Four heat wins for Valentin at the Paris Bercy SX

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The Supercross of Paris Bercy is since nearly thirty years the European Motorcycle event of wintertime, and this year again it was a huge success. Team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki was part of this success, as Valentin Teillet won four of the six 250 races in the French capital.

Bercy will always be for the fans a special event, and for his 30th birthday the French event confirmed to be the greatest one in Europe as the stadium was fully booked during three nights! The team came in Paris with his Grand Prix structure, to bring the bikes of Valentin Teillet and American Kyle Chisholm, but also to met the partners and fans. Valentin was the only usual team racer involved in the event, but teammates Dylan Ferrandis, David Herbreteau and Livia Lancelot were there to support him.

Back to Supercross after a long absence, Valentin came well prepared for Bercy after winning the Marseille and Genoa events in the previous weeks. Fastest rider on Friday in the timed practice period and then winner of the first heat, Valentin missed a good start in the second heat and collided after a few laps with another rider. As he couldn’t restart his engine he didn’t finished the race, and lost most of his chances for the overall win. Saturday was much better with a fourth place and another heat win, and Sunday was his best day with two heat wins. Second overall in the SX 250 classification, two weeks after catching the European title, Valentin did a strong comeback in Supercross this winter!

The 450 class was dominated by the american squad with Jake Weimer, Eli Tomac and Justin brayton taking the 3 spots of the podium.

Valentin Teillet: « I was a little bit stressed when I came here, as I didn’t ride Supercross since several years and this race in Bercy is a very important one. I love Supercross, but as my main goal is the Motocross World Championship I didn’t raced so much SX in the past. We worked hard to prepare this comeback with Jacky Vimond, and tonight we can be proud of the result. I lost all my chances for the overall win on Friday, but I was able to recover and I couldn’t expect more than a double win on Sunday. I had a lot of fun on the track, I felt stronger every day and it would have been great to have a fourth night of racing! It was cool to get so much support for the crowd during the event, especially on Saturday as many fans from my native Vendee came in Paris, I want to thanks all of them and of course my team.”

Stephane Dassé: « Once more we had a great weekend in Paris, on the track and in the paddock as well. Valentin did a couple of mistakes during the first two nights, but he was able to win one race each night and then had a perfect Sunday. There was a huge crowd, a great atmosphere and we met many people in the team’s awning, partners and fans who are supporting us. It was cool, we saw a lot of young kids who could be the next generation of riders and that’s great for the future.”

Valentin Teillet Supercross 250 European champion

Already French Motocross Elite champion this season, Valentin Teillet claimed another title this weekend as he won the European Supercross 250 Championship. Even if this series was not one of his goals, the Bud rider confirmed his ability in Supercross.

Four titles! After the French Motocross titles of Livia Lancelot (women), David Herbreteau (85cc) and Valentin Teillet (Elite 250), team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki claimed a European title this weekend in Genoa (Italy). Winner two weeks ago in Marseille (France), Valentin Teillet was again the strongest SX2 rider in Genoa; fastest in qualification and winner of his qualifying race, Valentin led the entire race and won his third consecutive main event. As he can’t be joined by any of his rivals during the last round of the series, scheduled in Milano (Italy) in two weeks, Valentin was crowned in front of 9000 fans. Next weekend and during three nights (from Friday to Sunday), he will be in Paris, to race the famous Supercross of Paris Bercy aboard his 250 Kawasaki.

Valentin Teillet: “The track in Genoa was great, with a strong whoops section where it was possible to make the difference; I did a good timed practice session, and I was happy to be again the fastest rider in the SX2 class, but also to post the third lap time among the 450 riders! In my heat race I had a small crash in the second corner; the track was slippery, but I came back first and won the race. Then in the main event I got the holeshot and lead the entire race, and I finished with an eighteen seconds lead. I had a lot of fun riding Supercross, and it’s good mentally to get great results and this European title; it was not in our plans to race the series, but when I started training on the team’s Supercross track I had a good feeling and with the team we decided to enter the series. I’m happy to go to Bercy next weekend, it will be the first time in my career that I will go there really ready; I hope to get some good results there.”

 

Third GP win for Livia Lancelot and a good 5/6 for Valentin Teillet

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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.”

GP OF EUROPE

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.”