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M O T O R S P O R T N E W S 2016 International Edition - January 2016

AUSTRIA

Remarkable performance Franky Zorn, the notorious Ice Speedway rider, partner of FUCHS since 1988, won 2nd place on the podium in the first race of the season against the top riders of the 2016 Speedway Gladiators World Championship in Ylitornio (Finland). Coming from all over Europe, 17 competitors will race on the mythic circuits of Austria, Russia, Germany, Sweden and the Neth-erlands. The next qualifications will take place in Krasnogorsk (Russia) on February 6 and 7. The final of this prestigious and spectacular champion-ship will end in Inzell (Germany) on March 20.

FRANCE

Maxime Desprey’s debut in USA After a very successful year with victories on the French and European circuits, Maxime Desprey will take on new challenges on Ameri-can territory. The race on the renowned Angel Stadium track of Anaheim (California) will be the Bud Racing Kawasaki rider’s debut in the United States. In the 2016 season, the 18-year-old French will defy the world’s elite in the AMA SX 250 West Coast Championship. All the adventures of this FUCHS rider on page 2.

GREAT BRITAIN

FUCHS LUBRICANTS, title sponsor of the R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship

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For the first time in its history, FUCHS LUBRICANTS signed a partnership contract and became the title sponsor of the R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship. The story on page 3.

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FRANCE

First challenges in the USA for Maxime Desprey His start in the AMA SX 250 West Coast Championship was Maxime Desprey’s first appearance in the new 2016 season. On the Angel Stadium track of Anaheim in California, the French rider faced the world’s best supercross riders in the country where this discipline is king. The 18-year-old discovered a new environment, had to adapt to new tracks and find his place among the ultra-powerful riders. The set-up of the first race didn’t leave him any time to recover between training and jogging. “Maxime performed well at his debut gaining 20th place at Anaheim despite the high pressure. The objective was to improve in each race and finish as close as possible to the best competi-tors”, explained his team manager.

FRANCE

Honors for FUCHS at Grayab-et-l’Hôpital The 14th edition of the Gurp TT took place on the beaches of Médoc with more than 640 motorbike and quad riders. As official partner of this 5th round of the French Sand Championship, FUCHS was present everywhere – flags and banners on the circuit, and logos on the competitors’ race numbers and on the journalists’ bibs. Despite gusts of wind and rising tides, the spectators had come to admire and applaud

the feats of these sand race professionals.

FRANCE

Team Boucou at the Dakar Rally Under the leadership of their manager Michel Boucou (FUCHS distribu-tor since 2007), team Boucou, comprising drivers, co-drivers and mechanics, participated in the 38th edition of the Dakar Rally, an exceptional rally. During 14 days, they drove 9,300 km from Argentina to Bolivia. “With 15 vehicles*, we are the biggest assistance team and the largest French team”, declared the manager.

*6 assistance trucks and 1 assistance vehicle, and 4 racing trucks and 4 racing cars

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GREAT BRITAIN

Continued support for Adam Morgan FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC. are pleased to announce their continued sponsorship of the current British Touring Car Championship team, Ciceley Motorsport. Driver Adam Morgan had a standout year in 2015 claiming 7th overall in the BTCC Drivers Championship and 3rd overall in the independent standings. A personal best for both driver and team with the added accolade of finishing every lap of the season intact. The team is full of confidence for an even better set of results in 2016.

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FUCHS LUBRICANTS signed a new contract with the R.A.C Historic Asphalt Rally Championship FUCHS LUBRICANTS will be the title sponsor for the new R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship, which is a dedicated asphalt championship for all categories of historic stage rally cars in 2016. Head of Automotive at FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK) PLC., Russ Kenyon said: “We at FUCHS LUBRICANTS feel both privileged and excited at the prospect of becoming the title sponsor for the 2016 R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship, particu-larly as this is the first time the UK will have a dedicated historic rally champion-ship on asphalt. We would like to offer all the competitors best wishes and much success in what will hopefully be an outstanding championship.” “We’re delighted to welcome FUCHS LUBRICANTS as title sponsor for the new-look R.A.C. Historic Asphalt Rally Championship”, said championship manager Colin Heppenstall. “We have been very encouraged by the initial response and we believe that the championship will go from strength to strength over the coming years.”

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Gary Woodward: 2015 Thundersport GB Pre National champion FUCHS sponsored rider Gary Woodward held on to the championship lead after a fiercely contented final round of the Thundersport GB Pre National 1000. After a season of ups and downs, Gary and his team were de-lighted with the championship win. Gary Woodward said: “It was far from easy, I fractured my pelvis in the Rockingham crash, got three race wins at Anglesey and then crashed twice at Donington leaving me and the bike badly bruised but we recovered in time for the showdown at Cadwell where I finished three points clear of my rival, Matt Stevenson, a young up and coming 21-year-old rider.”

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CZECH REPUBLIC

New adventures with the famous explorer Dan Přibáň

In 2015, FUCHS OIL CORP. (CZ) SPOL. S.R.O. decided to support the expedition of the well-known and popular Czech journalist, traveller and film director Dan Přibáň once again with their products. “Over several years, we have helped him during his trips to Middle Asia (2007), Africa (2010) and South America (2014). This time, Dan Přibáň organized a six-month trip to the Pacific and had to overcome very difficult obstacles during the 15,291 km of his journey”, ex-plained Pavel Broz, FUCHS Application Engineer. The team consisted of nine members (seven men and two women), two of whom were immobile in wheelchairs. This adventure started in Perth (Australia) and continued through East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. During this unique journey, they showed how to travel in an uncon-ventional way. Usually they travelled in very old small cars – two yellow Trabants 601 S Universal from the former GDR. But for this trip, this ‘fleet’ was completed by a Fiat 126 P (“Maluch”) made in Poland and old Czech motorcycles – Jawa 250 and ČZ 175. Despite some mechanical problems with the vehicles, the expedition was suc-cessful. A feature film about the expedition of this famous explorer will be premiered in the cinemas in March 2016. Trabant 601S Universal – two-cylinder two-stroke engine, 600cc, 26 hp, top speed 105 km/h Fiat 126 P – two-cylinder four-stroke engine, 650cc, 23 hp, top speed 100 km/h Jawa 250 – single-cylinder two-stroke engine, 250cc, 14 hp, top speed 110 km/h ČZ 175 – single-cylinder two-stroke engine, 175cc, 10 hp, top speed 100 km/h

FUCHS lubricants: TITAN 2T S, TITAN UNIVERSAL HD SAE 15W-40, TI-TAN SUPERGEAR MC SAE 80W-90