FIM MotoGP World Championship / Cal Crutchlow / Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team / Yamaha YZR-M1 22 / 05 / 2013 Motul.Sport.News 21 ENGLISH VERSION Motul.Sport.News 21 FIM MotoGP World Championship / Le Mans Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Cal Crutchlow / Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team / Yamaha YZR-M1 Crutchlow clinches a tremendous second place! A fall: that’s how the French GP trials ended for Cal Prix. (…). A mistake could easily have been made in Crutchlow, team Yamaha Tech3’s rider. A bad fall cau- such very difficult conditions but his spectacular push sing him a small fracture to the right knee. forward must have satisfied all the Tech3 supporters!’ Yet, showing extreme courage, he managed to qualify Crutchlow therefore moves up one place in the cham- with a solid 4th time and, above all, he performed on pionship, preceding Rossi. the following day the finest MotoGP race of his career! For Motul, it was a particularly important event with a Adhesion conditions were however difficult, with a very 360° presence including in particular a corner bea- damp track at the beginning, which dried during the ring its colours, omnipresent streamers and many at- event. During the race, he managed to move forward tractions in the village which pulled a massive crowd. from 8th to 2nd place and stayed there to the arrival, 300 guests were also invited during the Saturday ahead of big names like Lorenzo and Rossi, passing evening and, on the following day, for the race, no less his former team-mate Dovizioso and not letting Mar- than 500 guests were admitted to the Welcome Motul quez get ahead of him. ‘I’m really, really pleased,’ he area dominating the straight in front of the pits. A 100% acknowledged after the race. ‘It’s superb to be on the success, despite unsettled weather! podium here with Monster Yamaha Tech3 since it’s The next meet will take place in another country with their national race. (…). I knew I had to make up for a strong motorcycling tradition, Italy, on the Mugello last year [when he fell] and we finished on the podium. circuit, on 2 June. (…). We’ve worked very well and we really deserve this Standings place.’ His young team-mate, Bradley Smith, who like Cal Crutchlow bore the colours of the Motul Corazon 01 / Dani Pedrosa, Honda, 83 pts Foundation on his motorcycle, did well by finishing 9th 02 / Marc Marquez, Honda, 77 pts and, for Hervé Poncharal, team manager, these results 03 / Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha, 66 pts are of course a huge satisfaction: ‘Seeing Cal clinch 04 / Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha, 55 pts this fantastic 2nd place is incredible, as there is always a lot of pressure on us, here at the French Grand 05 / Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, 47 pts News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 21 FIM MotoGP World Championship / Le Mans News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 21 European Le Mans Series / Imola Round 01 02 03 04 05 Pierre Thiriet - Matthias Beche / Thiriet By TDS Racing Team / Oreca 03 Nissan Thiriet by TDS Racing bags a splendid win! Reigning ELMs champions, Thiriet by TDS Racing, took were waiting for us and the level of competition is high,’ a splendid win in Imola on 18 May, showing once more stated Mathias Beche. ‘We started with a set-up with a they had to be reckoned with. This team, receiving lot of downforce and it was impossible to overtake the Motul’s technical support, indeed returned to the top leader during my first stint. I decided to follow him while step of the podium after a fiercely fought race. After saving my tyres. The team performed very well in the remaining for 40 minutes in 3rd position behind two pit and I quickly took the lead.’ very serious contenders, Mathias Beche took advan- This joy was shared by Xavier Combet, team mana- tage of an excellent pit stop to move up two places, ger: ‘I am simply delighted. Everything went well, the starting off again in the lead! During refuelling when he car was consistent and easy to drive. Mathias did his handed over to Pierre Thiriet, the Oreca-Nissan nr1 lost job, there is nothing to say and Pierre was exceptional one place but the young French driver soon caught up especially with his overtaking on Dolan. This victory is with the leader and, after a bold manoeuvre to pass very important for the whole team. We won and we are a GTC backmarker, managed to take the lead again! taking the lead of the championship.’ The team then continued to strengthen its lead, cros- Other teams received Motul’s technical support: Grea- sing the arrival line 46 seconds ahead of its closest ves Motorsport clinched an honourable 5th place while, contender, team Signatech’s Alpine Nissan. ‘People in LMPC, Gary Hirsch and Paul-Loup Chatin met all the News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 21 European Le Mans Series / Imola Round 01 02 03 04 05 Pierre Thiriet - Matthias Beche / Thiriet By TDS Racing Team / Oreca 03 Nissan expectations of Team Endurance Challenge by placing the team to occupy a solid 2nd place in the cham- their car in pole position of the category, and then kee- pionship, far ahead of the 3rd, Sébastien Loeb Racing. ping their supremacy throughout the race. For the GT Tour, the next meet is scheduled in Spa on 8 Meanwhile, also enjoying Motul’s technical support, and 9 June. However, and above all, the 24 Hours of Le team Jota Sport was forced to quit due to a collision Mans, the most awaited event of the year for endurance with another contender. teams, will be taking place on 22 and 23 June. The Imola meet also hosted two races of the GT Tour, the French GT championship for which Motul is a par- Standings ELMS tner while providing its technical support to several 01 / Thiriet by TDS Racing, 40 pts teams: TDS Racing, Art Grand Prix, Hexis Racing and 02 / Race Performance, 30 pts Pro GT by Almeras. The two McLarens of Art Grand Prix 03 / Signatech Alpine, 30 pts proved to be the most incisive by coming 2nd and 3rd of race one, then 4th and 5th of race two, which allows 04 / Jota Sport, 27 pts News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 21 Motul Honda Cup - Ruapuna Park Round 01 02 03 04 05 6 TH 7 TH 2013 MOTUL TITLE 2013 MOTUL TITLE Motul Honda Cup Meadows wins the title by dominating the last round of the championship With a comfortable lead in the championship, Mark to Meadows who bagged his third win of the day! Meadows launched serenely at the end of April into This final result allowed Meadows to clinch the title the last round of the Motul Honda Cup, on the South of 2013 Champion of all categories, and by the same Island of New Zealand. Receiving technical support occasion, the H3 category title (2 litres cubic capacity, from Motul, he secured the best time in the trials of H1 and H2 corresponding to 1.6 and 1.8 litres). the first race, which he won after a battle with Daniel Cropp and Dean Wong. Race two saw a start using the handicaps system, which the public adores. Tony H3 Standings (2 litres) Witheridge took advantage initially of this regulatory 01 / Mark Meadows, 500 pts advantage, before being passed by Meadows and 02 / Paul Martin, 240 pts Cropp who, riding flat out, exchanged places for the 03 / Jeff Vincent, 150 pts final benefit of the former. There was still the third race to be run, for which Overall Standings Meadows started from the front row. But he spoilt 01 / Mark Meadows, 620 pts his start and found himself in the pack, Cropp taking 02// Glenn Johnston, 487 pts advantage to surge forward. The latter was in the lead before being forced to quit, leaving the field free 03// Daniel Cropp, 296 pts News and videos also available on: www.youtube.com/motul www.facebook.com/motul Motul.Sport.News 21 China Touring Car Championship / Zhuhai Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Haima Family Team Motul teams on the two highest steps of the podium This year, the China Touring Car Championship is flag first, followed by Zhu Daiwai from Beijing Hyundai celebrating its tenth anniversary and the first round whose team-mate Zhu Zhenyu clinched 4th place. that took place on 12 May on the Zhuhai circuit was in The next race of this eight round championship will be no way disappointing. Yet surprising weather did not taking place on the Shanghai circuit on 26 May. spare the participants: there was a violent storm during the super production category race. For this event, Motul provided its technical support to several teams: Haima Family Team, Beijing Hyundai Racing Team and GZ Toyota Yaris Racing Team. The start saw He Zixian (Haima), Cui Yue (RSR) and Zhu Zhenyu (Beijing Hyun- dai) grab the lead, but a collision between a Yaris and a Polo caused the safety-car to enter. When the race resumed, Cui Yue launched an attack against He Zixian but, in the eleventh lap, the battle for the lead could be Standings summarised as a fierce confrontation between Liu Yang 01 / Chen Xu Haima, Haima Team, 15 pts (GZ Toyota) and He Zixian (Haima).