Press Release

Gautier Paulin Wins 3rd round of Open Dutch championship

ocscottie
3/19/2012 11:10am
Factory Kawasaki racer, Gautier Paulin, has won the 3rd round
of the Open Dutch championship at a rough and sandy Heerde
circuit.   Having spent the week testing sand settings with the
Kawasaki Racing Team,  Paulin was eager to try those out in race
conditions and Heerde provided the ideal scene.

A red flag in the opening laps saw the
first MX1 moto re-started however Paulin could not make the most of the
re-start and had to be content with a 4th place finish.


Some changes in bike and suspension
settings would give Paulin more confidence going into the second grueling
moto and having to avoid a first turn pile-up he was shunted out of the top
ten.  Gautier put his head down and fought an amazing come back race
to pip Goncalves for second on the last lap and steal the overall from the
Portuguese rider.


“I want to dedicate this win to
the team – they are all doing a great job since I joined them this
Winter.  The team is based in the Netherlands, but they haven’t
 won there in a while! The track was very strange, with a lot of slow
corners and some deep holes. My feeling was not so good during the first
race, so I didn’t take any risks and just secured a fourth position.
Between the races we worked on the suspension settings, and the result was
perfect. Last week we worked mainly on the engine, and we had no time to
work on the suspension. But we found a good balance today, and I’m
happy to see that we are all working in the same direction, with great
results. If I had a good rhythm earlier in this heat I think that I would
have won, as I finished so close to De Dycker. This week we’ll
continue to work and prepare Mill, the next round of the Dutch series. With
the new parts the engine is so powerful, we need to work with Kayaba now on
the suspension. We have three weeks prior the GP in Valkenswaard, and
I’m confident.” Confirmed Paulin.



Results MX1 Heerde:


Race 1:
1 Evgeny Bobryshev Rus Honda
2 Kevin Strijbos B KTM
3 Rui Goncalves Por Honda
4 Gautier Paulin F Kawasaki
5 Herjan Brakke NL Yamaha
6 Ceriel Klein Kromhof NL
Honda
7 Marcus Schiffer D
Suzuki
8 Bas Verhoeven NL
Honda
9 William Saris NL
Yamaha
10 Xavier Boog F
Kawasaki


Race 2:
1 Ken de Dycker B
Honda
2 Gautier Paulin F
Kawasaki
3 Rui Goncalves
Por Honda
4 Marc de Reuver NL
Kawasaki
5 Kevin Strijbos B
KTM
6 Marcus Schiffer D
Suzuki
7 Herjan Brakke NL
Yamaha
8 Marvin van Daele B
Kawasaki
9 Bas Verhoeven NL
Honda
10 Lars Oldekamp D
KTM


MX1 Overall:
1 Gautier Paulin F Kawasaki 40
2 Rui Goncalves Por Honda 40
3 Kevin Strijbos B KTM 38


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