{"id":9850,"date":"2022-09-28T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdubouloz.ch\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:24:36","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdubouloz.ch\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9850\" class=\"elementor elementor-9850 elementor-972\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70fff9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70fff9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a1e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94a1e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529cdf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"529cdf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-743dbfa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"743dbfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon grew up in his mother Chris Murner&#8217;s leather workshop, where he was immersed in the techniques of the leather professions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2015, he has been the mechanic for top World Championship drivers such as John McPhee, Alexis Masbou, Albert Arenas, Patrik Pulkkinen, Kaito Toba, Mike Di Meglio and Marco Bezzecchi, a young Italian prodigy spotted and supported by the great Valentino Rossi. Simon finished 3rd in the 2018 World Championship alongside Marco Bezzecchi and won the EWC Endurance World Championship in 2022 with the Honda HRC team.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curious and inventive by nature, he also began working in motorcycle saddlery, to complement his profession with this new specialization and meet the numerous demands.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since his arrival in Grand-Prix, he has combined his two passions, and today develops saddles for the world&#8217;s greatest riders in the Moto 3, Moto 2, MotoGP, Mondial EWC Endurance, FMX and other categories.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He develops the &#8220;flag&#8221; saddle with the country of each rider he works for.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our former national driver Tom L\u00fcthi and the living legend of motorcycle racing Valentino Rossi called on him.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His saddle has also won the Superstock Endurance World Championship in 2019 with our Swiss rider Robin Mulhauser.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He makes all kinds of saddles, caferacer, touring bike, motocross, collector&#8217;s bike and even freestyle bikes like the one used by our Swiss rider Mat Rebeaud.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, he works on saddles for some of the biggest names in motorcycling, always in the art of made-to-measure. He was recently named 3rd best artist in Switzerland in the &#8220;Rel\u00e8ve M\u00e9tiers d&#8217;Art&#8221; category.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was also able to share his experience with young apprentice mechanics at the CFPT in Geneva, alongside his racing activities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, he works as a mechanic for FCC, the official Honda HRC team in the EWC Endurance World Championship, and makes his own upholstery creations in his workshop in Plan-les-Ouates.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914f7d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"914f7d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f0f80 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"d1f0f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9850 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"d1f0f80\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"M\u00e9canicien chez Red Bull - 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