Japanese MX Championship / Akira Narita / HRC Team / Honda CRF450

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Akira Narita - Masaki Shimizu / HRC Team / Honda CRF450 Motul takes many wins in All Japan MX!

The Japanese motocross championship culminated the championship third, just ahead of the two mem- ten days ago in Sugo at a 9th round decisive for the bers of the Suzuki official team, also supported by Mo- award of the 2012 titles. tul. Motul also partnered a third official team, Yamaha, Even if it was a surprise for no one because he had so via its tuner YSP, whose rider Takase Tanaka finished greatly dominated this season (13 races won out of the the championship 13th. 16 run before the final), Akira Narita managed to bag In A2 category, note should finally be made of the solid the title at the wheel of his official Honda of team HRC, season of Kai Yamamoto (team Suzuki), who at the supported technically by Motul. end of a most breathtaking last race, won the title. Although intent on being crowned in style (an 11th place Standings was in fact good enough), Akira was unfortunately di- 01 / Akira Narita (Honda) 423 pts sappointed as he fell in race 1 and therefore crossed the 02 / Hiroaki Arai (Kawasaki) 375 pts arrival line only in fifth place. He fortunately set the record 03 / Yu Irata (Honda) 309 pts straight in race two by taking an authoritarian win, the- 04 / Yohei Kojima (Suzuki) 309 pts reby allowing him to unreservedly celebrate his triumph! Meanwhile, his team-mate at HRC, Yu Hirata, finished 05 / Yoshitaka Atsuta (Suzuki) 293 pts

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City Challenge / Baku

Podium Ceremony Hexis Racing wins on the Baku urban circuit

After organising his first city events in 2007 in Bucha- problem, Hexis would probably even have clinched rest, then in Budapest two years later, Hartmut Beyer a double with Alvaro Parente and Rob Bell’s car 2nd set up the Baku City Challenge in Azerbaijan that took before retiring following mechanical trouble. ‘Jacques place from 26 to 28 October. Several FIA GT1 cham- Villeneuve described us as being a great team’, com- pionship teams made the trip, including Vita4One mented Philippe Dumas, team manager, ‘it’s always and Hexis Racing, the latter being supported techni- nice to be congratulated by a F1 world champion. We cally by Motul. The organiser even managed to attract came here to give a show in the streets of Baku but a few big names like the former F1 driver Jacques Vil- that really wasn’t the case! The competitive level of the leneuve. Hexis confirmed its solid results of the season drivers, cars and teams present was very high’. in FIA GT1 and in the Blancpain Endurance Series, City Challenge doesn’t plan to stop there. Hartmut by taking the win of this rather uncommon event. Yet Beyer envisages other city races of the same type by the weekend didn’t begin marvellously well with an beginning the season in the winter months and choo- accident in the trials that damaged the front of one of sing venues with a pleasant climate. the two McLaren MP4-12Cs. After the sprints, Fred Makowiecki and Stef Dusseldorp jetted along throu- Take a peak at a photo album ghout the one and a half hour race letting nobody on Motul Facebook page pose a threat to them. If it hadn’t suffered a technical

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Cal Crutchlow - Andrea Dovizioso / Team Yamaha Tech3 / Yamaha M1

Cal Crutchlow podiums for the second time in the year The Australian Grand Prix, the season’s penulti- Andrea Dovizioso didn’t manage to keep up with the mate one, will remain marked by the title won by fast pace of his team-mate, but succeeded in an over- Jorge Lorenzo following the retirement of his rival taking manoeuvre with Bautista and Bradl. In sixth Dani Pedrosa, who unfortunately suffered a fall. It’s position at the beginning of the last lap, he managed Lorenzo’s second victory after that of 2010. Another to pass his two contenders and clinch 4th place. memorable fact was Casey Stoner’s sixth consecu- ‘Today’s race ensures us 3rd place in the World tive win at this circuit, a superb way of bidding fare- Championship teams standings,’ pointed out Hervé well to the public of his country since he is stopping Poncharal, team manager. ‘It’s an incredible result for racing next year. More than 50,000 people turned a private team.’ up for this splendid Grand Prix. The final results will be confirmed after the Valence The riders of Yamaha Tech3, a team supported by Grand Prix on 11 November. Motul, also had their share of emotions, Cal Crut- chlow putting an end to a series of unfortunate races Standings by climbing the third step of the podium on the eve 01 / Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha - 350 pts of his 27th birthday! ‘After running out of petrol and 02 / Dani Pedrosa - Honda - 307 pts falling in the first race, I really needed a positive result! 03 / Casey Stoner - Honda - 238 pts said the British rider. ‘The team gave me an excellent 04 / A. Dovizioso - Yamaha Tech3 - 208 pts machine all weekend long. A second podium, after 07 / Cal Crutchlow - Yamaha Tech3 - 151 pts that at Brno, is fantastic.’

