from a But then this isn’t Rickey’s first feat! His charisma and standing start in under 10 seconds with a production talent have allowed him to give another dimension machine, provided the rider has been well prepared. to this discipline, which is now regularly reported on His 28 years of experience are of course precious for by the media. Rickey now has ten drag racing world all the amateurs who come to watch him. ‘In this dis- champion titles to his name and, in 2010, clinched a cipline, the most difficult thing is to get a good start!’ record at 350.83 km/h on the salt lake of Bonneville, affirms Ricky. Strong sensations guaranteed!

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IFast Corporate Karting Challenge / Singapore Round 01 02 03 04

Motul team, from l. to r. : Leow Ju-Len, Managing editor of CarBuyer & Top Gear Singapore / Derryn Wong, Editor-In-Chief of CarBuyer & Top Gear Singapore / Mark Lee, Guest driver (Volkswagen Singapore) / Daryl Lee, Editor, CarBuyer Motul and Carbuyers vying to win! Ten days ago the 2012 final of the iFast Corporate Karting He was to be the surprise guest who thus became the Challenge took place, a karting competition in the form of lead driver of a team which did well in the qualifying a a 4 Hour teams endurance race. few weeks ago but suffered a few glitches in this final : To qualify for this final, the teams had to participate in one the go-kart ran dry, lost a wheel... The team finally crossed of the qualifying rounds organised on the Singapore Kar- the arrival line in a valorous 8th place. tright Speedway and finish among the first six. Roll on 2013, with even sharper journalists! The qualifying challenge was therefore sizeable for team Motul - Carbuyer (one of Singapore’s major car maga- zines) given the high level of the competition. In effect, this valorous team was special in that it was composed of magazine journalists and… one of their readers ! Well, not any reader because Mark Lee provided serious help as he was chosen after the various candidates were assessed on the track and timed.

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