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Nogaro Classic Festival / Motul booth / Ecurie Motul Nogaro / Martini Renault 05 / 11 / 2014 Motul.Sport.News 43 ENGLISH VERSION Motul.Sport.News 43 Nogaro Classic Festival / Nogaro Motul booth / Ecurie Motul Nogaro / Martini Renault Motul Steering wheel retrospective! In mid-October, Motul organised as part of the Nogaro Motul, through the intermediary of André Diviès (regional Classic Festival a ‘Motul steering wheel’ retrospective Motul representative) and Yves Bastiment (Motul sales with an exhibition of photographs and cars that par- manager). The Motul Steering wheel was a competition ticipated in the event, and meetings with participants selecting the school’s most talented driver and offering of the time such as Hervé Labedan (first winner of the him support to begin his motorsports career. The jury was Motul Steering wheel in 1971), Max Mamers (a Motul chaired by Henri Pescarolo and the winner was offered a driver of the time) and André Diviès (one of the creators season at the Renault Formula French championship as of the Steering wheel). part of team Motul-Nogaro. Motul’s adventure at the high- The Motul Steering wheel was created back in 1971, a est competitive level was to continue in Formula 2 with year after the creation of team Motul-Nogaro, which fol- Clay Reggazzoni’s title of European Champion 1972, and lowed on from the partnership established in the years of course in Formula 1 with, in particular, teams March, after 1968 between Grac, the Renault Formula team, and Williams and BRM. News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 FIA WEC - 6 Hours of Shanghai Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Minassian - Zlobin - Mediani / SMP Racing / Oreca 03 Nissan SMP Racing podiums The Shanghai 6 Hours, on 2 November on the Chinese For KCMG, the other team partnered by Motul, the ad- circuit, saw the domination in LMP1 of team Toyota, venture stopped already in lap one. After clinching a which won for the fourth time in six races by placing very solid second time in the trials, the blue and white car two cars in the first two places. A Porsche arrived third, suffered a collision just after the start, forcing it to retire. ahead of the first Audi. The championship penultimate event is scheduled on In LMP2, OAK Racing’s Ligier took its second conse- 15 November at the Bahrain circuit. cutive win. Team SMP Racing, supported technically Teams LMP2 Standing by Motul, placed car #27 driven by Minassian/Zlobin/ 01 / SMP Racing, 128 pts Mediani on the third step of the podium, after getting the better in the last half hour of the team’s other car 02 / G-Drive Racing, 120 pts which finished fourth-placed. 03 / KCMG, 80 pts News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 Festa Mille Miglia La Festa Mille Miglia Motul partners this great historic retrospective The Festa Mille Miglia is an historic retrospective appro- a wide variety of historic cars dating from 1919 to 1967, ved by FIVA and organised in Japan in the same spi- with therefore an even wider range than the models that rit as the famous Italian road race. Through its official took part in the ‘original’ Mille Miglia which stopped in importer,Technoil Japan, Motul is an historic partner of 1957. Yet it’s one of the oldest participants which won the this event which took place from 17 to 20 October for the race: the 1926 Bugatti Type 35 in the hands of Takemo- 18th time. It’s a very popular race crossing a 1,300 km to/Takemoto, ahead of the Fiat 1200 TV driven by Mozzi/ loop starting and arriving in Harajuku. It brought together Mozzi and the Fiat 508 S driven by Degawa/Onoera. News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 European Classic Series / Aragon Round 01 02 03 04 18TH 2014 MOTUL TITLE Richard Hubin - Grégory Fastré / Team Force / Suzuki Morena 1166cc Team Force bags the title in the 77 th lap! The European Classic Series, partnered by Motul, had hop Phase One returned with renewed vigour... until its first season this year. Taking place in four rounds, it the latter retired. In Classic 1000, the win was clinched is entered by motorcycles from the 1970s and 1980s. by the Scuderia Officine Toscane 2 and, in 750 TT, by In the last event, on 26 October on the Aragon circuit the Ducati of team Capelli Belli which finished first in in Spain, it wasn’t before lap 77 that the title was at Aragon. last up for grabs! At that moment indeed team Sweats- hop Phase One’s Kawasaki pitted for a technical pro- blem. This glitch opened up a clear route to the former world endurance champions Richard Hubin and Gré- gory Fastré who thus added a well deserved European title to their list of wins. Grégory Fastré had moreover secured the best time in the trials, but his contenders started off with the bit between their teeth. Right from the start there was a fierce battle between Phase One’s Kawasaki, the Suzuki of Team Force supported techni- Standings cally by Motul, and Alf Classic Endurance’s Kawasaki. 