The CLS boys lead the French Championship

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Steven Frossard and Jeremy Van Horebeek are leading the MX2 French Elite Championship after the second round of the series, as both came on the rostrum for the second weekend in a row.

After Sommières one week ago Pernes les Fontaines was another fast and hard pack track, but this time the MX2 riders were competitive against the powerful 450. During the first two races Steven was fighting for the win, and he just missed two and a half second in the first one to beat Sébastien Pourcel. He was later again racing for the heat win against Pourcel, Boissière, Boog and Musquin when he lost his chances in a small crash after a collision with a lapper. Fastest rider in this second race, Steven was unable to race in front of the pack during the last moto as he received a stone in the stomach during the first laps. Fifth overall and second MX2 rider behind the reigning World Champion, Steven is leading the series followed by his teammate Jeremy Van Horebeek. Discovering another fast track different from the Belgian circuits, Jeremy claimed a sixth place in the three heats but made huge progress through the week end.

Steven Frossard: ‘I’m satisfied with the first two races, the last one wasn’t as good due to a painful stomach. During the second race I lost all my chances when we joined the lappers, I had a small crash but the most important is that I had a good speed all weekend long. On Saturday I was lucky when a stone came in my foot peg just before the biggest jump of the track, I did a ‘superman’ and then didn’t took any risk as our main goal is the World Championship, not the French series’
  Jeremy Van Horebeek: ‘We did some training in South of France between Sommières and Pernes, but that’s not enough to be competitive against the Frenchies who are borne on these tracks. I felt more and more comfortable through the weekend; the hardest period for me is the first ten minutes, then I’m always stronger. Now we’ve to work on my start, here it’s always tough against the 450’

 Jean Jacques Luisetti: ‘Steven did two good races, in both of them he passed Marvin Musquin but unfortunately he received a stone in his lower body and was not at his best in the third one. Both are again on the podium, they are leading the series and that’s what we plan; Jeremy improves his riding on hard tracks, it was the goal and we can expect the best for the GPs’

 1st Race : 1.Pourcel (Kawasaki), 2.Frossard (Kawasaki CLS), 3.Musquin (KTM), 4.Boissière (KTM), 5.Aranda (Kawasaki), 6.Van Horebeek (Kawasaki CLS) ; etc …2nd Race : 1. Boog, 2.Pourcel, 3.Boissière, 4.Musquin, 5.Frossard, 6.Van Horebeek; etc …3rd Race : 1.Musquin ; 2.Pourcel ; 3.Boog ; 4.Aranda ; 5.Boissière ; 6.Van Horebeek ; 7. Frossard ; etc…
Championship MX2 : 1.Frossard, 106 ; 2.Van Horebeek, 88 ; 3.Musquin, 63 ; 4.Aubin, 43 ; 5.Teillet (KTM), 42 ; etc…