Since his crash during the French Elite in Romagné, Valentin suffered from his right shoulder but all exams were not revealing any serious damage and Valentin tried hard to keep fighting for the top world championships spots, he even got a podium moto result at the last GP in Bulgaria 2 weeks ago but always with complaining from pain on his shoulder.New additional exams revealed some damages and Valentin will not race for several weeks because he will need surgery but he stay very motivated to come back as soon as possible before the end of the FIM MX2 World Championship and make a good Supercross season and defend his European title.
The team decided to offer a new team mate to Dylan Ferrandis and he will replace Valentin immediately from this weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The young rider is Jason Clermont and he is currently 2nd in the French elite 450 series;?it will be a real chance for Jason to show his potential worldwide and proof that he can be a good GP rider and secure a GP ride for the future.?He already rode a few GP’s in 2009 when he was only 16th years old and he was too young at that time, so the whole team hopes that his second chance in the GP circuit will be the good one for him.?Jason was European 85cc champion in 2007 and won 125cc European Championship in Teutschenthal in 2010.