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International GT Open - Spa Francorchamps – Dominik & Mario Farnbacher Farnbacher Racing – Lexus RC-F GT3

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RACE 02/07

FARNBACHER RACING STANDINGS D. & M. Farnbacher (Lexus), 38 pts 01 WINS AGAIN A.Costa / P.Frommenwiler (Lexus), 33 pts 02 R. Bell & S. Balfe (McLaren), 29 pts 03

Is 2017 the Lexus year? The RC F GT3 is conti- bacher performed an historic overtaking ma- nuing to bag successes in this start to the season, noeuvre to pass the leading Lamborghini in the especially in the framework of the International Source hairpin bend. The victory was sealed. The GT Open, the second meet of which took place in brothers keep the championship lead before the Spa on 27 and 28 May. Already victorious in Estoril next round at Paul Ricard, ahead of…. another with Motul's technical support, team Farnbacher Lexus! Racing won again in Spa-Francorchamps with the The German Eifel area is just a step away from family and fraternal team bringing together Mario the Belgian Ardenne, barely over a hundred kilo- and Dominik Farnbacher. metres. So, that didn't discourage Dominik Farn- Having surged forward from 10th place in race 1, bacher from participating in the same weekend the Lexus #55 had to quit but Sunday's revenge in the extremely fierce overtaking manoeuvres of was all the sweeter. Race 2 was marked by a sud- the GT Open in Spa and in the calendar's craziest den, local downpour causing several contenders 24 Hour race on the Nürburgring circuit! The elder to suffer an off and bringing the safety car onto of the siblings however enjoyed more success in the track. Once the neutralisation was over and Belgium than in Germany where his Lamborghini three laps off the chequered flag, Mario Farn- completed just 14 laps.

WORLD'S FASTEST FRIKADELLE

Motul likes extreme events contended on un- who won the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 1996 and 97. believable tracks or circuits on which drivers must 'Frikadelli Racing' won at the very moment it was rely on themselves and where mechanical parts baptised! The team's Porsches are part of the de- are pushed to the limit. The Nürburgring 24 Hours cor of an event which sees tens of thousands of match that definition. On 27 and 28 May, Motul fans picnicking around the 25.378 kilometres of supported technically teams which gave their ut- track for a whole week. Abbelen and Schmitz, se- most to reach the arrival well placed in a field of conded by Ziegler and Müller, finished P16 in the 160 contenders. The best placed was Frikadelli Ra- overall, while the team's other 911 GT3 R, driven cing, 6th overall. by Christensen, Bachler, Siedler and Luhr was the Unlike the sausage Belgian frikadelle, the German best of the 41 Porsches at the start, in 6th place! frikadelle is a meatball. Klaus Abbelen owes part of Also, partnered technically by Motul, Teichmann his success as a businessman to this preparation Racing placed its Cayman Porsches in the first two highly esteemed by his compatriots. In 2005, he places in CUP3 class. Team Gigaspeed's 991 GT3 created a team with his partner, Sabine Schmitz, Cups took 3rd, 4th and 6th places in SP7.

RACE 06/13

THREE-OF-A-KIND OF PODIUMS FOR MOTUL

When the SBK Motul took place in Doning- port300 at the wheel of his Honda CBR500R for ton on 27 and 28 May, the teams partnered tech- team WILSport Racedays… Precisely 174 thou- nically by Motul bagged podiums in Supers- sandths off the summit, since that's the gap se- port300, Superstock 1000 National and Europe. parating him from the winner at the arrival. In Superbike top category, MV Agusta Reparto The Nuova U2 Racing rider, Maximilian Scheib, Corse and Barni Racing Team placed their res- clinched his first podium of the year in the Euro- pective rider in the Top 10 of the two races. pean Superstock 1000 Championship. A round Leon Camier took his MV Agusta 1000 F4 twice to of the British national series also appeared on 6th place on home turf. It was his biggest collec- the programme, with a 2nd place for Richard tion of points in 2017. Xavi Forès, on the contra- Cooper racing for Bennetts Suzuki. ry, felt he had experienced a difficult weekend. Many tributes were paid in Donington to Nicky 'Race two, concluded in 7th place, was satisfac- Hayden, who passed away on 22 May following tory, but yesterday I couldn't do better than 10th a road accident. The 2006 MotoGP world cham- with a rear tyre that became too damaged,' de- pion had been racing since last year in Super- plored the rider of Barni Racing Team's Ducati. bike. Motul shares the grief of his family and lo- Mika Perez returned to the summit in Supers- ved ones.

MOTUL ECSTATIC, ECLECTIC AND ELECTRIC AT THE TT

For the eighth consecutive year, Motul will be be able to count on Guy Martin, fiercely intent on the official lubricant partner of the world's most complementing his list of race achievements with a prestigious road motorcycle race: The Isle of Man first success on the famous 37.75 mile circuit (over Tourist Trophy. As such, it will be providing its tech- 60 km) after 15 podiums. Martin will have many ad- nical support to world-class contenders. They will mirers around the Snaefell mountain course as the be using Factory Line products, especially the 100% TT Star and TV star. Nor will Michael Dunlop lack en- synthetic 300V engine lubricant and RBF 660 brake couragements as the title holder of the Senior TT fluid. There will be Superbike machines, of course, race. With 44 wins including 13 for the Bennetts Su- but also electrically propelled motorcycles without zuki Hawk Racing rider, his family is part and parcel forgetting the ultra-spectacular side-car category. of this iconic event. The event has already started, on 27 May, and will Team Birchall has started the season well in side-car finish on 9 June with the famous Senior TT race. and Ben Birchall is a quadruple winner of the Tourist John McGuinness broke a leg in the North West 200 Trophy. Last, the Mugen Shinden Roku will be intent and will not be gunning for a 24th crown this year. on electrifying the TT Zero race reserved for zero The factory Honda Road Racing team will however emission motorcycles.

RUSSIAN DRIFT SERIES NIJNI NOVGOROD RACE 02/07

CARS DRIFT AND WHEELS OF STANDINGS Forvard Auto 01 CHANGE TURN Fail Crew 02 Toyo Tires x Gorilla Energy 03 Autoprofi Team 04

Sport has accustomed us to seeing situations Chivchyan, a famous 'collector' of trophies, well change completely, yesterday's winners finding known to fans of the discipline under the nick- themselves down and the disappointed of the name Gocha. Accustomed to travelling far from past becoming beaming victors. That's exactly his native Siberia, the driver hailing from Kras- what happened on 27 and 28 May in Nijni Novgo- noïarsk clinched a new success in Nijni Novgorod. rod, in stage two of the Russian Drift Series. Mo- Alexei 'Chepa' Golovnya didn't come to Kiev for tul drivers followed on from other Motul drivers nothing since he arrived third-placed. 'The meet on the podium! was fantastic with noise, smoke, magnificent Team Fail Crew's drifters, who had clinched a one- weather and splendid battles car door against car two on Moscow Raceway, experienced crippling door,' stated the Ukrainian. 'The NRing's unique at- problems on the NRing's asphalt. Arkady Tsare- mosphere no doubt also contributed to boosting gradtsev threw in the towel even before the start our fighting spirit.' of the qualifying while Nikita Shikov faced intrac- Addition of the points after two events places table set-up issues. Gocha in the lead ahead of Chepa. They will be Two of Motul's technical partners took over, star- facing each other again on Ryazan Atron Interna- ting with Forvard Racing, which enters Giorgi tional Circuit on 10 and 11 June.

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