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Team Rockstar energy Bud Racing Kawasaki celebrated another Grand Prix win this weekend, as Livia Lancelot dominates the final round of the FIM World Championship and won her third GP this season. With Valentin Teillet finishng 5th & 6th of the last MX2 GP, the team had a strong weekend in Germany.

Racing this season only the rounds of the Women World Championship organised alongside the MX1/MX2 GP’s, Livia nearly did the perfect season as she won the last three GP’s – France, Great Britain and Germany – after being injured – broken finger – at the opening round in the Netherlands. Fastest in the practice session, winner of the qualifying race and then dominating both races, Livia showed that she is still the fastest woman on a motocross bike.

Valentin Teillet showed great character to end the season on a high note with sixth overall despite a troubled week as he ran a fever. After still feeling the after-effects during training and qualifying on Saturday, the dynamic Frenchman put in two good leaderboard rides during the GP motos to end the season. He can look forward confidently to 2013 after scoring heavily throughout the final six GPs, and will now prepare his comeback in Supercross as he will enter the famous Paris Bercy SX on November.

Youngster Benoit Paturel who replaced Dylan after his injury, took his second GP ride of the season but was unfortunate to collide with another rider at the start of the qualifying saturday race and faced an awkward start position for the GP motos. His hard-charging style took him into a points-scoring position in the opening moto before the effort caused a bout of arm pump and he had to drop back out of the points. A less hectic ride in race two was rewarded with fourteenth.

Dylan Ferrandis underwent successful surgery after Faenza, and will start his recovery program this week.

Valentin Teillet: “I was sick last week and I was not at my best on Saturday, but today I felt better and the team found good settings for the bike. I got two good starts, and I’m delighted to finish sixth overall in this final GP of the year with a fifth and a sixth place. The season was tough as I was injured for the first few races, but I have come back well and next year we’ll be stronger. I will stay with the Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki team for 2013; we now know each other very well and for sure that will be a benefit.”

Livia Lancelot: “It’s great to win another GP, and I was pleased to win everything this weekend. The first race on Saturday evening was tough as the track was dark with the clouds; I passed Rutledge three laps before the end of the race, but on Sunday I got the holeshot and led the entire race. I won the last three GP’s where I was involved, I couldn’t expect more and now I will start again practicing Supercross, and maybe racing some events.”

Benoit Paturel: “I got good results in the timed practice, but at the start of the qualifying race I crashed and my foot was caught in the rear wheel of another rider’s machine. That meant I was only 32nd on the grid and couldn’t get a decent start. In the first race I came back to eighteenth but then I got arm pump and lost some places again. The second moto was better as I finished fourteenth. The whole weekend was a great experience for me.”

Jacky Vimond: “ Valentin was ill when he came in Germany, but he was determinate to get some good results; he finished both races in the top six, and confirmed his previous results. Benoit had some troubles in the first race but rode strongly in the second one, and did two good GP’s with us. For Livia it’s another double win this weekend, once more she was faster and stronger than her rivals and I’m sure that if she did all the series she would be champion. This weekend we were all with Dylan who is recovering from his injuries, we whish him a prompt recovery.”

Mixed feelings in Italy

Penultimate round of the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship, the Grand Prix of Europe will not stay as one of the best memories for team Rockstar energy Bud Racing Kawasaki, even if promising Benoit Paturel scored a brilliant second position in the European MX2 class. The team members couldn’t celebrate this podium as usual, as on Saturday during the qualifying session Dylan Ferrandis broke his leg.

Dylan Ferrandis suffered a most unfortunate crash during the qualification race and will now miss the last GP of the season in two weeks. The best 2012 GP rookie broke a femur and was put in plaster at the local hospital so that he could return to Lyon hospital in France where he has been operated with success on sunday evening.

Teammate Valentin Teillet had two strong races to tenth and sixth place to finish the GP seventh overall; Valentin struggled in the first heat with the track which had been too much watered in the night, but recovered and was able to put fast laps after mid race despite the discomfort of a twisted ankle which cost him several positions. His second race was much better even if he started mid-pack, as he came back from eleventh to sixth while passing strong riders like Tonus, Nichols…

The team also played a prominent role in the final round of the European MX2 championship as satellite rider Benoit Paturel record a podium finish. Second and third of the races he finished second overall, only one point behind the new champion Mel Pocock.

Valentin Teillet: “It’s good mentally to get some good results, and I’m happy with the second moto. In the first race my start was pretty bad and later I twisted my ankle; I had quite a lot of pain but I still managed to get a tenth position. Between the two motos I worked with Jacky Vimond on the lines, and we strapped up my ankle; I was about tenth at the start, but I had a better feeling with the track and set some good lap times to move forward to sixth. Of course the thoughts of the entire team were with Dylan today, it’s always tough to have a bad injury and let’s hope that he will come back next year even stronger.”

Benoit Paturel: “My start in the first moto was not so good, but I recovered to second, very close to Lacan, and it was a great boost as I had missed several rounds of the series due to injury. The start in the second race was similar but again I came back through the field to third and that earn the second place overall. That’s a great reward for the team Bud racing who is behind me, but also for my trainer who helped me to be stronger this season; we’ve worked hard to reach another level, and now the goal is to find a team to compete again in the European series next season.”

