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Krumm - Luhr /JR Motorports/Nissan GT-R

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World FIA GT1/Silverstone

A new victory for Motul!

Team Standings

01/Hexis AMR 125 pts

02/JR Motorsports 116 pts

03/Yound Driver AMR 113 pts

Driver Standings

01/Lurh / Krumm - JR Motorsports / 70 pts

02/Wintelhock / Basseng - A.I.M. Mst team - 67 pts

03/Piccini / Hohenadel 61 pts

The fth round of the World FIA GT1 Championship

took place last weekend at the Silverstone circuitin England. Following an eventful race marked by

many collisions (no less than 6 cars failed to cross

the chequered ag owing to accidents), the Nissan

GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr

(team JR Motorsports), for which Motul is a techni-

cal partner, won the day brilliantly!

This ne performance secured on home turf allows

the English team to place its two drivers at the head

of the driver standings, 9 points ahead of the duo

Piccini / Hohenadel (team Hexis Racing), now pla-

ced third in the driver standings after taking a so-

lid fourth at Silverstone. Less luck however for the

French teams sister car, as Clivio Piccione and

Christian Hohenadel were forced to abandon the

race following a collision whereas they were in the

top ve.

As for the three other contending Nissan GT-Rs, the

same thing happened to numbers 21 (Sumo Power

GT) and 22 (JR Motorports), which collided and un-

fortunately nished the race on the recovery vehicle.

Placed seventh, the Nissan GT-R driven by Hughes /

Bernoldi (team Sumo Power GT) escaped, for its

part, unscathed. Next race in Navarre, in Spain,on 3 July!

Watch a video of the event on

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Guy Martin/Relentless Suzuki by TAS

Its off to a start! The week of the Tourist Trophy,

the most legendary road motorcycle race, for which

Motul is the ofcial lubricant supplier for the second

consecutive year, has indeed started.

While the rst races were dissimilar in style, on the

other hand, the performances by Guy Martin, the

famous rider of team Relentless Suzuki by TAS, for

which Motul is a technical partner, were extremely

regular. Indeed, after securing the third step of the

podium on Monday 6 June in Supersport race 1

(four 60 km laps were on the programme, in other

words a total of 240 kms and 1056 turns!) at the

wheel of his GSX-R 600, Guy Martin pulled off the

same performance again a few hours later at the

Superstock race.

Still at the Superstock race, note should also be ta-

ken of the ne sixth place taken by Cameron Donald

of team Wilson Craig Racing (also supported tech-

nically by Motul).

The second rider of Team Relentless Suzuki by TAS,

Guillaume Dietrich was making, for his part, his mai-

den outing at the Tourist Trophy. Nevertheless, after

giving himself two dreadful frights during the last

qualier, the French rider who takes part regularly in

the French Superbike Championship, quite simply

decided to prematurely put an end to his adventure

on the Isle of Man. Ive decided to stop before its

too late. Im sure to disappoint a lot of people. For

once Ill swallow my pride! My respect for TT riders

has only grown. Theyre well and truly on another

planet he explained to justify his decision.

Pending the Pokerstars senior, the major race, Mo-

tul riders will be back on the road this Wednesday

for Supersport race 2.

First podiums for Guy Martin

IOM Tourist Trophy/Isle of Man


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OCBC Corporate Karting Challenge

Inaugurated in 2009, the Kartright Speedway kar-

ting facility located in Singapore opened its doors

for the rst time to the public on 1 October of the

same year (cf. Motul Sport News no. 4). An auda-

cious challenge for the investors which soon proved

to be a genuine success.

Indeed, in less than 2 years, with the help of a group

of partners including Motul, this karting complex has

shown the growing enthusiasm for motorsports in

the region. No less than 20,000 enthusiasts have

already had a go at experiencing the joys of racing

during the various rental sessions or else at the va-

rious corporate events such as for instance the

OCBC Corporate Karting Challenger, the rst race

of which took place on 28 May this year.

