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Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 Italy The amazing Francesca Linossi! The 24-year-old woman driver starts into this season at the wheel of a Nissan GTR Nismo GT3 against 60 drivers in the Italian Gran Turismo GT3 Championship. She is currently 16th in the Super GT3 class. // Page 11. Benelux A good looking FUCHS bike! The Kryptonite team composed of René Schokker, Remo Woudstra and Niels Fijn competed in the legendary ‘501 of Assen’ endurance race and caught the audience’s eye with the nice lively FUCHS design of their Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR. // Page 10. Great Britain The incredible Shane Byrne! The FUCHS rider took his seventh win of the season at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire on round eight of the MCE British Superbike Championship. // Page 8. www.fuchs.com/group Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 Photo credit: Jérôme Bolla Jérôme credit: Photo France 9th Offshore Jet-ski World title After a successful season with national and international titles, a fifth victory in the famous 300 for Jean-Bruno Pastorello miles on the Havasu Lake (USA) and the European Jet-ski champion title, the nine-time-world champion The Offshore Jet-ski World Championship organized will take up another challenge in a few days. In by IJSBA (International Jet Sports Boating fact, the Kawasaki rider is striving for the triple Association) ran over two rounds. This season, win of the laurel crown of the French Endurance competition started on a blue but rough sea in Championship. This event will take place in Martinique and ended in Vladivostok, Russia, on Cavalaire, the capital of jet-skiing in France. the Sea of Japan. The FUCHS Silkolene rider, Jean-Bruno Pastorello, had to beat some of his toughest competitors to defend his title. These were Christophe Lycaon and Jean Jashi, both from Guadeloupe, but also the Russian star Yury Ryabko. The 2016 final took place amongst the huge Russian submarines. Exciting battles were waged between all the riders, in particular with the Russian racers who wanted to uphold their honor on their territory. Pastorello had developed a cunning strategy and was also supported by the spirit of the team. He and Jean-Baptiste Botti, the other rider of the team, finished on the podium. Jean-Bruno Pastorello added a ninth world title to his track record and left his mark on this sport – an exceptional record in the motorsport world. 2 www.fuchs.com/group Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 France Xavier Boog victorious at the Pro Hexis Supercross After being crowned Outdoor Supercross French champion last month, the talented rider of the Kawasaki Bud Racing team, Xavier Boog participed in the three races of the Pro Hexis Supercross. On the Supercross circuit, the 28-year-old rider continues to collect victories and tries to win the fiercely contested title by beating seasoned competitors including his main rival Thomas Ramette. “I did not specifically focus on the Pro Hexis Supercross title. Although it's great to have one more title”, said Xavier. “After eleven years of competition including nine in the FIM Motocross World Championship, I still enjoy competing and interacting with other competitors. The only downside in this business are the wounds!” France Xavier is intensively preparing to compete in the four races of the Indoor Supercross XT Tour and the Supercross Paris-Bercy and of course wants to win First good results in GP USA more titles! for Darian Sanayei Just few weeks after winning the EMX250 European vice-champion title, American Darian Sanayei made his start in the MX2 World Championship. It was on the Charlotte track in North Carolina that the young rider of the Bud Racing Kawasaki team secured his first top 7, riding his Kawasaki. Inexperienced for this level of competition, the 19-year-old rider nevertheless crossed the finish line with an excellent 7th place in the first round and took the lead after an incredible start in the second round. The last Grand Prix of the season is scheduled at Glen Helen, a track that the rider knows well. 3 www.fuchs.com/group Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 Austria FUCHS: privileged partner of the Aspang Race More than 1,000 riders left the starting line at the same time in the 13th Aspang Race organized by the Aspang Enduro Club. This notorious enduro race over 12km took place between 26 and 28 August. “For the third time, FUCHS AUSTRIA SCHMIERSTOFFE sponsored the second largest off-road race in Austria”, explained Markus Kollenz, FUCHS Application Engineer. For three days, the riders delivered top performances, were covered in clouds of rock dust, rode over steep slopes in the stone quarry and raced on narrow, winding forest tracks. On