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World Superbike: New R1 makes a great start for the 2009 Superbike season at Portimao
2009 Yamaha WSB riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes enjoyed a successful two day test at Portimao with their new team. The riders used the time to develop both their relationships with their new team and also to make a start on the development of the all-new 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 race bike. More
World Superbike: Yamaha sweeps Qatar 8 hour podium
After eight intense hours around the impressive Losail circuit in the Qatari desert the YZF-R1 claimed all three podium spots in the final round of six in the Endurance FIM World Championship. Yamaha Austria Racing Team, represented by Igor Jerman, Steve Plater and Steve Martin finished ahead of Yamaha Folch Endurance and Maco Moto Racing. More
World Superbike: Schumacher takes on the Yamaha WSB R1 at Portimao 2008 Media Test
There was an extra guest amongst the media journalists present for the 2008 Factory Media Test at the Parkalgar circuit in Portimao last Monday. Former Formula One star and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was invited to put on his leathers and join the invited journalists testing out the 2008 Yamaha WSB YZF-R1 machines of Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser at the all new Portugese circuit. More
MX1-GP: 2009 calendars released and Leok takes Dutch title
Latest news this week involves the expanded 2009 FIM Motocross calendar and the fact that Estonian Aigar Leok was crowned 2008 Jumbo Open Dutch Champion. More
MX1-GP: Working with Josh: Fabio Santoni
With Gerald Wever wielding the spanners for MX1-GP World Champion David Philippaerts, on the other side of the awning works Fabio Santoni for Josh Coppins. The Italian has been the New Zealander`s mechanic since 2002 and joined the Yamaha Monster Motocross team at the end of 2006 for his first season on the YZ450FM in `07. A quiet and dedicated worker, Santoni lives in Montevarchi, over two hours from the workshop and often makes use of the team`s apartment in busy periods of the season. He has a new young daughter, which means that his time spent on the motocross track in the saddle has become less and less! Here he speaks about his association with the popular Coppins... More
MotoGP: Rossi makes positive start on 2009 campaign in Valencia
One day after the final race of his victorious season, MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi began working towards the defence of his title with his first day`s testing aboard the 2009 prototype M1. The Italian was third fastest in a time of 1`32.921, quicker than his best lap in yesterday`s race. More
MotoGP: Rossi rounds out world championship season with 16th podium
Valentino Rossi brought the curtain down on a spectacular season with a third place in Valencia today, his 16th podium from 18 races in a year which saw him win his eighth world title. The 29-year-old Italian has taken nine wins, five seconds and two thirds this year, surpassing the all-time premier class win record and the record for the most points in a season in the process. His outstanding performances this season also helped the Fiat Yamaha Team to secure the Teams` title and Yamaha the Manufacturers` title. More
MX1-GP: Coppins 7th in Supermoto Starbiker
Enjoying the most of his off-season before the gruelling process of winter training begins, Yamaha Monster Motocross Team`s Josh Coppins swapped riding shirt and pants for a set of leathers, and nobbly tyres for near slicks as he took a commendable 7th position at the annual supermoto Starbiker event at Mettet in Belgium. More
MotoGP: Fiat Yamaha Team take podium mission to Malaysia
A glorious MotoGP season for the Fiat Yamaha Team reaches its penultimate chapter this weekend, with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo targeting the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. From the fresh air of Phillip Island the series heads to sticky and steamy Sepang with both riders keen to maintain Yamaha`s record of having at least one rider on the podium in every single race so far this season. More
MotoGP: Rossi roars through the field to take second on the island
Fiat Yamaha rider and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi recovered from yesterday`s mishap to charge through the field from the fourth row at Phillip Island today, eventually taking second behind Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo took a second consecutive fourth place after a race long battle with several other riders. More
MotoGP: Further information World Title Valentino Rossi
“I think it`s difficult to say, but maybe this is even better than the first championship with Yamaha in 2004. In 2004 I arrived after three championships in a row; the change was very big and no one expected me to win then, not even us to be honest! But this year is great too because I didn`t start as the number one favourite after losing for two years. The taste of this is something special. More
MotoGP: New world champion gets back to work on the island
Newly-crowned 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi was back in action at Phillip Island today, just five days after clinching an incredible sixth premier class title, his eighth in all. The Fiat Yamaha Team rider finished a promising second in this morning`s dry session, before rain interrupted the proceedings this afternoon. More
World Superbike: Ben Spies signs with Yamaha World Superbike for 2009
American racing sensation Ben Spies has signed up to the Yamaha factory World Superbike Team to partner 23 yr old British rider Tom Sykes for the 2009 season. The 24yr old American rider from Dallas is fresh from a record third championship win in a row, taking the AMA Superbike Championship crown again for 2008. Spies is only the fourth rider in the history of AMA Superbike to win three consecutive titles and 3rd on the all-time AMA Superbike wins list with a total of 28 AMA Superbike wins. This now completes the Yamaha World Superbike team for 2009. Spies has been racing and winning in the AMA Superbike Championship since 2005, and has an unrivalled 90% podium finish rate for racing, the highest for any AMA rider in the history of the championship. He took second place in his rookie year followed by the three successive championship wins. Prior to this he had a three year stint in the AMA Supersport Championship,. Spies turned pro in 2000, racing in the AMA Superstock Championship for two years before joining AMA Supersport in 2002. More
World Superbike: Yamaha riders moving on up as penultimate round approaches
Both Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) have good reason to look forward to the forthcoming WSB weekend in France, as each is enjoying a late season flourish of form. More
MotoGP: First title `Match Point` for Rossi in Motegi
Valentino Rossi gets his first opportunity to wrap up the 2008 MotoGP World Championship this weekend in Yamaha`s home race at Motegi. The record-breaking 29-year-old arrives at the Grand Prix of Japan with an 87-point lead over Casey Stoner at the top of the standings with only four races left, meaning third place on Sunday will be enough to seal the title even if Stoner takes victory. More
World Superbike: Haga takes another double win as Yamaha dominate the podium in Vallelunga
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) had an outstanding raceday at Vallelunga, scoring a double win and promoting himself to third in the championship after two 24-lap races of full drama.More
World Superbike: Italian round holds no fears for Yamaha duo
After taking part in a successful official FGSport test at Vallelunga in July both Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will see nothing but opportunities at the final Italian round on the 2008 World Superbike calendar. More
GSE Racing Signs Manufacturer Partnership with Yamaha
GSE Racing has today 17th September announced that it will enter into a relationship with Yamaha Motor UK to compete in the British Superbike Championship over the next 3 years. More
MX1-GP: Yamaha Faenza Championship competition/ content
David Philippaerts completed a memorable and historic first season with the Yamaha Monster Motocross Team by winning the MX1-GP world championship. More
MotoGP: Rossi comes through the deluge to make history at Indianapolis
Valentino Rossi wrote another chapter in his ever-expanding history book at Indianapolis today, claiming his 69th premier-class win and becoming the most successful rider in premier-class history in the process. His hat trick of pole position, fastest lap and race victory made for a perfect first Indianapolis Grand Prix for the Italian and a third place for Jorge Lorenzo rounded off an exceptional weekend for the Fiat Yamaha Team.More
MX1-GP: Philippaerts wins 2008 MX1-GP World Championship!
