The third round of the AMA Supercross series was not the best one so far for team Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki, who didn’t got the expected results. Maxime Desprey crashed heavily during his qualifying race in Anaheim II, and stopped his US experience as he broke his femur in this crash.

Week after week and race after race, we saw that Maxime was improving a lot these past weeks, thanks to the hard work alongside David Vuillemin! Second in the first practice session of his group Maxime couldn’t improve his lap time in the next session due to a small mistake and crash, but qualified easily for the night program. He didn’t got the best gate for his qualifying race but did a superb start putting him in second place at first corner but went too much outside and lost many places, he was eleventh after the first lap; with only six laps and the first nine riders qualified for the main event you have to give all but unfortunately Maxime didn’t finished the fourth lap as he crashed badly in the whoops section. Suffering from a broken femur, he will need a couple of months to recover and come back on the European tracks.
We want to thanks warmly Kawasaki USA and Monster energy for their confidence and support but also all the people who followed our US experience from France, Europe and anywhere else through the 20 videos episodes made by DV934.
Maxime Desprey: “This American experience ends unfortunately too early for me, with this broken femur after my big crash in the whoops. It’s difficult to accept it, as we worked so hard during the past weeks and i was feeling a real progression. Surgery was OK, they put a pin in my bone and I will stay a few more days at the hospital before joining the mechanics and my teammate in Lake Elsinore at team’s base. I want to thanks team Bud Racing, Stephan who stay with me at the hospital, David my trainer, my mechanic Jeremy, all my friends, my family, my girl friend Camille who was on the phone all night long and all the people who sent nice messages on the social medias.”

David Vuillemin: “Difficult to explain my feeling since Max got injured. It’s a massive blow and my stomach is knotted since I saw him down on the track, in the ambulance and at the hospital….”

Stephane Dasse : « we are really disappointed to stop the US SX experience so early, our 2 young riders Darian Sanayei & Maxime Desprey did very big efforts and a superb job with David Vuillemin to progress every week since we are in the USA, Maxime’s injury is really bad for him and us but it’s Motocross and we know that this sport is always a challenge and we can’t change anything now. We must speak with our sponsors during the day but we may be forced to go back to Europe earlier to prepare the European MX championships who will start end of march. It’s so difficult to find a rider who is able to race SX at this US level, specially for us who want to give the chance to young riders or new talents in this championship. However, we will come back even stronger in 2017”.

No racing break in the United States, with Supercross races every weekend! Just a week after Anaheim, Maxime Desprey and the Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki team was in San Diego for the second of the eight rounds of the 250 West coast Supercross series.Between both races Maxime was back training alongside David Vuillemin, and the French kid moved to San Diego more confident as he knew what to expect after his first US experience in Anaheim. He had a better rhythm in the practice sessions, posted the seventeenth lap time and then confirmed his progress in the semi final. He got a very good start, came fourth and keeps this position – and his ticket for the main event – during most of the race. Unfortunately he hit a tuff block in the last lap, and had to go in the last chance session to qualify for the main. The last chance is always a ‘crazy race’ as it’s the last opportunity of the evening, and when another rider crashed in front of him in the third corner Maxime lost his last chance and missed the main event. A frustrating issue as the results didn’t reflect the improvements since Anaheim I, but everyone is now focused on Anaheim II this coming weekend.

Maxime Desprey: « A frustrating evening for me! I was seventeenth overall after the practice sessions, which was much better than last week when I was thirtieth. I was in the top twenty and reached my goal; I had a good rhythm straight away, and had less apprehension. In the semi final I got a great start, I was fourth during most of the race but in the last lap I hit a bale of straw just before a jump and crashed. My goal was to close the line in a corner, but I went too much outside and lost my balance. I was so upset against myself! I did a great race, and was only two corners from the finish line when I crashed. In the last chance race I was outside on the gate, and in the second corner I was stopped by a rider who crashed in front of me; then with only four laps it’s tough to comeback and qualify. Of course I was disappointed not to join the main, we worked hard during the week and I had the rhythm to qualify, but we always learn from mistakes. I want to keep the positive points; on Monday we were back training to prepare Anaheim 2. Thanks to all the people who support me, thanks to the Bud racing staff, to my mechanic Jeremy and to David for his great advices.”

