Gautier Paulin Remains 2nd in World MX2 Standings

Heading into Round 8, and the half-way point of the 2009 World Motocross Championship, Gautier Paulin has narrowly missed out on podium finish in front of a home crowd in Ernee France.

Paulin suffered a poor start in the Saturday qualifying and placed outside the top ten coming through the first turn. Having to fight through the pack on the fast technical circuit, the Bud Racing Kawasaki rider pulled out all the stops, climbing up to 5th position by the end of the short 20 min + 2 laps race.

Just before the start of the opening MX2 moto on Sunday the rain began to pour down, making the hard pack circuit extremely wet and loose on top. Paulin got an average start and was left in the pack to rub elbows. With the track so wet and rutted it became harder and harder to pass as the amount of good lines were drastically reduced. Giving his all, the determined Frenchman tried everywhere to gain the advantage, but in the end was only able to get himself up to 8th position.

In the 2nd moto it was yet another average start for Paulin, as he rounded up the opening lap in 8th position. Setting the fastest lap times towards the end of the race, Paulin came through to 4th position at the chequered flag securing 4th overall for the GP.

“I knew that this would be a hard GP especially because every French rider wants to perform in front of a home crowd. My starts were nothing special and left me with a lot of work to do on a track that was extremely difficult to pass on. I know I can win, I just need to make it happen at the start of the race.” explained an optimistic Paulin.

A week’s break will afford the GP’s riders a little breathing room before the second half of the FIM MX World championships continues in Teutschenthal - Germany,at the ‘Talkessel’ circuit on the 20-21 June.

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RESULTS:

MX2 Race 1

1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM

2 Boissiere, Anthony FRA KTM

3 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki

4 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha

5 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM

6 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM

7 Rombaut, Loic FRA Kawasaki

8 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki

9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha

10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM

11 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM

12 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha

13 Boog, Xavier FRA Suzuki

14 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha

15 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki


MX2 Race 2

1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM

2 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki

3 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha

4 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki

5 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha

6 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha

7 Boissiere, Anthony FRA KTM

8 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha

9 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM

10 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM

11 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM

12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM

13 Pocock, Mel GBR Yamaha

14 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki

15 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha


MX2 GP Overall

1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM 50

2 Boissiere, Anthony FRA KTM 36

3 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha 34

4 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki 31

5 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki 28

6 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha 27

7 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki 27

8 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM 26

9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha 25

10 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM 22

11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 20

12 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha 19

13 Rombaut, Loic FRA Kawasaki 16

14 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM 16

15 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha 15

16 Pocock, Mel GBR Yamaha 11

17 Boog, Xavier FRA Suzuki 11

18 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM 10


MX2 World championship standings:

1 Musquin, M. FRA 284

2 Paulin, G. FRA 250

3 Guarneri, D. ITA 235

4 Goncalves, Rui POR 222

5 Frossard, S. FRA 205

6 Boog, Xavier FRA 177

7 Aubin, Nicolas FRA 161

8 Monni, Manuel ITA 134

9 van Horebeek, J. BEL 128

10 Roczen, Ken GER 120

11 Larrieu, Loic FRA 115

12 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 108

13 Roelants, Joel BEL 103

14 Boissiere, A. FRA 100

15 Osborne, Zach USA 100