FUCHS MS. November · the prestigious rally-raid Dakar, the Boucou team is currently finalizing their preparations for the four race trucks and the eight assistance vehicles, which

Motorsport News International Edition – November 2016

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South Africa Golden boy Lance Isaacs At the end of his masterful races, the talented 38-year-old rider from Pietermaritzburg won the SuperM Championship title, riding his BMW S1000RR. In a few days, Lance must prove his talent in the Kyalami Motorsport Festival and the Super-GP Trophy. Thrills guaranteed. // Page 9.

South Africa

Honors for FUCHS at Kyalami FUCHS LUBRICANTS SOUTH AFRICA LTD excelled at the 2016 Kyalami Motorsport Festival with plenty of successes and victories won by its well-known competitors in front of FUCHS customers. // Page 3.

France

The fabulous challenge

of the Boucou team With twelve years’ experience in the prestigious rally-raid Dakar, the Boucou team is currently finalizing their preparations for the four race trucks and the eight assistance vehicles, which will take to the South American roads for a 9,000 km adventure. // Page 2.

Great Britain

Impressive standing ovation

for Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne With 77 race victories, scoring a further 96 podium finishes and celebrating his incredible fifth BSB title this season, Shane Byrne has become the most successful rider in the championship’s 20-year history. Bravo ‘Shakey’! // Page 6.

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Andorran Jordi Ginesta, Portuguese José Martins and Michel Boucou, the boss of the team. Thanks to their know-how and skills, the drivers of the team will assist the prestigious racers, including the Qatari driver Nasser-Al-Attiyah (2011 and 2015 Dakar winner) at the wheel of the new Toyota, a two-wheel drive pick-up, and the Spanish racer Nani Roma (two Dakar wins) with his ‘Overdrive’ Toyota, who will both attempt to secure another title. “We propose a full service package on the road. At the end of each stage, our crew will service all our race trucks”, explained Michel Boucou.

France

Intrepid and experienced drivers

The 39th edition of the Dakar will be contested in three countries from 2 to 14 January 2017 and will link Paraguay’s city Asunción, La Paz in Bolivia and Buenos Aires in Argentina. For twelve days, the competitors will race over 9,000 km. With 700 km per day, the 2017 stages will be longer than those in 2016. 45 to 50% of the tracks will be new roads, especially in Bolivia. “This edition is intended to be a highlight in terms of altitude (over 4,000 meters), but also in difficulty and in mileage”, explained Etienne Lavigne, race director of the Dakar. For their 11th participation, the Boucou team will field four race trucks and eight assistance vehicles in this extreme rally. The race trucks will be driven by Thomas Robineau (2014, 2015, 2016 Truck French champion and winner of the 2016 Truck 24H of Le Mans),

The head of Dakar’s biggest assistance team, Michel Boucou manages a transport company and a garage. He has been a faithful FUCHS customer since 2007.

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South Africa

Victorious days for FUCHS at the

Kyalami Motorsport Festival FUCHS LUBRICANTS SOUTH AFRICA LTD hosted customers at the official opening of the Kyalami race track in Johannesburg for the 2016 Kyalami Motorsport Festival on 22nd October. Over 80 FUCHS customers attended the event and were treated to a day’s racing of the highest calibre where over 450 competitors experienced the upgraded track that is now on a par with the best in the world. FUCHS-sponsored drivers had an exceptional day. In the first race Terry Wilford in the FUCHS V8 Ford finished 2nd in a highly exciting and competitive race. Alex Marques in his Golf obtained 4th position overall for the weekend, streaming his race live on Facebook. “Thank you to my sponsor FUCHS LUBRICANTS for the on-going support”, he said. Giordano Lupini came all the way from Cape Town to participate in the race. On Friday, Lupini took the lead in his class during the first heat to record his maiden win. On Saturday, he bagged his second win taking honours in class D. The weekend turned into a walk-in-the-park for Lyle Ramsay and the FUCHS sponsored Monroe Racing South Africa team as they campaigned in round eight of the 2016 Comsol VW Challenge at Kyalami.

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During the qualifying race, Ramsay topped class C to finish 1st in his VW Polo Vivo. In race one, by pulling out fast, he opened an eight second lead over his opponents and won the seven lap race. In a race that had the FUCHS crowds screaming, Dewald Brummer and Dean Venter were 1st and 3rd respectively in the Formula Ford category, both flying the flag for FUCHS LUBRICANTS. Lance Isaacs won the SuperM motorbike class and finished 4th in the Super-GP class after a crash in the warm up earlier that morning.

“Overall, it was a successful day and we would like to thank our clients for joining us for an excellent day’s racing”, said Paul Deppe, Managing Director of FLSA.

