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M O T O R S P O R T N E W S 2015 International Edition - December 2015 AUSTRIA Dreyspring faces the ZIMBABWE world's best drivers Team VPDR driver Christopher Dreyspring, new Spectacular show for FUCHS German Senior Max champion, excelled as a con- sistent front-runner in the Senior category at the at Donnybrook track recent end-of-season highlight – the 2015 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals, which took place at During the FIM Africa Motocross, 74 Zimbabwe motocross-riders raced the international karting circuit in Algarve, Portu- with boldness and talent against 130 competitors from six African gal (November 8 – 14). Learn more about this countries to honour their nation. The major sponsor of this prestigious three-time national champion on page 2. championship, FUCHS, was present everywhere on the podiums as well as on the track. The whole story about this event on page 7. AUSTRALIA Lee Allen recommends FUCHS Silkolene lubricants ‘Cafe Moto’ celebrated its opening on December 5 in Carrum, Melbourne Australia. This motorcycle workshop owned by Lee Allen, team manager of the Oilee Racing team, stocks and sells FUCHS Silkolene products tested by his team on the more demanding tracks. ‘Cafe Moto’ is a special place where people and fans can eat and admire the beautiful motorcy- cles in a vintage industrial-inspired setting. A unique area managed by a professional team. All details on page 3. www.fuchs-oil.com M O T O R S P O R T N E W S *Photo credits: Lukasz Iwaniak / Media.4.U. Media.4.U. / Iwaniak Lukasz *Photocredits: AUSTRIA Dreyspring in the lead at 2015 Rotax Grand Finals From November 8 to 14, the international karting circuit of Portimão (Portugal) hosted the 16th edition of the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. All the karts were assigned to four categories and used the brand new Rotax engines but chassis In the Rotax DD2 class, Jan MR-Wuenschek – vice-champion from various suppliers (43 brands in total). 288 drivers from 52 of the Central Eastern Zone series – was invited to the champi- countries competed in the finals. onship final for the first time in his kart racing career. Unfortu- In this prestigious event sponsored by Austrian engine manufac- nately, the Austrian driver failed to make the finals following a turer BRP-ROTAX, the Salzburg-based VPDR team won five podi- close battle for 3rd place in the second chance qualifier. His ums, including one world title, in the past decade and is proudly hopes were dashed when he lost vital positions although he supported by FUCHS. This year, VPDR team participated in this posted one of the fastest laps of the race. prestigious motorsport event with two drivers: Christopher The qualified drivers must achieve top places (1st to 3rd Dreyspring and Jan MR-Wuenschek. The newly crowned German depending on the level of the event or series – national to Senior Rotax Max champion, Christopher Dreyspring, showed, international) in the world-wide Rotax Max Challenge Champi- why he is three-time national title winner. He finished in the onships in 2016 in order to be invited to compete at this event top 3 in all three qualifying races to rank 5th among 72 drivers in one of the four Rotax classes (Junior Max, Senior Max, in his class and raced the fastest lap. The 17-year-old from Nurn- Rotax DD2 and Rotax DD2 Masters). berg led the pre-final in the early stages of the race, the collision of two other drivers got him into trouble in the closing stages, making his mission to win the title more difficult. Starting from FUCHS lubricants: Silkolene PRO 2, Silkolene PRO KR2, grid position 12 into the final, Dreyspring managed to take a Silkolene ALL -IN -ONE, Silkolene CHAIN LUBE, Silkolene PRO very respectable 7th place in his fight against some of the PREP, Silkolene CARB CLEANER world’s best who were all competing for victory. www.fuchs-oil.com M O T O R S P O R T N E W S AUSTRALIA Oilee Racing team faithful supporter of FUCHS Silkolene lubricants This season the Oilee Racing team competed in the ‘Manx Grand The official opening of Lee Allen‘s motorcycle workshop in Prix’ on the Isle of Man (British island), one of the more challenging Carrum, called ‘Cafe Moto’, was held on December 5. and hard races, with his new recruit South Australian racer John Inside you can eat, admire motorbikes and of course speak Chiodi and his Manx local and veteran road rider Allan Brew. with fans. “This workshop is open for business and stocks The team manager Lee Allen explained: “2015 has been Oilee Rac- and supplies FUCHS Silkolene lubricants and maintenance ing's inaugural trip to compete at the Isle of Man. Everything had products. It’s great to be able to use