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april 27, 2015 - Honda Moto

Honda, MXGP - GP of Europe - Paulin dominates with double win

Gautier Paulin continued his domination of the MXGP of Europe today with a clean sweep of race wins to take the overall victory. The win is the first of 2015 for Team HRC, and Gautier’s first on the Honda CRF450RW.

His pace was unrelenting all weekend and, with two very strong starts, he had to make just a few passes on the opening laps to secure the lead. Once he got to the front, he was in a league of his own as he chalked up two runaway wins.

It was so very nearly a Team HRC double podium too, with Evgeny Bobryshev putting in an equally strong showing. Bobby finished third in race one and, having been running as high as second in race two, was involved in a scrap to the line for third place, which was also a fight for the final step on the podium. By the flag, 1.4seconds was the gap by which he missed what would have been his first ever MXGP podium with Team HRC. Nevertheless, it was a very positive weekend for the Russian that adds to the momentum of Team HRC and the Honda CRF450RW in MXGP.

As the team continues to work hard in testing, and crucially bringing together all the different elements of that testing, the fruits of that labour are now really beginning to show.

Roger Harvey

HRC General Manager - MXGP

 

    “It’s been a magic weekend. A lot of work has gone into this by HRC staff, both here and back in Japan, and of course the whole team who have done a great job. To get things sorted everybody has been flat out all week since Arco. We started to get glimmers of the performance there, with Bobby’s qualifying win, but put some more work in during the week and it’s really worked out for us here.

 

    “Gautier had a great ride all weekend, and was in control from the start in both races which was great to see. I’m really pleased with the way Bobby has gone today too because the Bobby of old would have just gone faster and maybe made a big mistake, especially with the track the way it was, but now he looked at the situation and made sure he brought home good points with fourth overall. We’ve seen how many crashes there have been round here this weekend, so to come away like that I’m really pleased with the effort of everyone this weekend so I want to say a big thanks to HRC, Honda, the team and the riders who are all working so well together to make this happen.”

                       

           

           

Gautier Paulin 21

1st, 1st 1st overall

 

    “It is very special and standing on the podium with all the fans singing the national anthem is something you cannot buy. It’s something that just a win can bring. I’m really happy to feel that again today as it is something really really cool and this is what we do all the work for. I want to thank all the crew because they all believe in what we can do, and since Arco we can things are really starting to come together so I have so much pleasure from this win. It’s been a great race, especially when you dominate the weekend – qualifying win, first moto win, second moto win – it’s just been a perfect weekend.”

           

Evgeny Bobryshev 777

3rd, 4th 4th overall

 

    “To be honest it was a tough weekend for me and I’m really happy with this. I compressed my back last Wednesday so we’ve been working with the team physio all weekend and I was fighting through the pain. But the final result was really good. I missed the podium by a little, but I call it good points and just kept it on two wheels because the track was really tough and many riders crashed. I’m really happy as we have been working a lot and improved the bike a lot, and I’d also like to congratulate all the team for the victory with Gautier as everyone really deserves this.”

 

Results Session 1

Weather: Overcast  |  Air Temp: 16°C  |  Track Cond: Sand

 

   

 

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Time/Gap

1

PAULIN Gautier

21

FRA

25

Team HRC

34:52.131

2

NAGL Max

12

GER

22

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

+17.744

3

BOBRYSHEV Evgeny

777

RUS

20

Team HRC

+35.535

4

DESALLE Clement

25

BEL

18

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP

+40.515

5

SIMPSON Shaun

24

GBR

16

Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM

+41.742

6

RATTRAY Tyla

28

RSA

15

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing

+56.455

7

COLDENHOFF Glenn

259

NDL

14

Team Suzuki Europe Motocross

+1:00.201

8

DE DYCKER Ken

9

BEL

13

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

+1:04.855

9

BENGTSSON Filip

11

SWE

12

24MX Honda Racing

+1:08.710

10

FEBVRE Romain

461

FRA

11

Yamaha Factory Racing

+1:12.812

11

FROSSARD Steven

183

FRA

10

Wilvo Forkrent KTM

+1:16.994

12

SEARLE Tommy

100

GBR

9

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

+1:35.888

13

BOOG Xavier

121

FRA

8

Wildcard Rider

+1:38.958

14

WATERS Todd

47

AUS

7

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

+1:39.348

15

FERRIS Dean

111

AUS

6

Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing

+1:52.183

16

BUTRON Jose

17

SPA

5

Marchetti Racing Team KTM

+1 lap

17

LUPINO Alessandro

77

ITA

4

Team Assomotor Honda

+5.272

18

LEOK Tanel

40

EST

3

Wildcard Rider

+5.638

19

HEIDECKE Angus

156

GER

2

Wildcard Rider

+14.809

20

ULLRICH Dennis

149

GER

1

Castrol Power1 Suzuki Moto-Base

+34.441

 

