Matterly Basin, round 13 of the FIM
MX World championship, has seen another podium finish for Monster Energy
Yamaha racer, Gauter Paulin. The friendly Frenchman posted consistent
4-4 results for 3rd place on the rostrum in front of a
strong crowd of over 25.000 spectators.
Paulin set the fastest time in
Saturday’s pre qualification practice and rode a strong qualification
race to end second behind championship leader Ken Roczen.
Perfect track conditions and the
spectacular Matterly Basin valley setting saw Moto 1 get underway with
Paulin in a top 5 position. He pushed hard to pass the KTM duo of
Herlings and VanHorebeek and then set his sites on Joel Roelants. A
back marker got in the way of Paulin, which allowed Searle to pass, and he
could not counter attack the Englishman having to settle for
4th.
I bad start in Moto 2 left Paulin
at the back of the pack with a gaggle of riders to pass. He quickly
cut through the pack and broke top ten already on lap two. Paulin
pushed further and once again was into 4th where he remained
until the checkered flag.
“Choosing the right lines was
very important today on this track. I put in some good laps in moto 1
but then lost my rhythm a little when Tommy got past. The second moto
start was a disaster but I am happy with how I came through the pack.
This is my 7th podium of the season so I hope to finish the last
two races the same and of course it would be great to try for the
win.” Mentioned Paulin.
The penultimate round of the series
will take place in Gaildorf, Germany on the 3-4 September.
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Race results:
MX2 Race 1:
1 Roczen,
Ken GER KTM
2 Searle,
Tommy GBR
Kawasaki
3 Roelants,
Joel BEL KTM
4 Paulin,
Gautier FRA
Yamaha
5 Teillet,
Valentin FRA
Suzuki
6 van
Horebeek, Jeremy BEL
KTM
7 Herlings,
Jeffrey NED
KTM
8 Nicholls,
Jake GBR KTM
9 Tonus,
Arnaud SUI
Yamaha
10 Anstie,
Max GBR Kawasaki
MX2 Race 2:
1 Roczen,
Ken GER KTM
2 Searle,
Tommy GBR
Kawasaki
3 Herlings,
Jeffrey NED
KTM
4 Paulin,
Gautier FRA
Yamaha
5 Tonus,
Arnaud SUI
Yamaha
6 Nicholls,
Jake GBR KTM
7 Charlier,
Christophe FRA Yamaha
8 Anstie,
Max GBR Kawasaki
9 Tixier,
Jordi FRA KTM
10 Kullas, Harri
FIN Yamaha
MX2 GP Overall:
1 Roczen,
Ken GER KTM 50
2 Searle,
Tommy GBR
Kawasaki
44
3 Paulin,
Gautier FRA
Yamaha 36
4 Herlings,
Jeffrey NED
KTM 34
5 Tonus,
Arnaud SUI
Yamaha 28
6 Nicholls,
Jake GBR KTM 28
7 Charlier,
Christophe FRA
Yamaha 24
8 Anstie,
Max GBR
Kawasaki 24
9 Tixier,
Jordi FRA KTM
21
10 Roelants, Joel BEL
KTM 20
MX2 GP World Championship
standings:
1 Roczen,
Ken GER 590
2 Herlings,
J. NED 547
3 Searle,
Tommy GBR
479
4 Paulin,
G. FRA
425
5 Tonus,
Arnaud SUI
353
6 Anstie,
Max GBR 342
7 Osborne,
Z. USA 295
8 Kullas,
Harri FIN 287
9 Aubin,
Nicolas
FRA 242
10 Roelants, Joel BEL
226