Spaniard Toni Elias has signed on to be the second rider on the d’Antin Ducati satellite team for the 2008 MotoGP World Championship, according to reports out of Europe. The 24-year-old will ride Bridgestone-shod Ducati Desmosedici GP08s alongside Sylvain Guintoli, who was previously announced to the team for the 2008 season. Elias won a MotoGP [...]
Archive | October, 2007
Fighting fifth for Rossi in Malaysia
Posted on 21 October 2007.
Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino rounded off a difficult weekend with a strong ride in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix, bringing his Yamaha M1 home in fifth position from ninth on the grid. His team-mate Colin Edwards, who started from 13th, finished 11th. The usual hot and steamy Sepang conditions ensured that the 21-lap [...]
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Rossi and Edwards struggle for grip in Sepang
Posted on 20 October 2007.
Rossi and Edwards The Malaysian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2007 season, got off to a poor start for Fiat Yamaha Team riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi today, the pair finishing the day a lowly 14th and 16th in the standings. The combined timesheets were topped by Randy de Puniet after a [...]
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Rossi to make Bridgestone switch on his Yamaha next year!
Posted on 19 October 2007.
Valentino Rossi will use Bridgestone tyres on his Yamaha next year, according to Michelin’s Moto GP tyre chief. Jean-Philippe Weber, the French manufacturer’s competitions director said that pressure from the five-time world champion to switch to Bridgestone rubber next season in a bid to close the performance gap to Casey Stoner and Ducati, had finally [...]
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Fiat Yamaha Team return to happy hunting ground in Malaysia
Posted on 17 October 2007.
Sepang The Fiat Yamaha Team head straight from Australia to Malaysia this week as they contest the second Grand Prix in just seven days, with the penultimate race of the season set to take place at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur. Yamaha have been the most successful manufacturer in MotoGP at the ultra [...]
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Rossi keeps island podium intact with third in Australia
Posted on 14 October 2007.
Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi claimed his tenth consecutive career podium at Phillip Island today, taking third place and clocking the fastest lap of the race in the process. Team-mate Colin Edwards finished ninth in a race that was won by Casey Stoner, with Loris Capirossi second. Starting second on the grid, [...]
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Eleventh front-row start of the season for Rossi at Phillip Isand
Posted on 14 October 2007.
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi qualified second for the second consecutive race at Phillip Island today, sealing his eleventh front-row start of the season at a track that has seen him top the podium seven times in his career. The Fiat Yamaha Team rider will share the front row with Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, promising [...]
Fiat Yamaha Team to run ‘Abarth’ livery in Phillip Island
Posted on 14 October 2007.
YZR-M1 The Fiat Yamaha Team of Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will run a special one-off livery on their bikes and leathers for the Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island this weekend, starting from Free Practice. The livery has been inspired by the famous ‘Abarth’ brand, a division of Fiat Automobiles SpA. The Abarth brand [...]
Changeable weather makes for tricky first day on the island
Posted on 12 October 2007.
Phillip Island greeted the MotoGP paddock with a full spectrum of unstable conditions today, as the weather switched back and forth between heavy rain and bright sunshine. Temperatures remained cool throughout the day thanks to a cold wind off the Bass Straight and it was a delicate day of set-up work for the Fiat Yamaha [...]
Fiat Yamaha Team to run ‘Abarth’ livery in Phillip Island
Posted on 12 October 2007.
The Fiat Yamaha Team of Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will run a special one-off livery on their bikes and leathers for the Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island this weekend, starting from Free Practice. The livery has been inspired by the famous ‘Abarth’ brand, a division of Fiat Automobiles SpA. The Abarth brand has [...]
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Fresh target for Fiat Yamaha riders at Phillip Island
Posted on 09 October 2007.
Phillip Island The Fiat Yamaha Team head for the ante-penultimate instalment of this year’s MotoGP World Championship in Australia this weekend in the knowledge that the title has slipped from their grasp but with the clear focus of race wins and improved performance from the YZR-M1 machine to come over the last three rounds. Whilst [...]
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About the Passing Away of Norifumi (Norick) Abe
Posted on 09 October 2007.
Norick Abe On Behalf of Yamaha Motor Corporation Co. LTD Oct. 9, 2007 About the Passing Away of Norifumi (Norick) Abe It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Norifumi (Norick) Abe (32) on October 7, 2007, following a traffic accident. Norick Abe, as he is fondly known by motorcycle race [...]
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