03 June 2009, 07:41
Sébastien Pourcel underwent successful surgery Thursday afternoon 28th of May in Aix en Provence, but Sébastien will be replaced for the coming 2 GP’s by fellow countryman Florent Richier. Professor Vedel – who already operated him after his accident in December – repaired the damaged shoulders of the factory Kawasaki rider.
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14 April 2009, 23:23
MX1 - Sébastien Pourcel collected his first top ten result of the season in Turkey and confirmed that he is slowly coming back to his former level, while David Vuillemin scored an eleventh position. MX2 - World Championship leader Gautier Paulin captured his third consecutive podium result this weekend in Turkey and increased his lead after three of the fifteen rounds of the 2009 series.
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26 February 2009, 15:42
Injured in December during the final round of the Guadeloupian Championship, Kawasaki leader Sébastien Pourcel is still recovering from his injuries and has had to postpone his racing come back.
17 December 2008, 13:43
Involved in the last round of the Guadeloupian Motocross Championship, Sébastien damaged his shoulder and hip after a crash in the first race. He will have to rest at home during a month. Invited for a week in the Caribbean with several other French riders, including teammate Maxime Emery and GP rider Jeremy Tarroux, Sébastien enjoyed the nice weather over there and relaxed during a few days after a long season.
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09 December 2008, 23:33
Livia Lancelot got all eyes on her at the glamorous FIM Awards, as she was the queen of the night, in a magnificent evening dress. Sébastien Pourcel received the prestigious MX1 Pole Position Award. The magnificent “Salle des Etoiles” in Monaco was once more the meeting point for all the Motocross and Supermoto World Champions, celebrated by more than 500 guests during an unforgettable evening. To start with, all the Champions attended a press conference, and later received their FIM Prize during the dinner gala.
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16 September 2008, 01:30
After claiming another pole position on Saturday at the last Grand Prix of the season in Faenza Sébastien Pourcel unfortunately posted his worst race results of the campaign with a double DNF in Italy. Winning his first ever MX1 GP on this track last year, Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Sébastien Pourcel was confident coming into Faenza. The hard soil looks like the tracks found in the South of France when it’s dry and on Saturday Seb was always among the fastest riders. He entered the qualifying session feeling optimistic and claimed another pole position – the first one aboard the fuel injection model and his fifth in 2008.
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09 September 2008, 16:57
Livia Lancelot grabbed the first ever Women’s Motocross World Championship title and won her second GP of the season in Lierop on board her GPKR Kawasaki. It has been a long time since Livia got a Pee Wee as a present for Christmas. Nobody in her family was involved in motorcycling and she started practicing in the garden around her parent’s house. Later moving to real motocross tracks and starting her career with local, regional and later national races amongst the men she joined the Kawasaki family three years ago when Roger Pourcel offered her a ride in the GPKR team alongside his sons.
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08 September 2008, 15:48
Ever since 1994 when Dutchman Jan de Groot originally forged a link with Kawasaki to form the then named JHK Kawasaki team, the Japanese manufacturer’s flagship motocross race team has been based in a purpose built workshop in Schijndel which is around15 kilometres from Eindhoven in the Brabant region of the Netherlands.
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29 August 2008, 13:00
Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Sébastien Pourcel has been sensational in this year’s FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship as the 23–year-old Frenchman has taken more pole positions than any other rider, won the most heats – as well as two Grand Prix overall – and currently sits sixth in the series standings on his factory KX450F-SR still with a chance of taking the title. For the remaining three rounds of the MX1 championship Kawasaki will give Sébastien an even greater edge over his competition as he’ll debut the brand new fuel-injected 2009 KX450F in competition at the Grand Prix of Ireland in Fairyhouse, Dublin on August 31. Lighter, faster and stronger than ever before the 2009 KX450F is more than machine enough to push Pourcel back in to the winner’s circle.
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12 August 2008, 11:45
For the fifth time this season Sébastien Pourcel stood on the MX1 podium, this time at the 12th round of the series in the Czech Republic. Fifth and second in the races at Loket – home of the Czech round of the series for many years – Sébastien recovered well from a crash during the qualifying session while his teammate Kevin Strijbos made a safe comeback after four months out with his thumb injury. Loket is not the favourite event of the year for many riders as the track is always fast, slippery and pretty dangerous. While the layout is not so technical it often offers nice racing and tough battles and the MX1 races were probably the most exciting ones of the season.
