MX2

IPONE, the brand leader on the French market for two-wheel machine lubricants, becomes the exclusive supplier to the Team Monster Energy Kawasaki for the 2015 season of the MXGP FIM Motocross World Championship.

IPONE, the MXGP championship’s exclusive partner for lubricants and maintenance products, has consolidated its position and commitment to off-road competition. IPONE and the Team Monster Energy Kawasaki will combine their expertise to boost individual off-road racing performance. The extreme conditions of the MXGP championship will provide IPONE with an ideal environment in which to test the technical characteristics of their formulas so that they can provide as many riders as possible with a high-performance product that leaves the rest behind. 

The Team Monster Energy Kawasaki is all set for another season of thrills from the best in MX2 riders, including Jordi Tixier, MX2 World Championship title-holder, Dylan Ferrandis, Motocross of Nations Champion, and Thomas Covington, whose performance is no less promising. 

Jordi Tixier, Dylan Ferrandis and Thomas Covington will fight it out for the MX2 FIM World Championship title on the Kawasaki KXF 250. Team CLS was initially formed by Jean-Jacques Luisetti as a platform for training young French talent to the top motocross classes, and was upgraded to become the official Team Kawasaki MX2 in 2009. The Team Monster Energy Kawasaki is confident and becomes a serious challenger in its fight to retain the MX2 World Championship title in 2015.

IPONE will provide technical support and expertise based on its product range, including the Katana off-road engine lubricant, and the backing of its specialised technicians for riders and the team mechanics under the most extreme conditions of the motocross competition.

For 30 years IPONE has built its reputation in off-road competition environments and has amply demonstrated the power of its expertise to help out the best riders, and at rally raids such as Dakar. Today, it is only natural that the IPONE brand should become associated with one of the best official teams in MX2.

IPONE, the leading brand in of its kind, designs and produces a complete range of lubricants for two-wheels and recreational vehicles, featuring Full Power Katana and Samouraï Racing. IPONE has developed a line of products specifically designed for the care and maintenance of motorbikes, scooters, quad bikes, jet-skis & snowmobiles.

IPONE’s innovative formulas go beyond the requirements of existing standards and guarantee users exceptional vehicle performance. IPONE technology transforms the riding experience with its innovative Speed & Easy Shift, available in the Sports range. The outcome of research into the most extreme and advanced competition conditions, IPONE products bring with them easy access to the expertise of an iconic brand.

IPONE is a French brand created in 1985 between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. Today, its products are available through 1500 specialist retailers in France and over 40 countries on 5 continents: Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, as well as Canada and Australia.

Copyright: Photo: Team Monster Energy Kawasaki

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 17 February 2015 - Entering into its second year of close partnership with North American Sport TV broadcaster CBS Sports Network, the FIM World Motocross Championship (MXGP) will benefit in 2015 of an even stronger programming schedule in USA and Canada.

For the MXGP series kicking off on the soil of Qatar on February 28^th, CBS Sport Network, an acclaimed US-based authority for Sport on Television, will secure solid exposure, based on a same-day delayed broadcast for the entire season, with the last round of the year, the Monster Energy MXGP of USA, to go Live for both the MXGP and MX2 classes.

As the FIM MXGP series keeps building successful following within the North American audience, compared to last year, in 2015 its TV broadcast-times will be significantly closer to race-times for most of the championship.

The MXGP, the class that this year attracted Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Ryan Villopoto, arguably the best American motocross rider of this era, will receive particular programming attention in USA and Canada for first ever Villopoto’s hunt of a world motocross title.

For the programming schedule, please visit:

http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/schedule/cbssn

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Count backwards from 10! There are only 10 days until the gate drops for the greatest season of motocross the world will ever witness. It’s hard not to be excited with both MXGP and MX2 classes stacked with huge names. Each crown is anybody’s game. Don’t fight the feeling; get excited, it’s almost here! MXGP 2015.