Pictured: Lance Isaacs, Paul Deppe – MD of FLSA, and Alex Marques at the Motorsport Festival at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (left to right)

Photo credit: E

ric Buijs

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Poland

Chmielewski claims dramatic wins

at Dolnoslaski Jan Chmielewski snatched victory in one of the most dramatic finishes of the Polish Rally Championship which took place in Dolnoslaski. The BMW driver and his co-driver, Michael Majewski, once again confirmed their ability with a new victory during this fifth round of the season. This 1st place in the OPEN 2WD strengthened their position in the overall classification. “Another successful rally!”, said Jan Chmielewski. “Everything went very smoothly on the first and at the beginning of the second day. Dolnoslaski rally has always been a very exciting motorsport event and so it was this time – an advantage of one second over my

main rival after six special stages. Technical problems on the second day caused some setbacks – we could not go full speed. We had to focus on getting over the finish line”, commented Michael Majewski. “However, the advantage we had from the first day was enough to win.” A large group of FUCHS fans came to support the team during the rally. In spite of cold, damp and dark conditions, everybody had a great time with the visit to the service station and the meeting with Jan which compensated for the inconvenient weather conditions.

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Great Britain

Dramatic finish in South Wales FUCHS sponsored Ryan Cooke took victory at a dramatic final round at the Britpart MSA British Cross Country Championship at Walters, South Wales, with Martin Gould wrapping up the title win. With four wins already this season Gould required one more finish in his Buxton 4x4 Rivet to take the championship crown. His weekend got off to a bad start when his car stopped on the recce* lap with an alternator problem, and he suffered further difficulties on run, one with a faulty clutch master cylinder. Meanwhile Justin Birchall, who was in line to win the championship if Gould failed to finish, was forced out of the event with a damaged engine. Colin Gould, in his Clio V8, led the BCCC crews throughout day one with Cooke taking his Milner LRM-1 to second ahead of Richard Coleby’s Polaris. A broken ball joint ended Colin’s hopes of victory on day two and Cooke continued to show consistent pace to take the win. “I’m really chuffed with the victory”, said Cooke. “It’s been a long time coming and it’s taken a lot of hard work by everyone involved in the team. It was a great event and other than a driveshaft problem, the car has been trouble-free. Consistency has paid off and, for once, lady luck was on our side. I’d like to thank everyone involved in putting the events on, and all my team. I’d also like to thank FUCHS, Land Rover and Paintstore of Leamington who have supported me through thick and thin.”

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Great Britain

Bogie nets top twenty

on Rally GB

FUCHS-backed motorsport rally team CA1 Sport were delighted when their up-and-coming driver David Bogie finished 18th overall on the Dayinsure Rally GB in October. The tough three-day event had a ceremonial start in Chester leading to a punishing schedule of 22 stages spread over the next three days throughout Wales and into England before finally finishing with the Brenig 2 Power Stage. As well as the works rally teams, Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae in the CA1 Sport run Skoda Fabia R5 also had to contend with leading WRC 2 international challengers in their class. Having started confidently on Friday before smashing into a rock which had been pulled into the middle of the road, they then bent a steering arm, which lead to retirement. A fast pace on the Saturday and Sunday stages meant that Bogie was able to steadily climb the leader board to finish a creditable 18th overall and an equally impressive 9th in the WRC2 standings. As well as being the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship, the event was also the final round of the British Championship. After a promising start in Wales, a crash on the Pirelli and radiator woes in the Scottish rally ended any hopes of a top 3 finish in the championship – he ended the year in 7th place.

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Great Britain

5 Times Champion – first time ever! Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne claimed the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship title in dramatic style at Brands Hatch when he overcame the difficult autumnal conditions to win his fifth British Superbike Championship title – something that had never been done before. Byrne adds a new victory to the titles won in 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2014. This result allowed Paul Bird’s Penrith-based team to take their fifth BSB title. Adding Shakey’s four to Steve Hislop’s one in 2002 thus allowed them to become the most successful team in the history of the championship. Byrne continues to set the benchmark as the most successful rider in the championship’s 20-year history, celebrating an incredible five titles, claiming 77 race victories and scoring a further 96 podium finishes. “I must admit, it’s a strange feeling to have won the championship with a 6th place finish but to do so with a new manufacturer is a massive achievement for both myself and the team”, said Byrne.

