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Petronas to Sponsor Fiat Yamaha

20 March, 2020
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd has signed a three-year agreement with Petronas, the Malaysian national oil and gas corporation to become a new official sponsor and partner of the Fiat Yamaha Team.Under the new partnership, the Fiat Yamaha Team will carry…

Yamaha getting into the Moto3 game

19 March, 2020
Yamaha’s Masao Furusawa may be retiring in a month and half, but the driving force behind Yamaha’s MotoGP racing effort has revealed that the Iwata company has started a Moto3 project.Moto3 will be replacing the present 125cc class next year…

Crutchlow Fastest on Final Day of Testing at Misano

19 March, 2020
The final day of WSBK testing at the Misano World Circuit saw Cal Crutchlow come out on top in the unofficial test times, with the riders working ahead of finding a good set-up for next week’s eighth championship round.Crutchlow stopped…

Gallery of Pics from the WSBK Portimao Weekend

19 March, 2020
Here’s a beautiful gallery of pics from this weekend’s second round of the World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. An interesting info fact from the SBK website regarding this year’s round: “Race one was 16 seconds faster…

Jorge Lorenzo: "I am proud of that podium"

19 March, 2020
If Casey Stoner was over the moon about his win at Qatar, reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was absolutely ecstatic punching the air as he crossed over the finish line as if he had actually won the race, instead of…

WSBK Valencia QP 1: Carlos Checa Continues to Lead

19 March, 2020
Homeboy Carlos Checa continued his domination on the Valencia race track during the QP1 session. The Spaniard was again the leader, that saw not only six Ducati’s in the top ten, but three privateer Ducati riders taking the three top…

Jorge Lorenzo fastest at post-race test at Mugello

19 March, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo ended up being the fastest rider of the day in both sessions of the Mugello post-race test that started this morning at 10pm and finished at 6pm with an hour lunch break.The Yamaha man who has been nursing…

MotoGP Qualifying: Olé! Jorge Lorenzo Gets the Pole

19 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi lead most of the qualifying session at Mugello but in the last seventeen minutes Casey Stoner took the lead taking away Rossi’s provisional pole by 0.073s.The last five minutes of qualifying was a series of red lights turning…

Yamaha competitive in wet Jerez

19 March, 2020
On a fully wet Jerez track Jorge Lorenzo was second fastest rider on the second day of testing, putting in a full 28 laps on his Yamaha M1, but opting not try to ride when the track improved in the…

Yamaha Super Ténéré 2010: pictures and details

19 March, 2020
The new 2010 Yamaha Super Ténéré is finally here, with Yamaha’s premier, Dakar-bred adventure bike revealed. The 2010 Super Ténéré can be ordered from March 8 this year, in the “First Edition” version, and will be on sale for a…

Rider Quotes and Pics from the WSBK Assen Round

19 March, 2020
We’ve got a lot of rider quotes from yesterday’s World Superbike races at Assen, so you can find out who’s in seventh heaven, who’s happy and who’s disappointed and why. Jonathan Rea (Race - 1st, Race 2 - 1st):“You know,…

Lorenzo's Land

19 March, 2020
Lorenzo’s Land has hit the bookstores and here’s the cover of the comic and if you want to know more about Jorge Lorenzo and read Spanish, check out his all new website.Jorge Lorenzo

Dakar rally: Best motorcycle livery

19 March, 2020
If French rider Olivier Pain is leading in the general standings of the 2013 Dakar Rally with his Yamaha 450 YZF Rally bike after five stages of the punishing Argentina to Chile race, fellow countryman Hugo Payen who is in…

WSBK Kyalami Race 1 and 2 – Haga takes it all

19 March, 2020
Noriyuki Haga took a double victory yesterday at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on board his Ducati Xerox with team mate Michel Fabrizio taking second place twice. Ben Spies took third in the first race, while in the second,…

Yamaha factory riders leave Jerez happy

19 March, 2020
Casey Stoner may have pipped Jorge Lorenzo for the top spot on Day 3 at Jerez, but the Mallorcan rider can head to Qatar for the first race of this 2012 season with a Yamaha M1 that is in the…

Silly Season becomes Serious Season

19 March, 2020
The Brno MotoGP round is not known only for its racing, but for most team managers and sponsors its also time to settle talks with riders and their managers and confirm or deny contracts for the following season.Friday saw the…

Michel Fabrizio wipes out Ben Spies at Brno

19 March, 2020
Michel Fabrizio isn’t new to these type of passes that take out other riders, the Roman is often over enthusiastic and once and awhile turns his brain off. This time it was Ben Spies who was leading race 1, trying…