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Julien Canal - - / Larbre Compétition / Corvette C6.R GTE Am ADR Delta and Larbre Compétition win in China! The eighth and last round of the championship, the back-up from Pedro Lamy crossed the arrival line 1st Shanghai 6 Hours on 28 October, saw the confirma- of its category, after an incident-free race. This out- tion of the competitiveness of opposite , come could have come earlier without the exclusions the Japanese constructor clinching its third win of the for technical non-compliance at the 6 Hours of São season. In LMP2, ADR-Delta’s Oreca-Nissan took its Paulo and of Bahrain. An appeal has been lodged second win on a trot and the fourth of the year, which against that decision. allowed the British team to pip Pecom Racing at the The teams will meet again on 14 April 2013 for the 6 post by finishing the LMP2 championship second Hours of Donington, the first event next season. placed. The car of John Martin, , and Ma- LMP2 Standings thias Beche took control of the category at the start 01 / , 177 pts of the race and kept it all the way to the arrival, with 02 / ADR-Delta, 154 pts a podium mirroring that of Fuji two weeks ago! It’s a 03 / Pecom Racing, 141 pts magnificent result for these two teams supported technically by Motul. 04 / OAK Racing, 100 pts Following the Fuji event two weeks ago, Larbre Com- 05 / , 99 pts petition was in a very good position to win the title in LMGTE Am Standings the LMGTE-Am category. This team supported tech- 01 / Larbre Compétition, 179 pts nically by Motul confirmed its domination in Shanghai. 02 / Felbermayer-Proton, 153 pts One lap ahead of its main contender, the Corvette 03 / , 119 pts C6.R driven by , Patrick Bornhauser and

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Sébastien Loeb / Sebastien Loeb Racing / McLaren MP4-12C Henry Hassid and Anthony Beltoise win the championship while Ruffier Racing bags the Cup The two races of the last round of the French GT Tour, through the ranks, Sébastien Loeb and Gilles Vannelet which has been partnered technically by Motul for a climbed the 3rd step of the podium. long time, took place on 27 and 28 October at the Le In the French GT Cup, after the win by Georges Ca- Castellet circuit. At the end of race one, Henry Has- bannes and Romain Brandela with the Lamborghini sid and Anthony Beltoise’s win allowed them to clinch entered by Ruffier Racing, supported technically by the championship title and, while they were past mas- Motul, Philippe Ullmann and Jean-Paul Buffin, confir- ters of their art, they had to wait till the last moment med their triumph the following day in the French FFSA to be assured of this result, which made Beltoise say: GT Cup with a new success at the wheel of a Porsche ‘The title was at stake, so the race was complicated, 911 GT3 also in Ruffier livery. especially as Olivier Panis was back like a rocket.’ In French Championship Team Standings effect, the event was particularly fiercely fought with 01 / Pro GT by Philippe Almeras, 320 pts an enthralling battle for the podium. Morgan Moullin- 02 / Sofrev-ASP, 266 pts Traffort and Fabien Barthez finally came 2nd with their 03 / Sébastien Loeb Racing, 140 pts Sofrev-ASP, while Sébastien Loeb and Gilles Vannelet climbed the 3rd step of the podium with 04 / Saintéloc racing, 138 pts team Sébastien Loeb Racing’s McLaren. In race two, 06 / ART Grand Prix, 119 pts Team Audi France won. After an action-packed event, French Cup Team Standings with an overtaking manoeuvre for victory in the penulti- 01 / Ruffier Racing, 162,5 pts mate lap, and Stéphane Ortelli finished 02 / Sport 5, 102 pts ahead of the Ferrari Sofrev-ASP driven by Éric Debard 03 / Saintéloc Racing, 98,5 pts and Olivier Panis. After impressively climbing back

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French Karting Championship / Laval

Maxime Roy crowned French KZ2 Champion

The Karting Open Grand Prix, in Laval, on 27 and 28 October, decided the final positions in the French Championship, in the various categories. In KZ2, Maxime Roy won the prefinal and the final after having overtaken unhesitatingly his main contender in the championship. Roy thus clinched for team Cédric Sport, supported technically by Motul, the KZ2 French champion title after dominating these races since the first OGP in Varennes. For the same team, Émilien Grosse climbed the 2nd step of the 44 TH podium in KZ125, thus becoming vice-champion of France while Erwan Boisnard, in KZ125 Gentleman, 2012 MOTUL TITLES finished 3rd after being very fast on the track.

Cédric Sports Team / Podium Ceremony

Aquabike World Championship / Liuzhou Round 01 02 03 Jérémy Poret crowned world champion! The 2012 UIM my knee operation at the end of last season. But this schedule com- season has been one of the most pleasant and most prised three instructive. (…). More than ever, these wins are the re- 45 TH rounds, in Qatar, sult of team work.’ The double 2012 World Champion Italy, and the last and French Champion will contend next season with 2012 MOTUL TITLES on 7 October in a tough contender, Spaniard Nacho Armillas, who has Jérémy Poret China, with two progressed throughout the season. Plenty to watch races each time. out for in 2013! After taking five wins in the six races of the Ski Divi- sion GP1 category, Jérémy Poret, the rider of Team Ski Division GP1 Standings Race Spirit supported technically by Motul, clinched 01 / Jérémy Poret, 145 pts the world title for the second consecutive year! ‘This 02 / Nacho Armillas, 107 pts season was one of the most difficult of my career,’ admitted the French rider. ‘I’ve worked very hard since 03 / Alberto Monti, 59 pts

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Stunt Show / Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville

Viettuan GC / Benelli TNT

Stunt demonstration and Motul products

On 13 October, Motul Vietnam organised a stunt demonstration at the Scooter & MotorBike Festival, in front of the Kumho Plaza in Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville. The motorcycle used for the occasion was a 899 cc Benelli TNT, a machine with an unusually high cubic capacity in this region of the world. Incidentally, Benellis are still designed in Italy, but the brand today belongs to a Chinese group. Before the demonstration by ‘Viet- tuan gc’, an experienced stunter, the motorcycle was given a 300 V oil change and Motul MC Care pro- ducts were shown (helmet, saddle cleaning...). The spectators heard a testimonial by a user of Motul Watch a video of the event 300 V and brand products. In all, a thousand or so on the Motul Youtube Channel people watched the highly lively show.

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