VLN / Alzen-Schwager / Jurgen Alzen Motorsport / Ford GT

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VLN / Nürburgring Nordschleife Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Mario & / Farnbacher Racing / RCF GT3

Golden Racing Dynasties

VLN - the GT/Touring endurance series run exclusi- in the VLN, Jürgen Alzen, had already shown what the vely on the Nürburgring “big brother”, the Nordschleife Ford GT was capable of in the final round of the 2014 – reached its mid-season point on August 1st. Two season. After injuring his foot at the start of 2015, Alzen famous German family racing teams reaped rewards was forced to withdraw from the first few rounds of the at the 47th Barbarossapreis, both partners with Motul: championship before eventually handing over his drive Jürgen Alzen Motorsport, which impressed with its to his younger brother. With pole, fastest lap and ove- Ford GT, and Farnbacher Racing whose Lexus RC-F rall victory, Uwe Alzen and Dominik Schwager didn’t let finished second. anyone get in their way and headed the Lexus of Domi- Both teams share a rich history not just in Germany nik and Mario Farnbacher by 14.592s after four hours but also internationally. A brief historical resumé would of racing. While the Ford GT perhaps had its heyday a show they made their debuts running cars which have few years ago, the Lexus is a novelty. We hope to see it been somewhat forgotten. In 1965, Alzen Motorsport figure more and more often in the GT3 fields! fielded a Glas in a hill climb, a small coupé emitting 70 horsepower. The Farnbacher Racing team made a Round 5 results name for itself in 1988 by winning not only the Polo Cup 01 / Jürgen Alzen Motorsport but also the Treser Cup, named after a Berlin roadster 02 / Farnbacher Racing of which only 24 examples were built. Dominik Schwager and the record holder for victories 03 / Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop

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FIM MXGP / Lommel Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Gautier Paulin / Team HRC / CRF 450 RW

HRC leads the chase On 1st/2nd August it was Belgium’s turn to welcome surgery. Just one week after his spectacular return to the global stars of Motocross. On the sandy Lommel the podium in Loket, the season has now prematurely track, Team HRC, which benefits from Motul’s technical ended for the man who had earlier this year been a se- support, once again shone. Riders Gautier Paulin and rious title contender. Evgeny Bobryshev finished 2nd and 4th respectively in David Philippaerts, the DP19 Racing rider who broke an the Belgian round, and are now both on the provisio- elbow last week, hopes to be back on his Yamaha in nal podium for the World Championship with four races Lombardy on 22 and 23 August. remaining. Gautier Paulin can be considered one of the heroes of the weekend. “After injuring my knee in the Czech Repu- MXGP Standings blic, this 2nd place feels as good as a win. I clenched 01 / Romain Febvre, Yamaha, 567 pts my teeth and gave it 100%. Thank you to HRC because I 02 / Gautier Paulin, Honda, 463 pts think we made good progress in terms of performance.” 03 / Evgeny Bobryshev, Honda, 423 pts Motul’s other partner team, Lommel-based Rockstar Energy Suzuki, propelled Kevin Strijbos and Glenn Col- 04 / Antonio Cairoli, KTM, 416 pts denhoff to 5th and 8th in the overall classification after 07 / Clément Desalle, Suzuki, 331 pts two races. However, Clément Desalle will retain pain- 09 / Glenn Coldenhoff, Suzuki, 290 pts ful memories of his home Grand Prix after once again injuring his right shoulder, something which will require 10 / Kevin Strijbos, Suzuki, 287 pts

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Pirelli World Challenge / Mid-Ohio Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

