The first race was pretty easy for him even if he was careful at the start and was only fourth after the first few corners. It took him three laps to pass Aranda and Coulon and then five more circulations to join and pass Aubin who was leading the race.

Seb posted the fastest lap and won pretty easily. His second start was similar and Seb had just passed Aubin and Aranda for second place when he collided with Aranda and fell.

He lost so much time to restart his bike that he dropped to 17th in the third lap and then charged through the pack to finally secure the fourth position. It was enough to be crowned champion before the ‘super final’ heat.

Battling with Aubin for the lead, Seb crashed early and lost 10 seconds over his rival. He was coming back right behind him in the last five minutes but made another mistake and then just secured another second place behind Aubin.

Leader of the Women World Championship, Livia Lancelot entered the fourth round of the French Trophy. She has no rivals on home soil and after Plomion, Villars sous Ecot and Epinal she collected three more wins in Lacapelle where she got three holeshots aboard her 250 Kawasaki.

While Livia and Seb represented the GPKR team in France Kevin Strijbos made a strong showing in rounds four and five of the Belgian National championships.

Kevin finished 8th, 4th and 6th in Friday's deep sand race at Balen before winning moto one at Orp Le Grande in the hardpack conditions on Sunday.

Race two didn't go so well however and after crashing hard Kevin pulled out of the race before regrouping to finish third in moto three.

Sébastien Pourcel: “I’m of course happy to get another French title, it’s important for me, the team, Kawasaki, the sponsors and my parents. I came here with a good gap over Aubin and that was important, as every year I have some troubles here. On Saturday a marshal didn’t put the yellow flag during the free practice session and I landed heavily on a bike in the middle of the track - I was not seriously injured but I had pain. Today I wasn’t really happy with my races, as in two of them I crashed and lost wins. Once more I lost my front wheel in a corner, we need to work strongly with the team to solve this problem.”

Livia Lancelot: “It was pretty difficult for me to get again a good feeling with the track, as for two months now I only train on sandy tracks. The goal was to keep the lead of the series, I just did one fast lap in qualifying and then secured three holeshot to win my races. I’ve another event in France before Lierop and in these events I ride carefully as I want to be in great shape for the final round of the World Championship.”

Roger Pourcel: “It’s always great to win a title and I’m happy that this year again we offer another French title to Kawasaki. We have had a great relationship for more or less 20 years with Kawasaki and next year we’ll continue to defend their colours in the French championship. We hope that Livia will also get a title, she has no real opponents in the Women’s trophy but it’s a good training for her to race on the same tracks as the men.”

Kevin Strijbos: “This weekend was actually pretty good even though I crashed in the second race on Sunday and didn’t finish. My speed is starting to come back and it’s nice to get that fact confirmed with a heat win in Orp Le Grande. Already I felt good in Balen and now I know it’s just a matter of building up my stamina again.”