and exhibit a product been organised from Australia and whilst respecting the challenge that we trust 100%. We fitted sound proofing to protect ahead on track we pushed hard to be as professional in our prepa- our ‘Cafe Moto’ customers and brought in some old ration and represent ourselves in a manner as we wish to continue school work benches, mixing old quality materials with in the years ahead. A huge part of the challenge was to put a safe, high tech tools. Thank you FUCHS team for supporting our competitive, reliable motorcycle together. With the huge demands Isle of Man adventure, keeping us on track, and for your on our engine I knew that FUCHS Silkolene products would keep us support in the workshop. Thanks to FUCHS Silkolene col- well lubricated. To keep our machine looking fantastic, FUCHS leagues in the United Kingdom.” Silkolene PRO PREP was used. Imagine the thrashing the chain gets over the mountain course. Of course it had to be maintained at the John Warrian from Warrian Enterprises PTY. LTD., distribu- tor of FUCHS Silkolene lubricants in Australia and New- most meticulous level. FUCHS Silkolene BRAKE and CHAIN CLEANER was used after each session and FUCHS Silkolene CHAIN Zealand, sponsors and arranges supply of FUCHS Silkolene products used in the Isle of Man races, with the help of LUBE gave us maximum performance. In order to keep our rider safe we needed to supply the best brake fluid available to us. Using FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC. He also sponsors the Lee FUCHS Silkolene PRO RACE BRAKE FLUID gave us supreme confi- Hogan Honda Race team. dence so that at the end of those awesome straights we were not All information about ‘Cafe Moto’ on the Facebook page: going to get slowed up in time, time and time again.” https://www.facebook.com/cafemoto www.fuchs-oil.com M O T O R S P O R T N E W S POLAND Chmielewski team on top of the “The first half of the championship was sensational and Polish Rally Championship we were winning the rallies one by one. Unfortunately, after the accident in Pu ławy, we wondered if we could finish the season. At this difficult moment when we For the third time, Jan Chmielewski excelled in the eight rounds of crashed our DS3-R3T, our sponsors supported us and we the 2015 Polish Rally Championship, won the title in category were able to come back even stronger”, said Jan. Grze- 2WD and class 3, and obtained a great success with 5th place gorz Dachowski concluded: “The 2015 season was very overall. The season ended with the Arlamow rally and Jan interesting with many new experiences. I cooperated with Chmielewski and his co-driver Grzegorz Dachowski were able to a lot of fast drivers and I had the opportunity to test differ- enjoy this national victory after a hard and difficult championship. ent rally cars, in practice. The last rally was extremely “It was a tough season with breakdowns, an accident and a exciting as it decided who would be the winner. Already destroyed car, but with skill and strategy we reached an excellent we are looking forward to the next thrilling season!” result with our Citroen DS3-R3T”, said Jan Chmielewski. The chaos happened in the middle of the season during the Rally in Pulawy. Problems with the transmission controller caused an acci- FUCHS lubricants: TITAN RACE PRO S SAE 5W -30, dent in a muddy turn and they crashed the car. TITAN RACE PRO R SAE 15W -50 www.fuchs-oil.com M O T O R S P O R T N E W S GREAT BRITAIN Triple podium sees Byrne clinch runner up place in BSB Penrith-based Paul Bird Motorsport wrapped up their 2015 MCE British Su- perbike Championship season at Brands Hatch whereby four-times and out- going champion Shane 'Shakey' Byrne did so in fine style with three podiums to secure 2nd place overall in the title race. Shane Byrne said: “We'll come back next year and try our best to win it back.” Paul Bird, the team owner, commented: “Shakey gave it his all from start to finish and we couldn't have asked for any more from him. He rode and performed like the champion we all know he is. It closes a chapter in BSB for us, but with our new Ducati deal another one's about to open and we can't wait.” In another unforgettable season, ‘Shakey’ claimed 17 podiums, nine fastest laps and won seven 1st place finishes. GREAT BRITAIN Morgan finished a superb season in style FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC. sponsored Ciceley Motorsport team driver Adam Morgan who ended the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Brands Hatch with two further podium finishes, claiming 7th overall for 2015 with his amazing record of finishing every lap of the season intact, as he secured 7th place in the Drivers’ Championship and 3rd position in the Independents’ Trophy.