James Davison / Always Evolving Motorsport / GT-R NISMO GT3

Motul teams play their part… successfully

For the first weekend of August it was the GT catego- finished 2nd and 1st (in the two rounds) in GTA. In the ries of the Pirelli World Challenge who were present as second race the first American winner of the GT Aca- a curtain raiser for IndyCar at Mid-Ohio – the touring demy equalled his victory in the Amateur class with a cars will get their turn in two weeks. 3rd place in the overall GT classification. “I had some This series of sprint races is enjoying huge popularity issues in qualifying, but I was able to get up to third among competitors, the public and media. The website position on the grid for race 2 thanks to a good lap nasportscar.com identified 24 brands with at least one time during race 1.” Heitkotter is second in the GTA model taking to the track this season! Nissan is very championship and with results such as these he will much part of it, and Motul supports Always Evolving definitely be graded as «Pro» in 2016! Performance which represents the GT Academy pro- Motul also supports GTSport Racing which enters two gram in PWC. The team’s James Davison twice clai- Cayman S cars in GTS. Jack Baldwin took pole med the second step of the podium in the GT category, before stalling on the grid and then going on to set a track while Bryan Heitkotter, also driving a Nissan GT-R GT3, record in race 1. He eventually took 2nd place in race 2.

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Super GT - Tyre test / Suzuka

Matsuda - Quintarelli / Nismo Motul Autech / Nissan GT-R GT500

A busy summer for the Super GT teams

A few days before the next round of the Super GT team, which also sports the colors of Nissan, Motul and championship at Mount Fuji (on 8/9 August), two days Michelin in Super GT, was not present but its drivers of testing were held at Suzuka. The objective was tyre and each drove testing ahead of the 1000 km of Suzuka, the flagship a day at the wheel of the Nismo Motul Autech GT-R. race of the season which takes place at the end of These tests attracted many fans. The temperature rea- this month. ched 35°C on Wednesday and the track remained dry Two of the teams supported on a technical basis by until the appearance of light rain in the afternoon of the Motul participated in these tests: Zent Cerumo and its following day. It is difficult to read too much into the -shod Lexus driven by and recorded lap times, especially because of the different , plus the Nismo Motul Autech Nissan of ballast carried by the teams. However, the 2014 Cham- and which continues pion Nismo Motul Autech GT-R showed itself well by faithfully with French manufacturer Michelin. The Mola setting the second quickest time of the first day.

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THETHE INSIDEINSIDE STORYSTORY WITHWITH

Motul TT Assen Superfan Gerard and his son Guido after the Safety Car lap

Not a Superfan every day!

Imagine you have planned to go to the north of the Motul and the circuit put together for you? There was only Netherlands as a simple spectator for the Motul TT Assen, one Motul TT Assen Superfan, just as there could be only eighth round of the FIM MotoGP World Championship, one winner at the end of the race ... but just a few days before the event you are told that you In fact, our Superfan Gerard Fenneman, a 61-year-old have been selected as the Grand Prix’s Motul Superfan! Dutchman, took his son with him, and for good reason. How would you react to the customized program that It was Guido, 18, who entered his dad in the competition launched by the international lubricants specialists who were title sponsors of the GP. «We had Paddock Passes for two days, with access to Motul VIP hospitality and the Motul suite,» says Gerard. «We were able to tour the pad- dock with the Tech 3 team as well as the press room, and do a lap of the circuit in the official safety car, a BMW M4. To be on the starting grid and be a part of the practices and race from the pits was like living a dream. There were even last minute surprises like a meeting with Arjan Bos, the Circuit Director. We were bombarded by dozens of

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THE INSIDE STORY WITH

Motul TT Assen Superfan Gerard and his son Guido on the MotoGP starting grid

photographers! I especially enjoyed being able to share these unique moments with my son Guido who was at his 10th TT Assen. Plus I will never forget the trophy that I awarded to the winning team representative at the Moto3 podium ceremony.” Gerard attended the Dutch round of the World Moto Speed ​​ Championship for the first time in 1969, 46 years ago. Now, for the record, his favourite rider is Valentino Rossi on the No. 46. To make this weekend even more special, it was necessary that the Italian won the race ... circuit. During the 1977 edition of the «Dutch TT» for and he obliged! example, Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win “After the third free practice session, Guido was able to a Grand Prix 500 at his home race. As a spectator, I love hold Valentino’s helmet for a photo,” recalls Gerard. “As the Geert Timmer corner which is just before the finish you can imagine, we were both extremely touched! The line and you sometimes see some impressive overtaking noise of the engines is, for me, like music. I have many there, especially on the last lap!” The 2015 Motul TT As- fond memories of races that I attended at this fabulous sen Superfan was really a super fan!

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