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There are a lot of folks out there with their money on this guy, Team HRC's Gautier Paulin, to take the red plate at the opening round of the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship. Offering a little more insight as to what he's up to, MXGP Mag caught up with the man himself, GP21, to touch base on his transition to Honda, working with fellow French legend Jean Michel Bayle, the team atmosphere and how his first time lining up the red machine went…

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Love is in the air with Valentines day is creeping up on us as quickly as it does every year. This year, we are giving our valentine access to the FULL season of MXGP racing on MXGP-TV, which will allow you to watch each and every round of the FIM Motocross World Championship LIVE and OnDemand on any computer, laptop or portable device!

So, do you want to be our valentine?

All you have to do is click HERE and fill in your details to be in the draw to WIN. 

Yamaha Motors Europe launched their comprehensive campaign for 2015 racing glory today with the official presentation of their 2015 on and off-road line-ups.

Taking place at the Yamaha Motor Racing Headquarters in Gerno di Lesmo, Italy, Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube introduced their dynamic MXGP line-up of Jeremy Van Horebeek, 2014 FIM MXGP vice world champion, and Romain Febvre, 2014 FIM MX2 bronze medalist and a rookie to fear, along with their MX2 squads, Standing Construct Yamaha and Kemea Yamaha Yamalube.

Making the switch from orange to blue, Standing Construct Yamalube Yamaha are sure to make a mark on the 2015 MX2 World Championship with their solid line up of Valentin Guillod and Julien Lieber. Both Guillod and Lieber were podium threats nearing the end of last season with Guillod rounding out the year with a podium finish and Lieber proving he’s got the pace to challenge for the lead.

Meanwhile Kemea Yamaha Racing will also represent team blue for yet another year with a line up of youngsters in the form of Benoit Paturel and Damon Graulus, both fresh out of the European Championship ranks.

As the excitement for the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship continues to build, particularly at the Yamaha base today, it was confirmed that all the boys in blue are ripe and ready for the gates to drop at round one in Qatar.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 10 February 2015 - Youthstream presents the seventeenth issue of MXGP Mag which includes a feature on Team HRC’s force to be reckoned with, winner of the 2014 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations Gautier Paulin, an inside look at the location and facilities in Qatar, a glance at five of the fastest MXGP class contenders, as well as a feature on one of the most recognized names in the business, Pit Beirer, and also Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Junior Team’s newest recruit Josiah Natzke.

Click here to read the seventeenth issue of MXGP Mag or download it for FREE on Apple Store or Google Play. The iOs and Android versions contain exclusive videos and several photo galleries, and once the MXGP Mag has been downloaded, the reader does not need to be connected on the Internet to go through the content.

Those users who have already downloaded the other issues on their iOs device can automatically download the seventeenth issue by opening the News Stand and clicking on the cover of the MXGP Mag. Whereas those readers using an Android device will be able to download the magazine for free thanks to this new app: http://bit.ly/IssuuOnAndroid

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40 years ago it was the dream of every single American racer to beat the riders from Europe. Names like Joel Robert, Torsten Hallman and Roger DeCoster were the best riders in the world and their domination of the sport was obvious.

It was little surprising when the three visited America to race in the Trans-AMA series that the young locals like Brad Lackey, Bob Hannah and Marty Smith wanted to learn. For Lackey though it was like an obsession.

As a teenager he moved to Europe and lived in the Czech Republic, crying himself to sleep at night he dreamt to one day be a world champion. True enough after a decade of trying Lackey did win the 1982 FIM 500cc World Championship and his countryman Danny Laporte won the FIM 250cc World Championship, it was the start of a love affair American riders would have with the GP scene, although one that only really lasted a decade.

For Laporte the whole feel about racing in America grew from his childhood heroes. He knew straight away the only place for him to race was in Europe.

