Livia Lancelot leads the French Women series

It’s a great performance that Dylan Ferrandis reached this weekend in Villars sous Ecot, as he won the MX2 class but also took the leadership of the “Internationaux of France”. The Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki rider is leading both the MX2 class and the overall classification of the French Elite series, a position that has never been reached by a MX2 rider!

On Saturday evening most of the riders were expecting a tough weekend, as the rain never stopped falling during 36 hours in Villars sous Ecot, home of the fourth round of the series. It was the first time since 2009 that a major Motocross was organised there, and when the riders went on the track on Sunday morning all were surprised to ride on a perfect track. The ground was soft but not too wet, and after the first practice session the track was technical with many long and deep ruts. Fastest rider in his qualifying group, Dylan Ferrandis grabbed the holeshot in the MX2 race and led the entire period; racing just behind him during most of the race Benoit Paturel was a strong opponent, but he crashed in one of the last circulations and Dylan won the race followed by Steven Lenoir and Paturel. Two hours later the best MX2 riders joined the MX1 guys for the super final; the powerful 450 got a better start, but on such a technical track the best MX2 riders had the opportunity to shine, even if some long uphills were in favour of the 450. Eighth after the opening lap, Dylan was in second position after ten minutes and did a very convincing race even if he couldn’t resist to the 450′s power of Nicolas Aubin and Jason Clermont. Fourth overall and first MX2 rider, Dylan won the MX2 classification of the day, consolidates his MX2 leadership and got the red plate as leader of the French Elite series!

Unfortunately Valentin Teillet could’nt ride as he had new exams after Bulgaria, which revealed some damages in his shoulder.

Fourth of the MX1 race on his 450 Bud Kawasaki, Gregory Aranda is back on the bike and he also got a perfect start in the super final and was battling for the lead when he crashed; then after another crash in a downhill he retired but the speed is coming back and it’s good for the preparation of the supercross season who iw his main goal this year.

Other good news came from Livia Lancelot, who again won three heats in the French women championship. With this fourth consecutive triple win, Livia who missed the first round of the series is now leading the classification.

Dylan Ferrandis: “ That’s great to increase my leadership in the MX2 series, but that’s even better to lead the overall classification in front of the MX1 riders! Today was great, we couldn’t believe that the track would be so nice to ride with all this rain on Friday and Saturday. In the super final it was impossible to keep Aubin and Clermont behind me; there was a double jump in an uphill where the 450 had a strong advantage, and both passed me there. But I’m pleased with my results, and I hope that next weekend in Portugal I will be riding as well as here.”

Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Dylan Ferrandis snatched sixth place in the fourth round of the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship at Arco di Trento in northern Italy. It was his best result so far this season, and Dylan will approach the next GPs comfident as he has no more troubles with his broken finger.

The French teenager has been handicapped by a broken finger through the early rounds of the series but showed his resilience to bounce back dramatically at the stony switchback track in the northern Italian province of Trentino. Forced to retire in the qualifying race as a race incident damaged his bike, Dylan got two pretty good starts and two strong finishes were sufficient to place Dylan sixth overall on the day.

The Bud Racing staff and Valentin Teillet decided not to ride in this GP, following doctor’s instructions, as the shoulder he damaged last month needed some more rest. He will have further exams early this week, and expect to be back this week-end in Bulgaria.

The team will head up to Sevlievo (Bulgaria) for the fifth round of the series, next weekend.

Racing another round of the French Women series in La Voulte South east of France, Livia Lancelot got another strong triple win and is now back in second position in the standings, after missing the first round due to his GP racing in Thailand. She will represent team France next weekend in Castelnau de Lévis (France), during the European Motocross of Nations.

Dylan Ferrandis: “On Saturday I had a great start in the qualifying race and I was fifth when the engine stopped with electrical problems, probably the consequence of a collision with Charlier. I was last on the grid, but my first start was good as I was seventh; I even moved forward to sixth but then I suffered some arm pump and had to drop back to eighth. My second start was even better but I was at the outside at the first corner and finally left turn two in fifteenth place. I had a good rhythm in this race and came back to the front places. I’m happy as I have no more problems with my broken finger and got my first good result of the season with a sixth position on the day.”

Stephane Dassé: “Dylan improved his results each weekend and that’s great, he got a sixth place here in Italy and show that he is soon back to his best level. He was unfortunate during the qualifying race but did pretty good starts, he is close to the top five which his our goal; he doesn’t take too much risks and is going faster every week. Concerning Valentin he had pain in his shoulder after Lacapelle Elite; the exams confirmed that nothing is broken but it was better to rest a few days according to the doctors to come back 100% faster.”

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The first ever Motocross Grand Prix organised in the Middle East offered to Valentin Teillet his first ever qualifying race win, and even if the races were not as successful team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki proved that they will be one the teams to watch carefully in the MX2 World Championship.

Valentin Teillet had recorded a sensational runaway victory in the Qualification race, as he led the entire period to be the first rider to win in the night of Losail, as the race was run under the sports at the famous International Racing track near Doha. Unfortunately the Frenchman had terrible luck on race day! Holding a challenging fourth place in the MX2 race, he was forced to pit for repairs after a rock had damaged his bike, and on his return to the track crashed heavily and was forced to retire. After transferring to the Superfinal – a combined race for MX1 and MX2 contenders – through the Last Chance he did not have a good choice of gate and inevitably suffered a poor start against the larger 450cc machines. He was rewarded with 12th in class for his persistence.

Teammate Dylan Ferrandis, keen not to miss the GP opener even though he had only been back in training for three weeks, soon settled down to a good pace, but he too was out of luck as an early crash in the MX2 moto sent him to the Last Chance alongside Teillet and the teenager just failed to make the transfer to the Superfinal.

Top lady racer Livia Lancelot was invited to contest the MX2 GP in Qatar, but, despite a remarkable performance, she failed to meet the 108% qualification hurdle against the men by just 1.667 seconds. She was rewarded for her efforts with an invitation to contest the second moto of the Qatar national championship event which supported the GP and finished a highly creditable third amongst the men.

Valentin Teillet: “It was a great surprise for me to win the qualifying race, but it gave me more confidence for the GP races. I was fourth in the MX2 race when I had a small problem, which forced me to go into the pits, and when I got back in the race I crashed and had to retire, so I had to go through the Last Chance race to qualify for the Superfinal. That made it a long day. I didn’t have so much time to recover before the last race and I had a very bad position on the grid so I got a bad start, which made life difficult against the 450 on this track.”

Dylan Ferrandis: “This was my first race for six months, and I only started practising again three weeks ago. I was still getting used to my bike this weekend, and during the practice sessions I was not so confident with my knee as the doctors didn’t want me to ride so early. Unfortunately I crashed in the first lap of the MX2 race, and had to go to the Last Chance race. I just missed qualification for the Superfinal, but I was pleased to see that I wasn’t tired after the races.”

Livia Lancelot: “I knew that it would be difficult to qualify, but I’m not disappointed about my experience in Qatar. The track was spectacular with big jumps and I did my best to finish twelve seconds from the pole position and less than two seconds from the qualifying time. I was happy with my riding, but this is the World Championship! I raced the second moto of the Qatar national championship on Saturday, and finished third so it was a nice experience. I’d like to thanks Youthstream the promoter of the series and the Qatar Federation who invite me, they gave me a great support.”