Motocross News

The mercurial talent that is Christophe Pourcel – winner of two MX1 Grands Prix already this year on his CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki – starts the first of a short series of personal blogs where he explains a little about his life and racing…

On an awe-inspiring stage for racing and in front of 42,000 noisy fans Team CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel was superlative to win the first moto by a massive one and a half minutes despite starting from 20th in the gate.

The track was as much of a character as the riders themselves on this first of two South American flyaways. The dusty conditions on Saturday even caused the riders to group together and sit out the qualification heats.

The CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit racer thrilled 17,000 Italian fans soaking up the sunshine close to the coast in eastern Italy with a titanic battle with fellow Kawasaki rider Gautier Paulin in the first moto.