The Yamaha Monster Motocross Team celebrated a fantastic end to a wonderful season of racing as David Philippaerts became world champion and went home permanently with the red plate as MX1-GP series leader after the fifteenth and final round at the Faenza circuit in Italy. The 24 year old fronted the FIM world championship for 13 of the 15 events and was crowned ‘number one` with the YZ450FM for the first time in his career in front of 30,000 wiling spectators. More
MotoGP: Rossi claims historic pole for MotoGP`s Indianapolis debut
Valentino Rossi took a historic pole position today for the inaugural MotoGP race at Indianapolis today; tomorrow will see him become the first rider in 99 years to head a motorcycle race at the famous ‘Brickyard`. The Fiat Yamaha rider hung onto the front grid spot by just 0.084 seconds ahead of Casey Stoner to take his second pole of the season, with team-mate Jorge Lorenzo rounding out the front row for the second race running. More
MotoGP: Rossi makes rainy debut at the brickyard
The historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway had its first taste of MotoGP action today as the inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix got underway, but it was a rain-hit debut for the sport at this most famous of racetracks. Nonetheless Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi made an encouraging start and is optimistic for the weekend, should the weather not become even worse. More
World Supersport: Parkes into the top ten as Laverty scores points
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) had to race on untried settings at Donington, after all practice and warm-up sessions were damp to some degree, but nonetheless each improved form their lowly starting places to record points scoring finishes. More
World Superbike: Corser scores miracle podium in tough Donington weekend
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) secured a fine third place in the second race at Donington, in what was otherwise a particularly challenging weekend of action at a wet and dry Donington Park. More
World Supersport: Wet weather determines all in Supersport practice
Atrociously wet weather conditions made early qualifying a miserable experience for most on the first day at Donington Park, with Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) finishing 29th. Parkes has not had much previous experience of Donington Park, having fallen early and broken his collarbone in 2007, and finding the circuit wet from first to last on day one. More
World Superbike: Corser and Haga see out the first day
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) negotiated the first day of practice at a soaking wet Donington Park largely to evaluate their wet weather settings, with varying degrees of success. More
MX2-GP: Larrieu completes potent Yamaha Ricci Racing team for 2009
Yamaha Ricci Racing will have their 2009 FIM MX2-GP World Championship line-up bolstered by the addition of talented youngster Loic Larrieu next season. The 17 year old Frenchman (18 before the start of the `09 campaign) has signed to compete alongside countryman Nicolas Aubin and Italian Davide Guarneri on YZ250F machinery for the Italian crew. More
World Superbike: Yamaha riders aim for victory at favoured venue
As the five-week summer break in the World Superbike Championship calendar comes to an end this coming weekend at Donington Park, Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will each have particularly good recent memories to draw on. Haga won race two at this classic venue last year and Corser scored a double podium, each riding for the current Yamaha squad. More
MX1-GP: Fourth position for Philippaerts in Ireland
Yamaha Monster Motocross Team`s David Philippaerts still leads the 2008 FIM MX1-GP World Championship after finishing in 4th position overall under decent weather conditions at the new Fairyhouse circuit for the Grand Prix of Ireland and the thirteenth round of fifteen. More
MOTO GP : ROSSI MATCHES AGOSTINI`S RECORD WITH WIN NUMBER SIXTY-EIGHT
Valentino Rossi reached another milestone in his outstanding career today by matching the all-time premier-class win record. His 68th premier-class victory brings him level with his great countryman Giacomo Agostini and the fact that he was able to do it at his home track of Misano made it all the more special for the flamboyant Italian. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo put the icing on the cake for Yamaha with an impressive return to the podium to make it the second one-two finish for the team this season. More
MotoGP: Fiat Yamaha team take title challenge home to Misano
The Fiat Yamaha Team contest their second ‘home` race of the season this weekend, with the San Marino Grand Prix taking place on Italian soil at the Misano circuit on the Adriatic coast. The trip is a short one for the team, whose base is just 300km away in Milan, but even shorter for Valentino Rossi, with his hometown of Tavullia located a mere 15km down the road. More
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