Sunday, the race welcomed the 5- to 18-year-old riders and the prowess of these young talents delighted fans and the crowd. Famous riders, well-known in the world of motocross, such as Pascal Rauchenecker, 2015 Austria motocross champion, and Alfredo Gomez, the famous winner of the 2015 Erzberg Rodeo, participated in these prestigious races. They were fully commited and battled it out with the other racers. The MSC-Mattighofen team, who has been supported by FUCHS AUSTRIA SCHMIERSTOFFE for many years, had a very successful weekend on the race track, too. After magnificent battles, Markus Geier secured 2nd place in the Elite class behind Pascal Rauchenecker. Markus won the “team event” race with his teammate Florian Reichinger on Sunday. The third rider of the team, Walter Feichtinger, Pictured from left to right: Markus Geier, Markus Kollenz shone with the victory in the “team event race” on and Florian Reichinger during the presentation ceremony Saturday. 4 www.fuchs.com/group Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 Pictured: Wolfgang Stropek on his bike Austria As in previous years, Markus Kollenz, FUCHS Application Engineer, and his colleagues, welcomed 13th International Rupert Hollaus their customers at the FUCHS information stand and also informed the crowd about the wide range of Memorial Race FUCHS Silkolene products. A lot of FUCHS Silkolene banners and flags were visible on the track, in the pit From 20 to 21 August, IGFC Club organized the lane and during the award ceremony. legendary race of historic bikes on the challenging Red Bull circuit at Spielberg. Like in the past, FUCHS FUCHS lubricants: Silkolene COMP 4 SAE 20W-50, Silkolene AUSTRIA SCHMIERSTOFFE sponsored the event PRO CHAIN, Silkolene PRO PREP and supported some riders of the biggest two-wheel competition in Austria. About 400 competitors were racing in ten categories including Vintage, Supersport and Superbike. On Saturday, the lap times in the practice and qualifying sessions were really promising and the spectators very enthusiastic. The six-lap sprint-race and the main race over nine laps took place in the pouring rain on Sunday. The fantastic performances of the riders made the crowd hold their breath with excitement. Wolfgang Stropeck, one of the FUCHS riders and organizer of this event, attracted the attention of the crowd. This successful Austrian competitor who raced in the world-championship in the past won 2nd place with his 500cc Seeley MK 3. 5 www.fuchs.com/group Motorsport News International Edition – September 2016 Great Britain UK MGA at Bonneville In 2016, the MGA built by Walker-Chapman Performance After five years of projects, the team was ready this Engineering came to Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) to race year to run in the D/BFMS class, which is for cars with in the SCTA Speed Week. The team comprised the engines up to 5,014cc, with blowers, running on any owner Colin Walker, the driver David Chapman (who fuel, with a modified sports body. worked for a FUCHS customer) and the mechanic For his first time at Bonneville, David Chapman had to Stephen Walker. The team chose to race on a 1961 familiarize himself with the track and learn emergency MGA powered by a Ford 5.0-liter Coyote V8 using procedures. His objectives are to obtain an E, C and B FUCHS TITAN Supersyn F Eco-B SAE 5W-20. licence, and eventually an A licence. Despite a few They first brought the car to Wendover near Bonneville problems with the car, David had enough good runs to in 2014, but did not get on to the salt as the surface was get his B and C licence after a week of races. “The deemed unsuitable for racing. At that time they met course was cutting up pretty bad, but the car went Richard Stuhaan who raced many times on the salt and quicker every day! Final run was 195mph through the therefore his experience was invaluable. The team was four mile and an exit speed of 199.7mph”, said David also greatly helped by Steve Davies of the SCTA for the Chapman who aims to break the current record of interpretation of the rules over the two years it took to 200 mph in 2017. build the car. Great Britain Busy August for Adam Morgan! Middle of August, Adam Morgan ended at Knockhill, Scotland with a fighting 7th place in the seventh race of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship securing precious points in the competition at the wheel of his FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) backed Mercedes Benz A-Class. Fifteen days later, Adam Morgan powered his way to three point-scoring finishes at Rockingham and took 9th overall in the championship. “We have had some fantastic racing and Adam delivered in style. He was always on the attack, never giving up, never settling for a place but pushing all the time”, said WIX Racing’s Commercial Director Norman Burgess.