Following this ercely fought 4-hour elimination

round, it was Aston Martin Drakar Racing Team

which won by crossing the chequered ag after

clocking 293 laps, in other words one lap ahead

of its closest contender. Like the second, third and

fourth-placed teams, the riders of the winning team

have won their tickets to the grand nal to be held on

15 October in the presence of eight other teams.

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Kartright Speedway & Motul:

a partnership crowned with success

Endurance Karting/Singapore

Results & Standings

01/Aston Martin Sing. D. Racing 293 pts

02/Rising Sun 292 pts

03/MC2! Peregrine 292 pts


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David Gaviria & Thomas Puerta/Team LTD racing

One week after being the star attraction at the World

Superbike at Salt Lake City, the AMA Pro Racing

riders were back at the Road America circuit (Wis-

consin) for the 4th round of the American Superbike,

Supersport and Sportbike Championships.

It was in the Supersport category that Motuls colours

shone particularly: one of the teams receiving techni-

cal support clinched two podiums last weekend!

In effect, thanks to its Colombian riders David Gaviria,

winner of the Saturday race and Thomas Puerta, third

of the Sunday race, LTD Racing YES Yamaha placed

its riders at the head of their respective championship

(West and East divisions). A situation which allows

Gary Medley the highly experienced team manager

to even hope for a happy end to the championship

if his riders maintain their level of performance and

concentration.

In Sportbike, Huntley Nash, also contending on a LTD

Racing Yamaha R6, is progressing little by little in the

standings after placing 13th and then 12th. Goal: the

top 10 at the next meeting in Barber in 10 days !

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LTD Racing, AMA Supersport boss

AMA Supersport/Wisconsin


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Motul Classic Car Meeting/GAZ GL-1 1938

Located 400 km to the southeast of Moscow, Nizhny

Novgorod is the third Russian city after Moscow and

Saint Petersburg. It is also the legendary bastion of the

Russian car group GAZ set up in 1929 thanks to coo-

peration between Ford and the Soviet Union.

It was therefore natural to organise there the rst of

a series of events to celebrate the car makers 80th

anniversary. Proudly supported by Motul Russia, this

meeting grouped at the end of May the makes nest

models patiently restored by enthusiasts or major col-

lectors. Among the exhibited models, the legendary

GAZ MM truck or else the GAZ-410 and GAZ-23 (tted

with a V8 engine) were of course present.

Nevertheless, everyone, cameramen included, were

looking at one and the same vehicle: a GAZ GL-1 fresh

from the makes restoration workshops after three

years of reconstruction made possible using photos

and drawings. Launched in 1938, the GAZ GL-1 is in-

deed the very rst Russian sports car. Produced on

the base of the GAZ-M1 (itself derived from the Ford

V8-40), the GAZ GL-1 could reach 161km/h!

Motul celebrates the 80th anniversary of the GAZ make

Motul Classic Car Meeting/Nizhny Novgorod


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Romain Stampers /Team RaceSpirit

The second round of the UIM Jetski World Cham-

pionship was held during the weekend of 28 and

29 Mai in Sardinia in the bay of Arbatax.

As at the rst round that took place in Doha

(cf. MSN 10), team JetSpirit, supported technically

by Motul, gave an explosive performance by clin-

ching a double win!

In the F1 top category, Jeremy Poret put his stamp on

the 2011 championship by winning this Italian round

and also by strengthening his lead in the overall stan-

dings. For her part, Julie Bulteau, who was leading

the championship before this second round, had to

satisfy herself with a 3rd place following a penalty in a

race she led from start to nish.

The ne performance of the weekend is to be credi-

ted to Romain Stampers who won in Freestyle for the

rst time of the year in this championship, thanks in

particular to gures with maximum amplitude.

As for the Run F1 category, note should be made of

Franky Zapatas poor performance at the wheel of his

MZR: he couldnt fully defend his chances as he was

forced to abandon after a mechanical glitch.

All these riders will be present for the third round of

the UIM World Championship on 4 and 5 June at

Ghuisonacce in Corsica.

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UIM Jet-Ski World Championship/Arbatax


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Publishing & editing coordinator : Romain Grabowski / [email protected]

Credits : Anton Malyshev, Kartright Speedway, Nissan Motorsports,

LTD Racing, www.suzuki-racing.com, Team Racespirit, Vittorio Ubertone

Results Freestyle

01/Romain Stampers

02/Valerio Calderoni

03/Sebastien Tchernia

Results Ski F1

01/Jeremy Poret

02/Christopher Courtoit

03/Mickael Poret

Results Ski Lady

01/Stefania Balzer

02/Pija Sumer

03/Julie Bulteau

New podiums for the team RaceSpirit

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