Five podiums in a row for Paulin!

Reaching the halfway point of FIM
MX World championship series,  Gautier Paulin has once again placed
his Monster Energy Yamaha on the podium, this time at the picturesque
circuit of Uddevalla in Sweden.

Paulin was fast all weekend on the
slippery and technical track and set pole position in pre-qualifying on
Saturday.  He chased championship leader, Ken Roczen, to the flag in
the 20 min qualifying race for second gate pick on Sunday.

Moto 1 would be a carbon copy of
the previous day as Roczen got the hole-shot and early lead with Paulin
chasing him hard.  The two challengers pulled a gap on 3rd
placed Jeffrey Herlings before Roczen extended his lead to win with Paulin
in a strong second.

The deciding and final moto
reversed the roles for Paulin and Herlings.   Paulin had to fight
his way past Aubin and Anstie  into third but by that time both Roczen
and Herlings were out of reach.  A bent gear shifter would also hamper
Paulin’s charge so he had to be content with 3rd spot and
his fifth consecutive podium of the season.

“Getting on the podium again
feels great and even though I want to be leading I am having a lot of fun
on the bike. I think they made a good job with the track and also the blue
flags as we went through the back-markers. I started in second place in the
first moto and pushed hard to keep the rhythm with Ken even though he was
too strong for us today. I thought I had a problem with my foot-peg in the
second moto but it was actually my gear-shifter that was a bit bent. Third
overall is good for me and we will work to be better. We actually did some
tests recently and will have a few new parts for Teutschenthal. The team
are working hard and we want a hole-shot! We want to progress and reach the
top of that podium.”

Round 9 of the 15 round series
takes place in Teutschenthal, Germany next weekend.

Race results:

MX2 Race 1

1       Roczen, Ken GER   
KTM

2       Paulin,
Gautier       FRA   
Yamaha

3       Herlings,
Jeffrey     NED    KTM

4       Anstie, Max  GBR  
Kawasaki

5       van Horebeek,
Jeremy     BEL    KTM

6       Tonus,
Arnaud       SUI   
Yamaha

7       Charlier,
Christophe        FRA   
Yamaha

8       Nicholls,
Jake        GBR   KTM

9       Aubin,
Nicolas        FRA   
KTM

10     
Teillet, Valentin     FRA   
Suzuki

MX2 Race 2

1       Roczen, Ken GER   
KTM

2       Herlings,
Jeffrey     NED    KTM

3       Paulin,
Gautier       FRA   
Yamaha

4       Searle,
Tommy      GBR   Kawasaki

5       Anstie, Max  GBR  
Kawasaki

6       Aubin,
Nicolas        FRA   
KTM

7       Charlier,
Christophe        FRA   
Yamaha

8       Tonus,
Arnaud       SUI   
Yamaha

9       van Horebeek,
Jeremy     BEL    KTM

10     
Osborne, Zachary   USA    Yamaha

MX2 GP Overall:

1       Roczen, Ken GER   
KTM   50

2       Herlings,
Jeffrey     NED    KTM  
42

3       Paulin,
Gautier       FRA   
Yamaha       42

4       Anstie, Max  GBR  
Kawasaki     34

5       Charlier,
Christophe        FRA   
Yamaha       28

6       Tonus,
Arnaud       SUI   
Yamaha       28

7       van Horebeek,
Jeremy     BEL    KTM  
28

8       Aubin,
Nicolas        FRA   
KTM   27

9       Osborne, Zachary  
USA    Yamaha       21

10     
Teillet, Valentin     FRA   
Suzuki         20

MX2 World Championship
standings:

1       Roczen, Ken GER   
351

2       Herlings, J.   NED
   337

3       Searle,
Tommy      GBR   286

4       Paulin,
G.     FRA    276

5       Osborne, Z.  USA
   234

6       Tonus,
Arnaud       SUI    225

7       Anstie, Max  GBR  
201

8       Kullas, Harri FIN
    179

9       Aubin,
Nicolas        FRA   
178

10     
Roelants, Joel       BEL   
166