Tough outing for Paulin at German GP

The penultimate round of the FIM
Motocross World championship series has been a tough outing for Monster
Energy Yamaha’s Gautier Paulin.   A return to  the
famous Gaildorf circuit saw a massive crowd attendance with great weather
conditions.

Paulin looked comfortable in his
qualification race with a perfect hole-shot and a solid 3^rd
place.  He backed up the first moto with another good start but
battled to run the pace of the front-runners as he narrowly missed out on a
podium finish. 

A crash in moto two confirmed that
there would be no rostrum finish for the likeable Frenchman as he remounted
and finished in a lonely 6^th place for 5^th overall on
the day.

“I guess everyone has one of
those days where the feeling is not there.  I did not feel comfortable
on the track and felt that if I pushed any harder I would be riding over my
capabilities.   I’m sure Fermo will be much better. 
It is the team’s home GP and my last GP with them so I want to make
this a good one” vowed Paulin.

The final round of the 15 round
series will take place next week in Fermo Italy.

Race results:

MX2 Race 1

1          Roczen,
Ken   GER     KTM

2          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki

3          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     Yamaha

4          Paulin,
Gautier           FRA
    Yamaha

5          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM

6          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     KTM

7          Leib,
Michael  USA     Husqvarna

8          Roelants,
Joel BEL     KTM

9          Nicholls,
Jake  GBR     KTM

10       Anstie,
Max    GBR     Kawasaki

MX2 Race 2

1          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki

2          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM

3          Roczen,
Ken   GER     KTM

4          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     Yamaha

5          Anstie,
Max    GBR     Kawasaki

6          Paulin,
Gautier           FRA
    Yamaha

7          Roelants,
Joel BEL     KTM

8          Lupino,
Alessandro   ITA      Husqvarna

9          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     KTM

10       Tixier,
Jordi    FRA     KTM

MX2 GP Overall:

1          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki       
47

2          Roczen,
Ken   GER     KTM    45

3          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM    38

4          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
    
Yamaha          38

5          Paulin,
Gautier           FRA
   
Yamaha          33

6          Anstie,
Max    GBR    
Kawasaki        27

7          Roelants,
Joel BEL     KTM    27

8          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     KTM    27

9          Lupino,
Alessandro   ITA     
Husqvarna     23

10       Butron Oliva, Antonio
Jose   ESP     KTM   
19

MX2 World championship
standings:

1          Roczen,
Ken   GER     635

2          Herlings,
J.      NED    585

3          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    526

4          Paulin,
G.        FRA    
458

5          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     391

6          Anstie,
Max    GBR     369

7          Osborne,
Z.     USA     295

8          Kullas,
Harri   FIN      287

9          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     269

10       Roelants, Joel BEL
    253