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The Manageress : Molson Kawasaki's Lisa Church
28 May 2008
Aged just 28 Molson Kawasaki’s Lisa Church is one of the youngest team managers in the sport of motocross and most definitely the only female to front a factory team. She’s expertly managed the Church family’s race team for three and a half years now and during that time has implemented changes that have seen the team grow from a Kawasaki supported outfit to a full on factory team for 2008. With the Molson team’s home GP approaching at Mallory Park this weekend we caught up with Lisa at Molson Kawasaki's European base in Belgium to find out more about this enigmatic character and the work she does.
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Kawasaki Teams’ Presentation - Valkenswaard
05 April 2008
At Valkenswaard’s Eurocircuit, the venue of the first FIM Motocross Grand Prix of the season, Kawasaki presented its factory and satellite teams today at the VIP area. After last year’s loss of Kawasaki column Jan de Groot, the whole Team Green is now looking forward to starting a new season.
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Tough weekend for Sébastien in Bercy
16 November 2007
Sébastien Pourcel raced this weekend the famous Paris Bercy Supercross, an event that he prepared during his three week stay in California. Working with Pro Circuit, one of the most experienced companies, he tested suspensions and engines with his mechanic and came back to France with some parts in his luggage.
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Kevin Strijbos Signs With Kawasaki GPKR
01 November 2007
The Kawasaki GPKR team is pleased to announce that Kevin Strijbos has joined Sébastien Pourcel and will contest the 2008 FIM MX1 World Championship aboard a factory KX450F. Miss Livia Lancelot is the third member of the squad and will enter the Women’s World Championship on a KX250F.
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Pourcel And Sword Both On The Mend
26 August 2007
Team GPKR’s Christophe Pourcel underwent successful surgery yesterday afternoon in Marseille while Molson Kawasaki’s Stephen Sword will have the pins removed from his broken foot next week. After a long and painful transfer from Belfast to the hospital in Marseille Christophe Pourcel was welcomed by Dr Olivier Dufour and his colleagues, who then performed several tests. They discovered further damage to his shoulder and decided to operate on Thursday afternoon as the eighteen year old had lost sensation in parts of his lower body.
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Christophe Pourcel Still in Hospital
23 August 2007
Today Christophe Pourcel is still hospitalised in Belfast after his heavy crash during warm-up for the Grand Prix of Northern Ireland last Sunday. The 2006 MX2 World Champion had been transfered from Antrim to Belfast, where he underwent further tests with a well known specialist to learn more about his injury. The exams revealed that he has broken his sacrum, the last bone of the spinal column; it is an ‘open book’ fracture and the doctors are still waiting to decide if he will need surgical reconstrution before rehabilitation. His French doctor Olivier Dufour is in permanent contact with the Irish staff, and apparently Christophe will be soon transfered back home to France.
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Sébastien Clinched His Fifth Title
14 August 2007
Once more after Ernée three weeks ago, the French Championship round of Lacapelle Marival was under the Pourcel’s belt. Christophe and Sébastien dominated the races and shared the heat wins, with an overall success for Christophe followed by Sébastien who clinched his first MX1 French title. Lacapelle Marival was a perfect track for this final round, with a well prepared layout, sunny weather and big crowd for the last appearance of Christophe Pourcel and Mickael Pichon on a French MX track. During the timed practice session Pichon confirmed that he prepared this event seriously as he claimed the pole after a perfect lap, more than one second faster than anyone!
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Second Podium In A Row For Seb Pourcel
30 July 2007
Two weeks after his first GP win, Sébastien Pourcel claimed another podium with a second place in the Czech Republic for the eleventh round of the MX1 world championship. His brother Christophe had a tougher weekend as he was ill, and finished fifth in the MX2 class. Sébastien had a strong qualifying session and earned his second pole position of the season on Saturday followed by Tanel Leok from KRT. Sébastien had a great start from the gate in the first race but in the first corner he touched Ramon’s wheel and crashed.