David Vuillemin: « Max made some improvements and did better practice sessions to post a seventeenth overall. The goal is to be always in the top twenty, and he didn’t reach it in Anaheim. His start in the semi final was better; we worked a lot on the starts this week, change many things and he proved that we worked in the right direction. He was fourth but made a little mistake before the finish line and crashed; then in the last chance he was too shy in the first corners, and when a rider crashed in front of him after three corners his night was over. It’s annoying as he progressed a lot, we work six days a week since beginning of December and he is improving but can’t show that with the results. But I’m convinced that he can get some good results in this championship.”

Follow the US trip of the Bud Racing Team with Maxime Desprey thanks to David Vuillemin’s videos !

Comme l’avaient fait avant lui Jeff Emig et David Vuillemin, Maxime Desprey a inscrit son nom pour la seconde année de rang au palmarès du Supercross de Paris Lille. Vainqueur de la catégorie SX2, Maxime a porté haut les couleurs du team Bud Racing Kawasaki Monster Energy en ce weekend qui aura vu le team recevoir la visite de nombreux partenaires et supporters. Organisé pour la seconde année de rang à Lille, l’épreuve a connu un grand succès puisque plus de 40000 spectateurs sont venus assister aux courses dans un contexte très particulier suite aux attentats Parisiens. La minute de silence observée en début de soirée, tout comme la Marseillaise entonnée dimanche, auront rendu hommage aux victimes. Avec deux succès et deux secondes places obtenues lors des quatre manches MX2, Maxime Desprey a signé la meilleure performance du weekend dans cette catégorie, coiffant donc un second titre de Prince de Lille. Gêné par des envolées moyennes dans deux des quatre finales, Maxime est méthodiquement revenu en seconde position sans prendre de risques inutiles à quelques jours de son départ pour les Etats Unis avec son nouvel équipier Darian Sanayei. Le jeune Américain, qui disputera en 2016 avec Bud le championnat US de Supercross sur la côte Ouest, disputait son premier Supercross avec sa nouvelle équipe et a montré une belle vitesse de pointe. Quatrième samedi de la première finale, Darian allait longtemps mener la seconde course avant de chuter dans les whoops et en rester là pour cette soirée. Parti en tête de la première course dimanche il allait chuter dans une partie sablonneuse, avant de se reprendre en revenant quatrième après un départ moyen. Septième de l’épreuve, la nouvelle recrue du team a dévoilé un gros potentiel et reviendra en Europe pour disputer aux côtés de Nicolas Dercourt le championnat d’Europe 250. Engagé lui en 450, Xavier Boog n’a pas connu la réussite dans le Nord puisqu’à deux reprises il ne parvient à se qualifier en finale face à une forte opposition. Un résultat qui ne remet nullement en cause la motivation de l’Alsacien, qui sera dès vendredi au départ de la prochaine étape du SX Tour à Lyon. Maxime Desprey : « C’est toujours cool de gagner cette épreuve, même si cette fois je ne fais pas le grand chelem. La première soirée j’ai fait quelques erreurs, je suis mal parti en seconde manche et je me suis énervé, sortant de la piste mais finalement avec une victoire et une seconde place je m’impose samedi. Dimanche ce fut mieux, j’étais mieux concentré et j’ai fait moins d’erreurs ; en première manche je prends un bon départ et creuse l’écart, en seconde manche je suis moins bien parti et une fois revenu en seconde position j’ai assuré, Richier était loin et je savais qu’en étant deux je remportais la soirée et le général. J’ai trouvé que le tracé était mieux que l’an passé, par contre la terre était plus molle et dans les whoops notamment il fallait être vigilant. Ce fut un bon entrainement avant de partir aux US, mais on ne va pas s’enflammer, là bas les conditions de course sont différentes ; mais un tel succès met en confiance, c’est sûr. » Darian Sanayei: « Ce fut une bonne expérience que de rouler ici à Lille ; mes résultats n’ont rien d’exceptionnel mais j’avais une bonne vitesse, j’ai pris de bons départs, mené la course pendant quelques tours et venir ici m’a fait gagner de l’expérience. L’épreuve était exceptionnelle, la piste un peu trop molle par endroits et il fallait être concentré à 100%. J’ai chuté à quelques reprises ; une fois dans les whoops samedi et je suis passé par dessus le guidon, une autre dimanche dans la partie sable alors que je menais la course. J’ai fait quelques erreurs, désolé ! Maintenant il reste sept semaines avant Anaheim 1, je vais repartir aux Etats Unis pour préparer ce championnat SX. »