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MOTUL ACTION BOX

Valued WorldSBK title sponsor Motul will feature their popular‘ Motul Action Box’ initiative at all the 2026 rounds. This takes the form of a dedicated Motul pit garage where fans take turns to get really close to the mid-session action going on right inside pitlane- yet from a place of safety inside the pitbox. Just follow the special Motul red carpet and barriers that start in the main paddock, and you will end inside the Motul branded pitbox. Once there, you can take your turn to stand very close to the pitlane action. During a visit to the Motul Action Box, you really get an insider’ s eye view of the sometimes-frenzied pitlane action. The Motul Action Box is a place where VIP guests could also be found. If you yourself are one of the fortunate few, you could also even be escorted to the Motul section of the actual pitwall, just a metre or two from the on-track action.

FAN GUIDE

VICTORY LANE

The Motul Action Box also forms an additional role in each WorldSBK race as this is where the podium riders from each race exit the live pitlane to go to the custom Parc Ferme area, specially reserved for the top three and the best Independent rider. Bikes and riders get the full red-carpet treatment as they ride out of the Motul action box, and through a wall of fans, held back by temporary tapes raised up on either side of the red carpet. While you observe the safety rules and stand behind the coloured tapes, you may not just get on TV but maybe even get a fleeting high five as the best riders of the day ride through this enthusiastic human tunnel. The always popular Victory Lane experience is yet another clear example of how you, the fan, can have unrivalled proximity to the epicentre of the biggest production-derived global race series there is- WorldSBK.

PARC FERMÉ

At the end of each race or Tissot-Superpole session, the lucky top three riders arrive in the golden glare of publicity at WorldSBK’ s special Parc Ferme area. The very first TV interviews are done right there and then, in Parc Ferme. The riders are soon escorted onto the podium set-up inside the paddock itself, which is specially designed to let the fans get close to the competitors. Another post-race initiative that has proved popular is seeing the riders immediately taken to the Paddock Show stage, after the

Parc Ferme formalities have been completed. In the Parc Ferme, usually right in front of the podium ceremony, the fans can see all the podium riders’ machines from quite a close proximity. At several venues, you can also go see all the other hard-working riders and machines starting their debriefs with their pit crews inside the main Parc Ferme area of pitlane.

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