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Dakar Rally – Joan Barreda – Team HRC – Honda CRF 450 Rally ENGLISH VERSION 22.03.17 FOLLOW US ON motul.com Dakar Press Conference Etienne Lavigne (ASO), Helene Zaugg (Motul), Yann Le Moenner (ASO) – DPPI DAKAR RALLY PARTNERSHIP MOTUL BECOMES MAJOR PARTNER OF THE DAKAR! 9000 kilometres to be crossed in 13 win in 1989. Still with Motul's technical support, the days on the harshest of terrains and in the most Japanese manufacturer clinched half of the stages gruelling weather conditions... And also 4.6 mil- this January. lion spectators, 1,200 hours of TV coverage across Details of Motul's partnership with the ASO, the 190 countries and hundreds of bike, car, quad and Dakar's organiser, will be disclosed in a few mon- truck contenders from all over the world. The Da- ths. We know however that there will be talk of kar, celebrating its 40th staging in 2018, is truly the developing close ties with fans of the event and toughest and most famous of off-road rallies and with the contenders. on 22 March Motul was appointed its official lubri- Hélène Zaugg, Motul's Head of Communication, cant partner at a press conference. commented on this extraordinary partnership: This agreement completes the many technical 'Motul has been involved for decades in the most partnerships uniting Motul with major teams. At extreme forms of motorsports, such as the 24 the beginning of 2017, the win in T2 (production Hours of Le Mans, the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy,The 4WDs) was bagged by Toyota Auto Body and in Roof of Africa and the Carrera Panamericana. The SSV by Polaris Xtremeplus. The finest achieve- Dakar Rally has naturally found its place in such a ment on Motul's leaderboard was the Honda bike prestigious list.' FOLLOW US ON motul.com Evgeny Bobryshev Team HRC MXGP Honda CRF450RW FIM MXGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NEUQUEN – PATAGONIA RACE 03/19 MOTUL IN THE LEAD STANDINGS Tim Gajser (Honda), 106 pts 01 OF THE MXGP AND MX2 Antonio Cairoli (KTM), 96 pts 02 Clément Desalle (Kawasaki), 91 pts 03 CHAMPIONSHIPS! Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) 82 pts 05 Two weeks after the painful experience of the the end of the race.' Team HRC secured a magni- Indonesian mudbath, the contenders of the World ficent overall result with the 3rd place of Evgeny Motocross championships found more propitious Bobryshev, even though he had just got over food conditions on 18 and 19 March in Patagonia. The poisoning. 'I couldn't train after Indonesia because two factory teams partnered technically by Motul I was confined to my bed! On Saturday, my stomach dazzled everyone. Tim Gajser gave the win to Hon- was still causing me pain and, quite frankly, I didn't da and takes the lead of MXGP, while Suzuki World expect to mount the podium.' MXGP is the leader of the MX2 standings thanks to The trip to South America gave Suzuki World Jeremy Seewer's new Top 3. MXGP a rough time. Neither of the team's two ri- Defending world champion, Tim Gajser, scored ders contending in the top category managed the maximum number of points possible after win- to enter the Grand Prix' final Top 10. On the other ning the two races of the Patagonia – Argentina hand, Jeremy Seewer left Patagonia with the red Grand Prix. 'It was a perfect weekend, the public plate of leader of the MX2 championship, a first for was tremendous and their fervour was palpable at the Swiss rider! FOLLOW US ON motul.com FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MOTUL SEASON PREVIEW READY FOR THE BIG FIGHT The official test sessions are now over, so it's joined the elite alongside Andrea Ianonne, winner all systems go for racing – genuine, pure racing of the last Austrian GP. Aprilia has also recruited a that sends a shudder down your spine! The Moto- newcomer in the person of Sam Lowes who will be GP will be launched on 26 March in Qatar for the riding alongside Suzuki's ex-rider, Aleix Espargaro. 23 machines of the 2017 field at the cutting edge Tech3's two rookies, Jonas Folger and double Moto of technology. Three teams partnered technical- 2 World champion, Johann Zarco, finished the Qa- ly by Motul are contending at the highest level tari tests in the Top 10. of motorcycling speed: the factory Suzuki team, Motul's involvement goes beyond such technical Monster Yamaha Tech3 and Aprilia Racing Team support. The red and while logo brand will indeed Gresini. They will benefit from experimental lubri- again be title sponsor of four Grand Prix, beginning cants developed by Motul's experts in cooperation with Argentina on 9 April. Last, the Motul Superfan with each manufacturer's engine specialists. concept will be continued. Motul and Dorna, the The list of MotoGP contenders has greatly changed championship's promoter, will select a superfan at since 2016. The teams wearing Motul's colours every event and the winner via social media chan- have entirely renewed their contingent of riders. nels and he/she will have the opportunity to ex- Interestingly, they will have the monopoly of the perience a dream weekend, meeting directly with four rookies contending! At Suzuki, Alex Rins has teams and riders! FOLLOW US ON motul.com SUBARU TECNICA Subaru Tecnica International INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP Subaru WRX STI SIGHTS SET ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE Motul and team Subaru Tecnica International avoided a devastating crash when torrential hail have renewed their technical partnership for a new suddenly fell on the track! The Dutch rider will be participation in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The aim back with his three 2016 team-mates, namely Mar- is to add a win in SP3T (1750 to 2000 cc turbo tou- cel Lasse, Tim Schrick and Yamauchi Hideki. ring cars) to the leaderboard of STI, motorsport The 2017 version of the Subaru WRX STI was deter- subsidiary of Japanese manufacturer Subaru. The mined on 7 March on Fuji Speedway. This 'shaken 45th staging of the classic German race will take down' car fitted with a paddle shift gear system will place on 27 and 28 May. benefit from Motul's products including 300 V en- It will be STI's tenth appearance on the 25,378 gine oil and specialist brake fluids. In this respect, this metres of the German race track for the wor- partnership strengthens the collaboration between ld's most unpredictable 24 hour race. The team Motul and Subaru Europe which began in 2011. The already has four class wins to its name, most re- technical experts from Motul and Subaru together cently in 2015/2016 and we still have in mind Carlo developed a co-branded oil, 5W30, to offer optimum Van Dam's life-saving reflex whereby he narrowly performance and reliability to Subaru riders. FOLLOW US ON motul.com BTCC TESTS Tom Ingram DONINGTON PARK Speedworks Toyota Avensis SPEEDWORKS TOPS TESTS The 2017 season has a certain continuity about it time of 1’09'’995. The seventh BTCC season for the for team Speedworks with a Toyota Avensis conten- structure based in Cheshire has thus got off to ding in British Touring Car Championship for Tom a dream start. Ingram, and Motul providing its technical support 'Pure performance wasn't our goal during this test,' for this programme. Results-wise, Speedworks has commented team principal Christian Tick. 'We passed an important milestone in 2016, with a first wanted above all to continue discovering the new BTCC win for the team, its rider... and for Motul! All Dunlop tyres and our Avensis, which got a serious in all, Tom Ingram mounted the podium six times, facelift this winter. We scrupulously respected the including twice on the first step. He also established scheduled plan while remaining the fastest from the best time on the single pre-season official tests start to finish. Last year, in the same circumstances, day, 16 March, at Donington. we had something to prove. Today, the pressure is The Toyota #80 remained at the top of the timing different and we have set our sights higher. We want screens for most of the session. Nobody could to race for the title in the independent teams cate- draw closer than a tenth of a second to his best gory and why not in the overall standings?' 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