Le Mans Series Official test / Pescarolo Team

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European Endurance Championship / Le Castellet

Le Mans Series Official Test / Le Castellet

Final rehearsal for the Le Mans Series 2011 line-up

The tests for the Le Mans Series have just taken place developed an experimental oil. on 11 and 12 March on the famous Le Castellet circuit Last, this tests session was also marked by the great in southern France. return of the Pescarolo Team, aka the ‘greens’. De- Apart from getting ready for the 2011 championship prived of racing in 2011, the team of the quadruple which will begin on that circuit on 1, 2 and 3 April winner of the is indeed making forthcoming, three teams also took on responsibility a comeback to the forefront thanks to support from for representing Motul in their respective classes. new and also faithful partners such as Motul. Despite For instance, in LMGT Endurance, Motul could count a year’s absence and difficult weather conditions, the on Team Aston Martin Jota Sport (Vantage No. 79) Pescaralo Team proved it had to be reckoned with in with which a technical partnership was started during 2011. Indeed the four LMP1s present, including the the mid-winter break. The same applied with the TDS Pescarolo No. 17, arrived successively in 5/10ths of Racing team that entered in LMP2 and drove its first a second on the eve of the first tests! laps in endurance. For the occasion, the French team took the decision to trust the all-new 03 and Take a peak at a photo album of the tests the V8 Nismo tested in Super GT for which Motul has on www.facebook.com/motul

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World jet-ski Championship / Doha Round 01 02 03 04 05 06

Franky Zapata / Zapata Racing / MZR V6

Full marks for the Motul riders in Doha !

Qatar hosted on 12 March the inaugural round of the V6 engine, Franky Zapata (team Zapata Racing) also UIM Aquabike World Championship. dominated his category by powering his MZR V6 to Championship entrants, teams Race Spirit and first place. Zapata Racing, both of which are supported technically by Motul, made a brilliant start to the season. Indeed, Jérémy Poret and Julie Bulteau (team Race Spirit) won their respective races, thereby taking the lead of the championship in ‘SKI F1’ and ‘SKI Ladies F1’. Note should also be made of the very fine perfor- mance by young Portuguese rider Stéfania Balzer who clinched a highly promising second place. In the ‘Runabout F1’ category, for his first official ride on his new jet-ski motorised by a 2-stroke Mercury Jéremy Poret / Team Race Spirit / FZ950

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International Winter Motocross / Frankenbach

Valentin Teillet / Team Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX / Suzuki RM-Z250

First converted try for Valentin Teillet

After Steve Ramon’s win in January this year at forward in race 2 and, despite a first corner fall, rose to the Le Touquet Enduropale, followed by Clément fifth place and confirmed second on the final podium. Desalle’s first place in February at the MX Inter in Valence, Valentin Teillet has also shown that team Aged only 20, the 2008 European Champion thus Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX was in top form at showed he had fully taken advantage of the win- this beginning of the season. ter break to recover from his last year wounds. The On board his Suzuki RM-Z250, the young rider who team will now return to Belgium for various tests and was making his first race with the official Suzuki MX2 then fly to England where they will contest two events team took second place in the International Winter in the next fortnight: Hawkstone Park International Motocross organised in Frankenbach, Germany, on Motocross and the second round of the Maxxis 14 March. After his win in race 1 ahead of numerous British Championship at Canada Heights, south- 450 cc machines, Valentin nevertheless had to battle east of London

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Jeff Thomson / IQ 600cc Motul shines on Canadian snow!

After Jean-Philippe Dayraut’s title on the snow covered In front of a large crowd as usual (25,000 people were tracks of the French Andros Trophy (cf. MSN 6), Cana- present for the inaugural round!) which was highly in- dian rider Jeff Thomson has given Motul a second title volved (the team proposed first-time rides on the track in 2011 in this winter sport. for the most courageous...), Jeff Thomson completed The last round of the Great Northern Snocross Series a very steady season on his 600 cc IQ scooter (Polaris took place at the end of February in Eagle River (east base), which allowed him to secure the title despite coast of Canada). The events of this championship a painful last race (accident on landing after a leap). reserved for racing sleds take place on ice tracks ca- Standings refully planned to combine a show for the spectators 01 / Jeff Thomson (474 pts) and a technical challenge for the riders, similar to a 02 / Craig Glodowski (397 pts) motocross track. The leaps by these 450 kilo, 120 hp 03 / Russell Bode (250 pts) machines are in particular very impressive.

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