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Convincing Sébastien Pourcel in Nismes
11 July 2007
Usually involved in the French Championship Sébastien Pourcel did a convincing performance in the Belgian series, as he finished second in Nismes. Fourth of this round his brother Christophe keeps his second place in the standings, while Gregory Aranda ended sixth for his come back. After a desappointing GP of Sweden Sébastien Pourcel decided to race the fifth round of the Belgian Championship in Nismes, among several MX1 GP riders.
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Livia Lancelot Leads the Women’s World Cup
03 July 2007
Livia Lancelot scored the best result for the GPKR team this weekend in Sweden with second position in the Women’s World Cup round. She now holds the red plate going into the third and last round in the Netherlands, while Christophe Pourcel was able to consolidate his second place in the MX2 standings with fourth overall.
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Sébastien Pourcel Fourth In Bulgarian MX1 GP
19 June 2007
Sevlievo, Bulgaria, 17 June 2007 - Bulgaria and the Sevlievo circuit entertained the hottest Grand Prix of the season this weekend and it was a tough event for the GP riders who had to deal with high temperatures and hard soil. The conditions suited Sébastien Pourcel who finished fourth overall while younger borther Christophe missed the MX2 podium after a lacklustre first moto.
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Pourcel Runner-Up At His home Grand Prix
11 June 2007
The World Championship was back in Europe this weekend two weeks after the trip to Japan. On their home track of Saint Jean d’Angely the French riders left without celebrating any victory. Christophe Pourcel finished runner-up in the MX2 class, while Sébastien Pourcel took seventh place in MX1. Christophe owned a holeshot and won his qualifying race on Saturday and entered the starting grid first for the races. He chose a place in the middle of the gate for the opening moto but missed a decent start as he was around the tenth into the first corner. Sixth after the first lap, he needed seven circulations to come back to second behind Cairoli, who proved again to be a strong leader.
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First GP Win This Season For Christophe Pourcel In Japan
27 May 2007
It seems that the Japanese round of the Motocross World Championship suits Christophe Pourcel and his Team GPKR. One year ago in Sugo he obtained the red plate as leader of the series and this weekend - on the bumpy Japanese track - he collected his first Grand Prix win of the season. Home of the Japanese round for three years now, Sugo is without any doubt one of the roughest track of the series. Designed in a natural valley, the circuit has a soft ground with sand and wood chippings mixed into the earth. After heavy rain on Friday the riders had to deal with deep ruts and bumps through practice and into the races on this challenging but demanding layout.
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Eight Place For Kawasaki's Christophe Pourcel In Moerbeke
03 May 2007
Christophe Pourcel raced with his usual KX250F and scored an overall 8th result in the third round of the Belgium Championship among many MX1 riders. After his spectacular crash last weekend in Portugal, Chritophe Pourcel was involved in the third round of the Belgian Championship, in Moerbeke. He finished eighth aboard his KX250F Kawasaki, and keeps his third place in the standings.
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Kawasaki's Pourcel Misses First Victory
24 April 2007
Christophe Pourcel missed a first win of the season in Agueda after he crashed while leading the second heat of the Portuguese Grand Prix. Despite some heavy rain on Friday evening and fog this morning - that forced the organizers to postpone the warm up - the weather has been perfect in Agueda for the third round of fifteen in the series. The track was demanding and the conditions were difficult for the riders, with warm temperatures and high humidity but the racing was once more again in both classes.
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Kawasaki's Christophe Claimed The Title With Gallantry!
18 September 2006
The final round of the 2006 World Championship didn’t changed anything in the MX2 standings, and Christophe Pourcel claimed in Ernée (France), supported by 15000 fans, his first Motocross World title. It’s the third title in this class for Kawasaki, and it’s another French rider who got it after Sébastien Tortelli (1996) and Mickael Maschio (2002).
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Kawasaki World Motocross Line Up Completed
11 August 2006
Kawasaki Racing Team have now completed their motocross line-up for their assault on the 2007 FIM MX1 World Championships with the signing of twenty year old Billy MacKenzie who has agreed terms for a one year deal, riding for the Dutch based factory team of Jan De Groot.
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