Jacky Vimond: “It’s a difficult weekend for the team as we all saw from the pit lane the bad crash of Dylan who broke his leg. It’s a bad news for all of us and first of all for him, who will be out for few months now. Concerning the races, it was pretty good, Benoit Paturel did two very good races and confirmed that he’s now one of the strongest riders in the European MX2 series. Valentin struggled in the first race, but we worked together between the races to find some solutions and it was great to see him fighting in the second heat for a top six result.”

Team Rockstar energy Bud Racing Kawasaki entered a GP in the Netherlands for the second time this season, and it was a tough experience as Lierop is one of the most demanding venue in the calendar. Both riders scored points this weekend and consolidate their positions in the World Championship before the last two rounds in Italy and Germany.

Young Dylan Ferrandis had made a lightening start in the first moto to hold down third place for some laps fighting in front of top guys like Searle, Osborne… in the difficult conditions until he suffered a heavy crash in which the bike landed on his back. His start in race two was not quite as good but the teenage rookie held down sixth place early on and, despite pain from the first race incident, battled hard for tenth at the chequered flag to retain his eighth place in the series rankings.

Teammate Valentin Teillet rode a decisive opening moto in the deep sandy conditions, which are alien to young French riders, to fight his way forward to ninth place before surrendering two places late in the race to local experts. After a less satisfactory start in race two he found himself in sixteenth place, but never gave up battling to gain two places before the end of the moto in the difficult conditions.

The team will now travel to Faenza (Italy) for the fifteenth round of the series, scheduled next weekend.

Dylan Ferrandis: “It was my first experience here in Lierop, and it was even harder than I expected. My first start was good and I was happy to be third for the first few laps, but then I made a mistake and dropped back to sixth. I still had a good rhythm but then I had a big crash and the bike landed on my back. I lost a lot of time so there was no point to continue to the end of the race. I had pain in my back during the second race, but I managed to finish tenth which is not so bad for a first experience here.”

Valentin Teillet: “I didn’t have a good feeling with the track, and didn’t feel confident this weekend; my goal was to score top fifteen results here, and that’s what I did even if my second start was really bad. For sure I will have higher goals for the next two races, but for me it was important to finish both races here.”

Jacky Vimond: “We knew that this race would be difficult, even if we worked in Belgium to prepare this specific GP. Apart the crash of Dylan in the first heat we reached our goal, which was a top ten for Dylan and top fifteen for Valentin. Valentin was not riding as good as in training, and for sure he will be stronger in Italy next weekend; for Dylan it was a first experience here and he learned a lot, it’s important for next season.”

Livia Lancelot won the British GP, David Herbreteau vice-European Champion

It was a busy weekend for team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki, involved in four classes at Matterley Basin during the ‘MX Festival’ organised on the British track during the thirteenth round of the World Championship. And it was a successful event for the team, who celebrated another GP win with Livia Lancelot in the Women World Championship, a second position in the European 85cc Championship with David Herbreteau a top eight result for Dylan Ferrandis and Valentin Teillet in the traditional MX2 Grand Prix and a sixth position in the European MX2 with support rider Benoit Paturel.

Ten different classes, four racing days, and a huge sportive success for this event who was the biggest ever organised in Europe with the 65, 85, 125 and 250 European series alongside all the World classes, including women and veterans! Winner of the French GP three months ago, Livia Lancelot was back in the series and won her second consecutive GP with a second and a first position. In the Euro 85cc class, David Herbreteau did two strong races, bud a bad start in race one and a crash in race two when he was passing in second position put him second overall behind young Dutchman Davy Pootjes. In the European 250 Benoit Paturel was back racing after a practice injury (fingers broken at one hand); twelfth of the first race after a crash at mid race when he was eight, Benoit rode stronger in race two and scored a sixth position to finish six overall.

In the MX2 class Dylan Ferrandis nearly grabbed the holeshot in race one; fourth during most of the race he just lost three ranks in the last ten minutes when Nicholls, Van Horebeek and Tonus passed him. His second start was not as good, but Dylan rode strong to collect another seventh position; he advanced to eighth place in the series standings, just a few points from seventh position. Valentin Teillet had a bad gate on the grid, after a crash in the qualifying session, but he got twice a pretty decent start from the outside gate; in both races he chased his teammate to secure two eighth positions which put him in fourteenth place in the standings despite missing five GP’s this season. The team will now move in Belgium to prepare the European GP in Lierop, scheduled in two weeks time.

Dylan Ferrandis: “The track was very good – we never had such a nice one this season so I enjoyed racing here. My first start was great and I was fourth for most of the race, but in the last few laps I was passed by three rivals and that was a little bit disappointing. I battled with Tonus and Tixier all through the second race to score another seventh position. It’s my best GP since Sweden, and now I will go training with the team in the sand to prepare for Lierop.”

Valentin Teillet: “On Saturday I had a good feeling with the track and was always in the top five of the training sessions, but I crashed on the third lap of the qualification race so I didn’t have a good gate pick for the GP. I got a good start in the first race and finished eighth, but I got pushed out at the first corner in race two and I had to fight hard for another eighth position. I didn’t make any mistake today and that’s positive, particularly as the track was rougher than on Saturday.”