From Lommel to Loket in just one week. The distance wasn’t so much as the difference between the two. From the finest sand to the most compact soil of the Czech Republic.
This change has created between all the riders some difficulties in adaptation to the race conditions, but Sebastien Pourcel wasn’t scared by the “serpentine” of Loket and he has been able to stand on the second stair of the podium. Just a little imperfection in race 1 when he was on the head of the group has taken the victory away from him. Fifth place at the end of the first race Seb has ridden a perfect race2. Jumped on the fourth place he has recovered...

Sand hell.

The circuit of Lommel Belgium blocks all the protagonists of the 11th round of the Motocross World Championship 2008. In Mx1 Sebastien Pourcel doesn’t go over the 6th place and Salvini pays a lot a fall during the first heat. In MX2 Guarneri closes on the 10th place and Monni gains the 13th position. 

A very difficult week end the one on the famous circuit of Lommel, Belgium. The sand Hell as usually called, has literally blocked all the protagonists of the 2008 season. For the UFO colors a positive week end at least with a good performance of Sebastien Pourcel who has resulted on the 6th place in the...

Motocross World Championship, round tenth of fifteen in Nelspruit (South Africa)
 
Fifth place for Sébastien Pourcel
 
After a long trip from Europe, the Motocross World Championship riders discovered in South Africa one of the best track of the series. Home of the tenth round the Alkmaar circuit offered some nice racing, and allowed Sébastien Pourcel to recover from his difficult Swedish round with a fifth position overall.

Moving from Sun City to Nelspruit, the South African round was back in the calendar after a break last season and the entire paddock appreciate the new...

The African transfer leaves a bitter taste in Seb who has been one of the fastest riders on the track for the whole week end. In MX2 Davide Guarneri and Manuel Monni finish on the 11th and the 13th place in the overall.

An other time the good luck doesn’t kiss Sebastien Pourcel who pays a lot a mistake done in the beginning of race one. Fallen at the first corner the French has been constricted to recover from the 30th position. At the end of the first heat he has been able anyway, to close on the 8th place, showing a special feeling with the African circuit. In the second heat Pourcel has jumped in the head group reaching the 4th...

All the members of the Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing team will not keep a great memory about the Swedish event, round nine of the 2008 World Championship. Sixteenth of the GP with an eleventh place in the opening race, Sébastien retired in the second heat but keeps his fifth position in the standings.

Home of the single Scandinavian GP, Uddevalla has always been one of the nicest venue of the series even if this track is not the rider’s favourite. Always slippery when it’s dry, the track was even worst on Sunday due to some night showers, and most of the riders rode carefully to secure the best results.
Fifth of the...

Davide Guarneri and Manuel Monni keep the UFO colors high in MX2, instead in MX1 Sebastien Pourcel pays a lot a technical problem on his bike that hasn’t permit to him to race the second heat of the Sweden GP.

It wasn’t well started the Sweden GP for “Seb” Pourcel and it has also finished before. In the first heat our color-keeper has jumped in the middle group but he has fallen during the first lap and he has been constricted to an incredible recover from the 13th position. Also if the circuit was really hard Sebastien has been able to recover till ending the race on the tenth place. In the second heat of the 9th GP...

Livia Lancelot leads again!
 
Livia Lancelot took back the red plate during the fourth round of the Women’s World Championship, winning the first race and finishing second overall in Teutschenthal (Germany). Winner two weeks ago in France, Sébastien Pourcel took the sixth place of the MX1 Grand Prix and is currently fifth in the standings.
 
Round eighth of fifteen in the MX1 series, the German Grand Prix has been one of the hottest so far and most of the riders struggled with the hard packed layout. Second of the...

UFO returns “owner” of the red board of World Cup leader but this time thanks to the fast and fascinating French girl Livia Lancelot, who with the victory in race 1 and the second place in the second heat, comes “furiously” back as leader of the Championship when there is just one more round to the end of the Championship. The last round will take place in Lierop, Holland, next September the 7th.
Because the discrimination of the second heat Lancelot doesn’t conquest the victory of the German GP, that has been won by the German Laier. To complete the podium the other German Maria Franke, dressed UFO too.
In the...