2017 FIA WEC – 6 Hours of Silverstone – Nelson Piquet Jr, Mathias Beche and David Heinemeier Hansson – Rebellion Racing – Oreca 07 ENGLISH VERSION 19.04.17 FOLLOW US ON motul.com John Falb et Sean Rayhall United Autosports Ligier JS P3 RACES FIA WEC – ELMS 01/09 SILVERSTONE 01/06 ONE-TWO, ONE-TWO-THREE, PODIUMS, WIN! The two major endurance championships of champion team positioned itself as the leader of the Le Mans constellation started very well for a Motul one-two-three in this category, ahead of Motul on 15 and 16 April in Siverstone. As offi- 360 Racing and Ultimate! cial FIA WEC lubricant partner, Motul supports In the Silverstone 6 Hours of the FIA World En- technically many teams at world level and in durance Championship, Motul was doubly satis- the European Le Mans Series. Several of them fied in LMP2. Team Vaillante Rebellion's Oreca 07 already appear among the favourites of the driven by Canal, Senna and Prost came 2nd ahead new season. of another Oreca entered by TDS Racing. The First act of this well filled weekend: the ELMS French team knows Le Mans but was starting this 4-hour race contended on Saturday. In this series, weekend in FIA WEC. LMP2 prototypes form the top category. United What a divine surprise in LMGTE Am with Clearwa- Autosports, with Owen, de Sadeleer and Albu- ter Racing's win bagged in the last lap. The Sin- querque, handed the win to Motul, while G-Drive gapore-based team, also a newcomer to WEC Racing added 2nd place to form a splendid one- outside Le Mans, took advantage of a collision two. The Ligier of the former passed the Oreca of between the two leaders. Ideally placed in am- the latter in the last lap. United Autosports makes bush, Mok, Sawa and Griffin's Ferrari 488 crossed short work of exploits and the LMP3 defending the arrival line in the lead! FOLLOW US ON motul.com Philippe Vincent SERT Suzuki GSX-R 1000 FIM EWC 24H MOTOS RACE 02/04 SERT PULLS TOGETHER STANDINGS Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, 95 pts 01 Team SRC Kawasaki, 92 pts 02 GMT94 Yamaha, 71 pts 03 For Motul and all two-wheeler endurance fans, EWC following his win in the Bol’Or along with the Motorcycle 24 Hours took place on 15 and 16 his SERT comrades. SERT remains in the lead in April in a context of high emotion following Antho- mid-season, even if the gap was considerably re- ny Delhalle's recent passing. Just before the start, duced in Le Mans. a tribute was paid to the Suzuki Endurance Racing Another team sporting Motul's colours did well in Team rider, five-times World champion of the dis- these 24 Hours. Maco Racing Team, from Slovakia, cipline. The team managed by Dominique Hébrard got its Yamaha ridden by Junod, Dos Santos and in the absence of Dominique Méliand, currently Jerman to 8th place and occupies 6th position hospitalised, received the first Anthony Delhalle in the championship. In Supersport, note can be EWC Spirit Trophy. SERT was the best placed team made of a solid 4th place at the arrival for AM Moto partnered technically by Motul at the arrival in 4th Racing Competition, in the Top 10 overall. position, only 45 seconds from the podium. Two Motul partners the Motorcycle 24 Hours and is of- falls delayed Etienne Masson, Philippe Vincent and ficial lubricant partner of the FIM EWC. The season Alex Cudlin who subsequently pushed forward will continue in Oschersleben before finishing at courageously in the standings. the Suzuka 8 Hours which will celebrate, like the Anthony Delhalle was the leader of the 2016/2017 Motorcycle 24 Hours, their 40th staging this year. FOLLOW US ON motul.com Evgeny Bobryshev HRC Honda CRF450RW MXGP OF TRENTINO PIETRAMURATA RACE 05/19 GAJSER REMAINS LEADER STANDINGS Tim Gajser (Honda), 201 pts 01 Antonio Cairoli (KTM), 183 pts 02 Clément Desalle (Kawasaki), 151 pts 03 Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) 145 pts 04 Team HRC secured, with Motul's technical sup- a good start and didn't gel with my bike after. So, port, a fine overall result at the Trentino MXGP on I was rather pleased to finish 3rd. On the other hand, 16 April at Pietramurata Crossodromo. Tim Gajser I bagged the holeshot at the start of race two and clinched 2nd place after winning in race two, while opened up a little gap straight away. I set my pace Evgeny Bobryshev managed to push forward to and contented myself with mastering my lead'. 