Kawasaki trio claim MXoN title for France

With an unrivalled display of team spirit the trio of French Kawasaki riders recorded their country's second victory in the annual event for national teams with a score of just seventeen points to the twenty-seven of second-placed Belgium and thirty-three of USA and Great Britain. Both team leader Paulin, who was the commanding winner of both his MXGP class races, and Open class rider Frossard won their respective classes, while Ferrandis, despite starting each time from the disadvantageous outside gate, finished third in the MX2 class, which was won by fellow Kawasaki rider Tommy Searle.
 
Paulin took his Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team bike to victory in the opening moto for MXGP and MX2 riders and, with Ferrandis ninth aboard the CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy KX250F, France opened up an early lead in the team classification with ten points to the thirteen of second-placed USA.
 
In the second moto for Open class and MX2 machinery it was Frossard's turn to do battle and he charged to second, while Ferrandis, unselfishly accepting the team's outside gate, again finished ninth to further extend the French lead as they now led by seven points from Great Britain.
 
With Paulin victorious and Frossard fourth in the final moto, the French set the seal on a glorious day, the first time for nearly 30 years that the winning team in the annual event have all come from the same manufacturer.

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