 

 

Results Session 2

Weather: Overcast  |  Air Temp: 16°C  |  Track Cond: Sand

 

   

 

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Time/Gap

1

PAULIN Gautier

21

FRA

25

Team HRC

34:24.814

2

NAGL Max

12

GER

22

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

+4.761

3

DESALLE Clement

25

BEL

20

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP

+10.118

4

BOBRYSHEV Evgeny

777

RUS

18

Team HRC

+11.589

5

FEBVRE Romain

461

FRA

16

Yamaha Factory Racing

+12.309

6

SIMPSON Shaun

24

GBR

15

Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM

+28.128

7

CAIROLI Antonio

222

ITA

14

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

+39.579

8

RATTRAY Tyla

28

RSA

13

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing

+41.763

9

DE DYCKER Ken

9

BEL

12

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

+43.720

10

COLDENHOFF Glenn

259

NDL

11

Team Suzuki Europe Motocross

+44.567

11

SEARLE Tommy

100

GBR

10

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

+45.657

12

PHILIPPAERTS David

19

ITA

9

DP19 Racing

+1:11.324

13

FERRIS Dean

111

AUS

8

Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing

+1:14.037

14

WATERS Todd

47

AUS

7

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

+1:14.747

15

BOOG Xavier

121

FRA

6

Wildcard Rider

+1:38.453

16

LEOK Tanel

40

EST

5

Wildcard Rider

+1:53.193

17

BUTRON Jose

17

SPA

4

Marchetti Racing Team KTM

+1:54.693

18

CHARLIER Christophe

23

FRA

3

24MX Honda Racing

+1 lap

19

LUPINO Alessandro

77

ITA

2

Team Assomotor Honda

+0.113

20

ULLRICH Dennis

149

GER

1

Castrol Power1 Suzuki Moto-Base

+17.440

 

 

 

Rider Standings

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

1

NAGL Max

12

GER

214

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

2

DESALLE Clement

25

BEL

209

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP

3

CAIROLI Antonio

222

ITA

184

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

4

PAULIN Gautier

21

FRA

178

Team HRC

5

FEBVRE Romain

461

FRA

156

Yamaha Factory Racing

6

BOBRYSHEV Evgeny

777

RUS

138

Team HRC

7

VILLOPOTO Ryan

2

USA

124

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing

8

SIMPSON Shaun

24

GBR

99

Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM

9

WATERS Todd

47

AUS

92

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

10

COLDENHOFF Glenn

259

NDL

79

Team Suzuki Europe Motocross

11

DE DYCKER Ken

9

BEL

78

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

12

VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy

89

BEL

75

Yamaha Factory Racing

13

GUARNERI Davide

39

ITA

70

TM Racing Factory Team

14

RATTRAY Tyla

28

RSA

69

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing

15

PHILIPPAERTS David

19

ITA

69

DP19 Racing

16

STRIJBOS Kevin

22

BEL

55

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP

17

FERRIS Dean

111

AUS

43

Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing

18

FROSSARD Steven

183

FRA

42

Wilvo Forkrent KTM

19

SEARLE Tommy

100

GBR

39

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

20

BUTRON Jose

17

SPA

39

Marchetti Racing Team KTM

21

CHARLIER Christophe

23

FRA

30

24MX Honda Racing

22

BENGTSSON Filip

11

SWE

28

24MX Honda Racing

23

GONCALVES Rui

999

POR

24

MX Racing Team

24

BOOG Xavier

121

FRA

14

Wildcard Rider

25

WATSON Nathan

991

GBR

13

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing

26

LUPINO Alessandro

77

ITA

13

Team Assomotor Honda

27

LEOK Tanel

40

EST

9

Wildcard Rider

28

COATES Paul

177

GBR

7

JK Racing Yamaha

29

ARANDA Gregory

20

FRA

5

Wildcard Rider

30

YAMAMOTO Kei

400

JPN

5

Team Assomotor Honda