“When I was young the guys I looked at were guys like Roger DeCoster and Joel Robert and we got all the Cycle News (bigger motorcycle newspaper in USA) and it was always about those guys and we looked at the Europeans to learn more and that is why I wanted to race in Europe. Also the pageantry of the event in Europe, it has so much history. I mean the atmosphere in the 1970’s and 80’s was in my opinion the golden era of motocross in America and Europe. To go to a track and there was a massive crowd, it was really a lot of romance about it, and you had the Belgian fans in Belgium and the French fans in France and the British in England. In America it’s the same everywhere and it doesn’t change anywhere and in Europe everywhere you went it was different.”

Donny Schmit, Trampas Parker and Bobby Moore all won world championships between 1989 and 1994, two each for Schmit and Parker and one for Moore.

“I loved my time racing in Europe, and I still love going back and watching guys like Cairoli, or Paulin or Desalle. It’s a great series and for many America riders in my era it was a great place to race, but some European riders also wanted to race in America.”

That has once again changed, and not for a couple of years now have we seen a motocross world champion head to America. Now the best American rider Ryan Villopoto has moved to the MXGP class and is once again starting up that American dream.

Don’t be surprised to see a major interest from the American public in 2015, and that interest will without doubt see more young American riders wanting to ply their trade in Europe and around the world, just like Lackey did in the 1970s.

Excitement levels for MXGP 2015 are soaring especially with the results from pre-season events confirming that this season will in fact be as unpredictable as we had've hoped.

Looking fast and fierce in Shawbury, England at the Hawkstone International, Team Suzuki World MXGP’s Kevin Strijbos and Clement Desalle took the top two spots of the podium in MX1 with very impressive performances.

While Strijbos appeared to be riding hungrier than ever as he passed teammate Desalle for the win and the overall, the most impressive performance of the weekend was that of MXGP rookie, Suzuki Europe’s Glenn Coldenhoff who led a good portion of the races before fading due to arm-pump, which is to be expected from a 450 bike rookie of his stature.

Team Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson finished fourth while Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Dean Ferris rounded out the top five.

In MX2 at Hawkstone, the number one plate of the reigning FIM MX2 World Champion Jordi Tixier made his first appearance of the year. Looking solid and extremely comfortable on his Monster Energy Kawasaki MX2 machine, Tixier passed Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Aleksandr Tonkov for the lead in both races to take a double victory. Tonkov blew off some cobwebs too with two seconds while Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Ben Watson, who will be an MX2 rookie this year, was the surprise of the weekend banking a solid pair of thirds for third overall. Former European Championship EMX250 Champion Steven Lenoir finished fourth while Watson’s teammate Petar Petrov bounced back from a couple of crashes for fifth.

Meanwhile in Castiglione Del Lago, Italy where the second round of the Italian Championship took place it became evident that the battle for the MXGP crown will be immense.

For starters, was awesome to see the 2008 FIM Motocross World Champion, DP19 Racing’s David Philippaerts bounce back from a few average years to win the MX1 class ahead of a legitimate MXGP title contender Redbull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl. Yamaha Factory Racing’s duo of Jeremy Van Horebeek and Romain Febvre rounded out the top four in that order while the eight-time FIM Motocross World Champion Antonio Cairoli was only fifth ahead of his Redbull KTM Factory Racing teammate Tommy Searle.

In the Elite race in Italy, Nagl took control confirming he’s in good shape for this year while Searle looks to be picking up some momentum finishing second. Philippaerts put in yet another mega performance for third while Febvre and Cairoli rounded out the top five.

With these brief overviews from the weekend, it looks like round one of the FIM Motocross World Championship, which is set to take place at the end of this month in Qatar is going to be nothing short of epic. You don’t want to miss it! To view the races live and on-demand, visit www.MXGP-TV.com and subscribe. 

Are you ready for MXGP 2015?

Tickets are already on sale for the following rounds:

MXGP of Trentino (Italy)

MXGP of Europe (The Netherlands)

MXGP of Spain

MXGP of Great Britain

MXGP of France

MXGP of Italy

Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations (France)

Find your closest round on the calendar by clicking HERE.