For the 2002 season, Peter CLARK, with a bit of sadness, leaves his dear Ducatis and becomes part of the Papunen Racing Team for the European Superstock Championship.

Freddy Papunen, a 19 years old Swedish rider starts in the European Championship, with a Yamaha R1 2002 and Yamaha R6 for the Swedish Supersport Championship. (Synsam Trophy)

After trying several different motorcycles sports (dragracing, dirt bike, Supermotard, Speedway, Iceracing), Freddy started road racing 2 years ago, and after his first rounds in Sweden in the Synsam Trophy 600-series, he races this season in the European Superstock Championship.

1 : The team

Team Manager : Markku Papunen

Mechanic : Peter Clark from Esprit Racing Preparation

Rider : Freddy Papunen

Age : 19, born 1983-02-06

Size : 175 cms

Weight : 65 kg

Hobbies : snowboard, motorsports, watersports

Favourite Racetrack : Valencia (Espagne)

2 : The bikes

• Yamaha R6 2002 for the Swedish Supersport Synsam Trophy + 2 rounds of the European Supersport championship
• Yamaha R1 2002 for the European Superstock Championship

You will find soon on line the technical datas of the bikes as well as the résumé of the first European Superstock race in Valencia (Spain) on 9th and 10th March.


Peter doesn't fully give up Ducati, he is preparing the bikes of two of his faithful customers and will be assisting them at a few race tracks : Philippe Hourdequin who will be racing in the Ducati Club Endurance races and Patrick Portas who will be participating in the Protwin Championship.

He is also preparing the 900ie of Jean-Yves Bonnet who will be participating to the Cup Ducati Evoluzione.

We thank them for their trust and their fidelity over the years.

We wish these 3 riders as well as Freddy Papunen lots of success for the 2002 season, and who knows, maybe next year we will be able to enter a Ducati in the Superbike or Supersport championship.


Peter Clark