Valentin Teillet shines in the night

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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.”

Première victoire de la saison pour Teillet à Valence

Valentin Teillet a remporté ce weekend une victoire significative au Motocross International de Valence, ultime épreuve de préparation avant l’ouverture du Mondial 2013 dans deux semaines.
Après avoir pris part à la Ronde des Sables d’Hossegor fin janvier, Valentin disputait à Valence sa première course de l’année mais dès les premiers essais il se mettait en évidence en signant les meilleurs chronos de toutes les séances MX2 ! Il lui fallut un peu plus de temps pour être aussi efficace au moment du départ, mais deux belles remontées l’amenèrent aux secondes et troisièmes places des courses MX2. C’est dans l’ultime course de la journée, face aux 450 mélangées aux 250 pour la Super finale que Valentin fut le plus impressionnant ; pointé douzième en début de course il reviendra jusqu’au quatrième rang, dominant tous les autres pilotes MX2. Son équipier Dylan Ferrandis n’était pas à Valence ; ayant repris la moto il y a seulement une semaine après ses opérations au genou et à la jambe, Dylan continue à se préparer tranquillement et sera dans dix jours au Qatar pour l’ouverture de la saison.
Livia Lancelot était elle à Valence, après s’être consacrée pendant deux mois aux courses sur sable avec Hossegor et Le Touquet ; ayant tout juste repris l’entraînement en cross elle a profité de Valence pour reprendre le rythme, terminant ses deux manches et poursuivant ainsi sa préparation pour le Qatar et la Thaïlande, deux épreuves qu’elle disputera en MX2.
Valentin Teillet: « Le team a travaillé dur cet hiver, et j’ai un bon feeling avec ma moto. J’ai signé le meilleur chrono des séances d’essais, mais mes départs n’ont pas été parfaits et il m’a fallu du temps pour prendre le bon rythme. Cela a mieux été en Super finale, et c’est d’autant mieux que lors des deux premiers GP nous aurons une manche commune avec les 450. »
Livia Lancelot: « Quand je viens à Valence je dois être forte dans votre tête, car je sais que je vais me battre en queue de peloton face à vingt neuf gars. Mais je suis toujours contente de rouler ici, même si je suis venue sans trop d’entrainement en Motocross après m’être consacrée aux courses sur sable ; samedi je suis tombée assez fort aux essais, mais j’ai terminé mes deux manches et c’était un très bon entrainement en vue du Qatar. »
Stephane Dassé: « C’est toujours bien de débuter la saison avec une victoire ! Valentin a été consistant à Valence, même s’il n’a pas signé de holeshot en MX2, et pour nous cela a été une bonne opportunité de tester quelques nouveaux réglages, notamment en Super finale ou nous avons pu constater que la moto est très compétitive. »

Team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki ready for 2013

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Since its first appearance in the paddock in 2007, team Bud Racing has been one of the most consistent structures in the French and World Motocross Championships. Claiming four titles this season, the team is pleased to confirm that they will have a consistent program next season, with a strong support from Kawasaki and Rockstar Energy Drink.

Starting their adventure in the European Championship in 2007, the team created by the Dassé brothers joined the World Championship one year later and never stopped his progress. Winning its first Grand’s Prix in 2009 with Gautier Paulin, and coming back on the highest step of the rostrum this summer with Livia Lancelot in the Women’s class (winner of the French, British and German GP’s), the team also returned on the MX2 podium with Dylan Ferrandis (third in Sweden) and scored many ‘top five’ with Dylan and Valentin Teillet. With three French titles (Livia in the Women class, Valentin in the Elite MX2 and David Herbreteau in the 85 class) and one European Supercross crown (Valentin in the SX2 class) team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki did a very strong 2012 campaign and is optimistic for the future with three young and talented riders.

For the fourth year in a row Kawasaki Europe and Rockstar have both confirmed their support to Bud Racing, who is already preparing next season in the best conditions as they will line-up the same riders: Dylan Ferrandis and Valentin Teillet. Entering the MX2 French and World Championships the team will have a strong program, including eighteen GP’s with four of them oversea (Qatar, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico) and six round in the French Elite. With two young riders who already showed a great potential but had to face some injuries, team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki can expect some strong results in the MX2 class as well as in the Women class. Livia Lancelot will enter her third season with the team, and plan to race selected GP’s, the French Women series, the X Games and some beach races.

Stephane Dassé: « Next season will be a very important one for us as for the other teams, with so many races including some long and expensive trips to discover new countries. Thanks to Kawasaki, Rockstar Energy Drink and our partners, we will be able to enter again the MX2 World series where our goal will be to get some strong results as both Dylan and Valentin have the potential to score top five results regularly. We know each other’s very well with our experience of this season, and that will help us to prepare the future in the best conditions. The season will kick off very early, and the program will be tough with the World and French series for Valentin and Dylan. Livia will race selected events as she did this year, and will add some beach races such as Hossegor and Le Touquet who are two popular events with a strong media coverage.”