Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd announces that it has concluded a two-year agreement with 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. The 20-year-old Spaniard will make his MotoGP debut in 2008 aboard a YZR-M1, with direct Factory support. Lorenzo, who won the 250 title in 2006, is currently leading the championship, after winning six out of the first [...]
Archive | July, 2007
Fourth place for Rossi after dissapointing US Grand Prix Laguna Seca
Posted on 23 July 2007.
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi took fourth place in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca today, after a spirited ride in difficult conditions from fifth on the grid. Team-mate Edwards was unable to fulfil his dream of a home-race success and crossed the line in eleventh after a race led from flag-to-flag by series leader [...]
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Second and third row for FIAT Yamaha after eventful day in Laguna
Posted on 22 July 2007.
Colin and Valentino Valentino Rossi recovered from an unlucky fall in this morning’s free practice session to qualify in fifth position today, putting his Fiat Yamaha Team M1 onto the middle of the second row for tomorrow’s US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. Team-mate and home favourite Colin Edwards meanwhile struggled with set-up problems and [...]
EDWARDS AND ROSSI FOURTH AND SIXTH AS ACTION COMMENCES IN CALIFORNIA
Posted on 21 July 2007.
Fiat Yamaha Team riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi got off to a solid start today at the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, finishing the day fourth and sixth in the combined standings. With the track newly resurfaced and the temperatures sitting comfortably in the high twenties, riding conditions were vastly improved from this [...]
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Edwards to run “Texas Tornado’ livery in Laguna Seca
Posted on 21 July 2007.
Texas Tornado #5 Fiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards will contest his home Grand Prix at Laguna Seca this weekend in a one-off special livery, starting from first practice on Friday. The popular American is well known to his legion of fans, both on home shores and worldwide, as the ‘Texas Tornado’ and this weekend’s [...]
FIAT Yamaha riders aim to end Laguna Seca drought
Posted on 19 July 2007.
Laguna Seca The Fiat Yamaha Team head to California this weekend for the eleventh round of the MotoGP World Championship in determined mood as they look to bury the memory of a nightmare race at Laguna Seca last year and avenge Valentino Rossi’s misfortune in the last round at Sachsenring just a few days ago. [...]
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After Disappointment In Germany Rossi Determined To Win At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Posted on 18 July 2007.
From a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: FIAT YAMAHA RIDERS AIM TO END LAGUNA SECA DROUGHT The Fiat Yamaha Team head to California this weekend for the eleventh round of the MotoGP World Championship in determined mood as they look to bury the memory of a nightmare race at Laguna Seca last year and [...]
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Edwards takes fighting fourth in Germany as Rossi slides out
Posted on 15 July 2007.
Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards rode a strong race in sweltering conditions today to take a best-ever Sachsenring finish of fourth, after starting from thirteenth on the grid for the German Grand Prix. Team-mate Valentino Rossi had a disappointing day as he slid out of the race early on when challenging for [...]
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Sixth and thirtheenth for Rossi and Edwards in scorching Germany
Posted on 14 July 2007.
Valentino Rossi The sun finally shone over a MotoGP qualifying session at the Sachsenring today but the weather failed to benefit the Fiat Yamaha Team in the way they had hoped, as Rossi and Edwards both ran into some unexpected problems during this afternoon’s qualifying session. Rossi’s best effort was only 0.221 off pole but [...]
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Rossi and Edwards commence German challenge at the Sachsenring
Posted on 14 July 2007.
alentino Rossi After enjoying a short break following his epic victory in Holland, Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi was back in strong form for the first day of the German Grand Prix today, finishing a close second in the combined standings behind Casey Stoner. His team-mate Edwards was a little further back in eighth [...]
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FIAT Yamaha Team enter phase two at Sachsenring
Posted on 09 July 2007.
Sachsenring The MotoGP World Championship crosses its season equator next weekend as round ten of eighteen sees the Fiat Yamaha Team land in Germany for the first of another gruelling double-header. The trucks and hospitality units have made the short trip across the Dutch border from Assen to the Sachsenring circuit, where Valentino Rossi and [...]
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Yamaha’s 150 – 500cc/MotoGP wins
Posted on 02 July 2007.
Yamaha started as a motorcycle manufacturer in 1955 and their first claim to fame was winning the very first race they entered. Since then Yamaha’s has gone from strengths to strength in about every major motorcycle racing discipline, from 1972 also in the 500cc ‘king class’ later renamed in MotoGP. Now 35 years on Yamaha [...]
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