4th final place. The Suzuki factory team didn't enjoy Evgeny Bobryshev injured his leg on Saturday. such success on Italian soil. 'My foot was still causing me great pain on Sunday Tim Gajser was fresh from two faultless Grand Prix morning. I lost the podium in the last lap when Cai- in Argentina and Mexico. He performed barely less roli passed me but I'm satisfied with the result. Team spectacularly near Trento, where he conceded HRC's excellent work between the two races contri- only two of his twenty points lead to his rival Cai- buted to improving by confidence and riding.' roli. 'I experienced two very different races today,' Suzuki contented itself with Arminas Jasikonis' Top stated the Slovenian. 'In the first, I didn't get off to 10 in MXGP, and Seewer's 4th place in MX2. FOLLOW US ON motul.com David Hallyday et Morgan Moullin Traffort CD Sport Porsche Cayman Clubsport MR GT4 FFSA GT NOGARO RACE 01/06 FFSA GT RESUSCITATES STANDINGS Wallgren-Castelli (Ginetta Speedcar), 31 pts 01 AT EASTER CUPS Parisy-Vannelet (Porsche CD Sport), 30 pts 02 Trémoulet-Jouffrey (Porsche Vic’Team), 30 pts 02 France had lost its GT championship at the be- tance, Alain Ferté, who bagged pole position at the ginning of 2016 for want of combatants. SRO pro- 24 Hours of Le Mans, did the same in Nogaro with posed to relaunch the discipline by adopting GT4 a Porsche Cayman of team Energy by ART. He also regulations, which have been seen to work at Euro- took 3rd place in race 1 accompanied by Grégoire pean level, with more affordable budgets but cars Demoustier. Rodolphe Wallgren and Gaël Castelli that are still spectacular. Drivers and teams believed were the first winners of the French GT4 era at the in this resurrection, as well as firms such as Motul, wheel of a Ginetta racing for Speed Car. the official lubricant partner of the series. The first Team CD Sport, a specialist of the Proto V de V round, on 16 and 17 April, coincided with the 50th Challenge, had no longer parked its lorry in a GT staging of the Easter Cups in Nogaro. To celebrate paddock since 2004, the year of its title in the FFSA the event, two teams supported technically by Mo- GT French Cup. Mike Parisy and Gilles Vannelet's tul took it in turns on top step of the podium. Porsche clinched a 2nd place on Sunday, but the There was a special atmosphere in Nogaro. Eve- other duo of the team, Morgan Moullin-Traffort and ryone seemed happy to meet old accomplices singer David Hallyday, one-upped that result the fol- again and reconnect with an intact passion. For ins- lowing day with a win! FOLLOW US ON motul.com Tom Ingram Speedworks Toyota Avensis BTCC DONINGTON RACE 02/10 SPEEDWORKS WINS STANDINGS Tom Ingram (Toyota), 86 pts 01 AND STAYS PUT IN TOP 5 Colin Turkington (BMW), 72 pts 02 Adam Morgan (Mercedes), 69 pts 03 What is Tom Ingram's most brilliant exploit at Midlands by bagging 3rd time in the qualifyings the second meet of the British Touring Car Cham- despite the ballast inherited from his splendid pionship, on 16 April in Donington? Having bagged weekend in Brands Hatch. He resisted rather well his second win of the season or managing to stay in the hungry pack chasing him and came 5th in the Top 5 throughout the meet? To provide specta- race 1. tors with a show and increase the number of candi- Tom Ingram still had some ballast at the start of race dates gunning for glory, the regulations lay down a 2 and, despite his 5th place on the grid, managed complex system of ballasts and a reverse grid that to pass the BMWs and Mercedes that got ahead of necessarily penalises the winners. The driver of the him at the beginning of the race to escape in the Toyota Avensis of team Speedworks, partnered lead. 'It's unbelievable' commented the Speedworks technically by Motul, scoffed at these annoyances driver. 'We thought we could battle it out in the lead to stay in the Top 5 against all odds, won race 2 in but winning again was another thing...'. The day fi- the process and took the lead of the championship! nished in the rain of race 3 with a 5th place for the Tom Ingram began his weekend in the East new leader of the BTCC Drivers’ standings! 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