Paul Bird, team owner explained: “To win our fifth title and become the most successful team ever in BSB means a lot to us especially with Ducati coming back with us after a long time away. It’s hard to find the words at present to describe just what we’ve achieved and for once I’m speechless! Conditions were difficult all weekend but you just have to deal with them and ‘Shakey’ obviously showed his class once more. He knew what he needed to do, didn’t panic and delivered exactly what he had to. Glenn had a late season flurry of results and got his confidence back so it’s good to see him have a solid debut season in BSB.” Stop Press : Just a couple of weeks after he clinched the 2016 title Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne has signed a two-year deal to continue with Paul Bird Motorsport and Be Wiser Ducati. Byrne has committed his short-term future to the Penrith-based squad which will see him contest both the 2017 and 2018 British Superbike Championship seasons with long-term friend and team boss Paul Bird. Fantastic news! Pictured: Team boss Paul Bird and Shane Byrne

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Great Britain

Strong FUCHS finish for Rallycross The final round of the British Rallycross Championship and the British Rallycross Grand-Prix were held at Croft and Bellerby Motorsport team were poised to give a strong showing to finish their season. Drew Bellerby started strong with a 5th place finish in Q1 before dropping to 8th and 9th in Q2 and Q3 respectively. Drew then found herself comfortably in 3rd position in the Semi-Final until her clutch failed, forcing her to retire, missing out on the final. The result meant that Drew sat 7th overall in the Suzuki Swift British Rallycross Championship, missing out on 6th place by an agonizing single point. Paige Bellerby romped home in 1st place in each of her three qualifiers before she was forced to retire in the Semi-Final. With a broken drive shaft Paige was gutted to end her season without a final but despite her bad luck, received the Driver of the Day award and finished 3rd overall in the Super-National British Rallycross Championship. A roller coaster year for FUCHS sponsored Bellerby Motorsport – but be prepared for 2017!

Great Britain

Cool Kawasaki!

Stevens, Charlwood

and Quattro Plant

Kawasaki take British

Sidecar Championship Quattro Plant Kawasaki concluded their British Championship season at Brands Hatch mid-October and it proved to be a successful two days of action as Ricky Stevens/Ryan Charlwood clinched the Hyundai Heavy Industries British Sidecar Championship for the second successive season. Driving the FUCHS Silkolene backed Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki, the duo took a 3rd place overall in the last race which was enough for them to win the championship with 397 points, eleven points more than their closest rivals and ending the season with an impressive four wins and 17 podiums from the twenty races. “We’re absolutely over the moon to be 2016 British champions but it was certainly hard work especially in Sunday’s race where conditions were treacherous – it was the longest eight laps we’ve ever had! It was a long weekend and up and down throughout but we got the job done and being champions is all that matters. A big thank you to all our sponsors and roll on 2017 where we’ll be looking to make it three in a row”, said Ricky Stevens.

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Italy Nicolas Covatti: 2016 double medallist At 28, Nicolas Covatti left his mark in motorbike history by winning the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship last August in Riga (Latvia) and the 2016 Italian Individual Speedway Championship, Open class, a few weeks later. The last round of the nine-round championship took place the first weekend of October. Nicolas Covatti, graduated 2016 Italian Champion in the Speedway Open category on the Veronese track of Badia Calavena. In great shape all season, the Italo-Argentinian rider dominated the championship and imposed himself eight times out of nine on the top step of the podium. Thanks to these victories, Nicolas Covatti of the Olimpia Terenzano Motoclub won his third title in the Italian Championship. The defender of FUCHS Silkolene’s colours had already made own the tricolour in the test, going on to win the race on Saturday. He did the same thing on Sunday with five wins in the heats and a final race controlled from A to Z.

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“It is a historic day for the team and BMW, who have both been working towards this result for several years. The team has done a fantastic job with Raffaele and the German technicians. This is an appropriate reward for the work carried out by both the team and the manufacturer,” said Genesio Bevilacqua, General Manager of the team .


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Italy

De Rosa and the Althea BMW team

secure the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

title at Jerez! The Althea BMW Racing team and rider Raffaele De Rosa triumphed at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera with the 5th position in the race, they have gained the title of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with their BMW S 1000 RR. This is the first title win for the Neapolitan rider and the second Stock title for the Italian team after the one scored in 2011. The rider sponsored by FUCHS LUBRIFICANTI S.P.A. for the eight races of the season claimed two wins, three further podium finishes and concluded the season with 115 points to Mercado’s 111 – his toughest rival for the title. “I am so grateful for the help of the team who I’ve worked for two years now. To be honest, the race wasn’t easy. I’m sorry about what happened to Tati (a great competitor). When I saw he was out, it unnerved me a little, it was so unexpected; I had to change my race strategy. I definitely lapped a little slower than usual, but I was tense and of course did not want to make any mistakes. I’ve been working towards this for several years and so I am extremely happy that the result has arrived after all our effort”, said Raffaele De Rosa.

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FUCHS MS. November · the prestigious rally-raid Dakar, the Boucou team is currently finalizing their preparations for the four race trucks and the eight assistance vehicles, which