03 July 2008, 15:41
Livia Lancelot regained the red plate in the Women’s World Championship finishing second overall in Teutschental while Sébastien Pourcel took fifth place in the MX1 class and is fifth in the standings
Round eight of 15 in the MX1 series the German Grand Prix has been one of the hottest so far and most of the riders struggled with the hardpack layout. Second in the qualifying session on Saturday Sébastien didn’t really take advantage of his good position and was fifth after one lap in race one.
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25 June 2008, 13:30
One week after a successful French Grand Prix Sébastien Pourcel dominated the sixth and penultimate round of the French Elite Championship in Iffendic. Winner of the first race and then second behind Nicolas Aubin in moto two, the Kawasaki GPKR leader was unbeatable in the super final. He increased his leadership in the series and will arrive with a strong advantage of 39 points at the last round in Lacapelle Marival on August 17.
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03 June 2008, 15:17
The World Championship came to a new venue for the sixth round of the series as Mallory Park’s road race facilities welcomed the riders to a brand new track. Sébastien Pourcel was once more one of the riders who learned the new layout quickly as he posted the best lap time in all the practice sessions on Saturday. The Frenchman claimed his fourth pole position of the season and picked up the inside position on the grid for both races. The first moto was extremely brief for the GPKR rider who was third at the start. Philippaerts jumped over Sébastien in the second turn and hit his right hand - the bike was damaged too with a broken water pump and a damaged throttle cable so Seb was forced to retire.
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26 May 2008, 21:42
The track of Villars sous Ecot hosted a round of the French Elite and Women’s Championship this weekend and Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing riders Sébastien Pourcel and Livia Lancelot dominated Double win for GPKR with Sébastien and Livia. Home of several Grand Prix in the 1980’s the track of Villars sous Ecot hosted a round of the French Elite and Women’s Championship this weekend. On a brand new layout the Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing riders took more success as Sébastien Pourcel and Livia Lancelot dominate their respective classes.
21 May 2008, 01:25
The World’s best Motocross riders are due to hit British shores on the weekend of the 31st May/1st June for round six of the FIM World Motocross Championships. The event is to be staged for the first time at the very central Mallory Park Circuit, Leicestershire. After months of planning the new track is now completed in preparation for the top MX riders to come and demonstrate their skills and talents and prove why they are at the elite of the elite in their sport. There will be entertainment for all the family, a beer tent plus live bands will be performing alongside a huge fun fair to meet the requirements of all the fans that are set to attend the two day meeting.
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20 May 2008, 17:02
Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Sébastien Pourcel won his third heat of the year in Mantova and for the third time in a row he reached the podium with a second position overall in the Grand Prix of Italy. The weather was not as sunny as expected this weekend in Mantova and this event was run under cloudy and sometimes rainy conditions, which affected the circuit. Sébastien didn’t feel confident on Saturday and his run of pole positions was interrupted as he finished the timed session in seventh place.
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13 May 2008, 11:15
Team Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing celebrated another GP win this weekend as Livia Lancelot won the opening round of the Women’s World Championship. Home of the Bulgarian GP for several years now Sevlievo offered two different types of race this year as the weather changed so fast on Sunday. The first races took place on a dry track in hot temperatures before a storm changed the conditions between the heats. On Saturday the track was in perfect condition and once more Sébastien Pourcel was the fastest rider in all the sessions scoring his third consecutive pole position. Fastest during the free practice periods Livia Lancelot didn’t find a clear lap during the timed session and qualified third in the Women’s class.
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05 May 2008, 21:04
Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing riders Sébastien Pourcel and Livia Lancelot both won this weekend – Sebastien dominated the French MX1 championship round while Livia took victory in the new Women’s series. Sébastien didn’t have time to celebrate his Portuguese GP win as just three days later he was in Gaillac Toulza for the practice sessions of the French Elite Championship. He collected another pole position - two and a half seconds ahead of Aranda and Aubin - on a dry and fast circuit. The racing conditions were also great on Thursday and Sébastien had no real rivals - starting the two MX1 heats in second position he won both races easily.
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29 April 2008, 13:20
After two difficult rounds for the Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing team Sébastien Pourcel claimed the fourth GP win of his career in Agueda, Portugal. After two very wet events there was at last a dry GP in Agueda, a regular venue for the FIM Motocross World Championship. Travelling straight from Spain to Portugal the team members as well as the riders enjoyed the sunny weather even if it was pretty difficult to get used to the high temperatures. As usual in Portugal the organisers did a perfect job preparing the layout.
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16 April 2008, 21:18
Sébastien Pourcel had a great weekend in Castelnau de Lévis where he won both heats and collected the third GP win of his career at the French round of the world MX3 motocross championships.