01 / Team Force (Suzuki) In mid-race the safety car intervened for 30 minutes to 02 / Sweatshop Phase One (Kawasaki) clean a long trail of oil and, after this interlude and a 03 / Alf Classic Endurance (Kawasaki) regrouping, the two leaders Team Force and Sweats- News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 International GT Open / Barcelona Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 19TH 2014 MOTUL TITLE SMP Racing / Ferrari 458 GT3 SMP Racing wins the championship! The International GT Open season finished in front of cutting a corner and incurred a penalty in the form 25,000 spectators on the Barcelona circuit with sus- of a drive-through. SMP Racing’s car was the first pense on till the end! to pit for the drivers change, Mavlanov passing the Indeed, before the last two races, Nicky Pastorelli steering wheel to Zampieri. SMP’s second Ferrari (in and Miguel Ramos (Corvette V8 Racing) were in the GTS category), driven by Maleev, then found itself lead of the drivers’ standings. After the first race on in the lead, ahead of Ramos and Zampieri. Maleev the Spanish circuit, Andrea Montermini and Niccolo nearly left the track in lap 29 but kept his place and Schiro (Ferrari 458 Villorba Corse) passed in front crossed the arrival line first. Zampieri, third, brought and, on Sunday, after the very last race of the sea- the championship win to team SMP Racing! Motul son, Daniel Zampieri and Roman Mavlanov, at the also supported TDS Racing, which finished ninth. wheel of the Ferrari 458 of team SMP Racing partne- red by Motul, finally bagged the title! To do so they merely had to bag third in race two. Standings Right from the start there was a fierce battle between 01 / Zampieri/Mavlanov, SMP Racing, 212 pts the Ferraris of Villorba Corse and SMP Racing, while 02 / Ramos/Pastorelli, V8 Racing, 202 pts Cox Racing’s Lamborghini Gallardo remained in am- 03 / Schiro/Montemini, Villorba Corse, 200 pts bush. In the lead, Schiro under pressure finished by News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 Formula Student China / Xiangyang Formula Student China Formula Student China pits aspiring automotive engineers against one another The 2014 Formula Student China (FSC) took place during the third week of October and Motul was a technical par- tner to 26 teams from various domestic universities. After intense competition, Hunan University’s FSAE Racing Car won the 2014 FSC championship for its Oil Group, while Beijing Institute of Technology and Xiamen University of Technology got second and third respecti- vely. Over In Electricity Group, Beijing Institute of Tech- nology and Guangxi University of Science and Techno- logy (Lushan) completed the second and third step of the podium respectively. Last but not least, Stuttgart Univer- sity got the overall championship with their excellent and consistent performance across the various events. This year, a record-breaking 82 teams from 65 universi- ties took part, involving a total of over 2,000 students. News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 43 Motul Honda Cup / Taupo Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Motul Honda Cup Motul renews partnership with Honda Cup New Zealand Following a successful partnership for the past few points. Mitch Osborne currently sits atop the H1 class years with Honda Cup New Zealand, Motul once again and fourth overall in the series, Jason Gibbs second in is proud to be associated with this exciting series for class. Wilson still holds top spot in H2 ahead of Shaun the 2014/15 season. Morris and Brent Hay whilst Macartney leads H3 from Moving into the second round held at Taupo, Ryan Paul Verryt and Warren Tunley. Andrew Johnston cur- Macartney has taken over the Honda Cup points lead rently holds top spot in H4. Richard Gee leads the new from round one winner Gary Wilson after the Surtees N1 class from Simon Murray and William Yu. Trailers driver struck trouble in the first race. The series next heads north in support of the NZ A first, second, and third place finish netted Macar- SuperTourers at Pukekohe Park Raceway for the tney the round win as well as the series lead.