Press Release

Gautier Paulin kicks off MX World championship in Bulgaria


The first of 15 rounds of the FIM
Motocross World championship has seen Gautier Paulin kick off his MX2
campaign with a 4th overall at a windy Sevlievo circuit in
Bulgaria.



The 21-year-old Frenchman mastered
his Monster Energy Yamaha to a solid 3rd place finish in race 1 after he
put in a great last minute charge to pip Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings on the
final lap, taking a podium spot behind Ken Roczen and Tommy
Searle.



Paulin was left with a tough job
in race 2 and had to come from mid pack after a bad start. He pushed hard
to come through the field on the hilly circuit but lost touch to the group
of riders ahead of him and had to salvage 7th spot.



“Last year I had to watch
this race due to an injury and now I’m happy to start the season
healthy. My speed in the first moto was good and I was happy with a podium
finish but my start let me down in the second moto. The track was quite
rough and I battled to find a good rhythm but overall I’m happy with
the result and want to improve from here. “



The GP calendar will take a
week’s break before Paulin heads to the Netherlands for round two in
Valkenswaard on the 25th April



Image: CDS


Results:

Race 1



1 Roczen, Ken GER KTM



2 Searle, Tommy GBR
Kawasaki



3 Paulin, Gautier FRA
Yamaha



4 Tonus, Arnaud SUI
Yamaha



5 Herlings, Jeffrey NED
KTM



6 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL
KTM



7 Osborne, Zachary USA
Yamaha



8 Anstie, Max GBR
Kawasaki



9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA
KTM



10 Kullas, Harri FIN
Yamaha



Race 2



1 Roczen, Ken GER KTM



2 Searle, Tommy GBR
Kawasaki



3 Herlings, Jeffrey NED
KTM



4 Osborne, Zachary USA
Yamaha



5 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL
KTM



6 Anstie, Max GBR
Kawasaki



7 Paulin, Gautier FRA
Yamaha



8 Tonus, Arnaud SUI
Yamaha



9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA
KTM



10 Charlier, Christophe FRA
Yamaha



 



Overall World Championship
standings:



1 Roczen, Ken GER 50



2 Searle, Tommy GBR 44



3 Herlings, J. NED 36



4 Paulin, G. FRA
34



5 Osborne, Z. USA 32



6 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 31



7 van Horebeek, J. BEL
31



8 Anstie, Max GBR 28



9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA
24



10 Roelants, Joel BEL
19

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