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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Yamaha and Valentino to part company at end of 2010

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. would like to announce that the partnership between Valentino Rossi and Yamaha will come to an end at the close of the season, when Valentino will move on to new challenges.
Yamaha and Valentino have enjoyed seven fantastic seasons of racing, during which time they have won four MotoGP World Championships together.

Valentino has played a huge part in the history of Yamaha and he will always remain an important part of Yamaha's heritage. Yamaha is extremely grateful for Valentino's contributions to its racing successes over the past seven years and it would like to wish him the very best in his future racing endeavours.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Alexander Philimonov on Yamaha buyers in Russia

Head of market relations of Yamaha’s Russian representative office – Yamaha Motor CIS – Alexander Filimonov answered Motonews.ru’s questions about sales dynamics, the average Yamaha motorcycles customer, and brand policy…

How many Yamaha motorcycles are you selling in Russia?
Well, you can get the general market outlook by analyzing the imports statistics. It also includes information about Yamaha. The company does not publish its own sales data, however.
How does that compare to the previous years’ results? It’s no secret that the motor vehicles market shrank as a result of the unfortunate developments in the global economy, and Russia is certainly no exception.

Monday, April 26, 2010

MotoGP emerges from the ash cloud to land in Spain

MotoGP finally resumes action this weekend, after the recent Icelandic Volcano forced the postponement of the Japanese GP. It has been a frustrating time for the paddock as the ash cloud has billowed over Europe and it will be an excited Fiat Yamaha Team that lands in Spain this week, with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo itching to get back to action after their brilliant one-two in the opening round.

Rossi has an impressive record at Jerez, with seven wins in all classes there including three for Yamaha in 2005, 2006 and last year, when he overhauled Dani Pedrosa to take his first win of the season. Despite being on a high from his brilliant win in Qatar, Rossi was perhaps more grateful than most for the volcano's eruptions as he slightly damaged his shoulder muscles in a motocross training accident ten days ago. The cancelled race has given him unexpected extra time to recover and he hopes to be in good enough shape to put up a fight in Jerez.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Jorge Lorenzo to take part in next test in Qatar

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo will take part in this week's MotoGP test in Qatar, four weeks after breaking a bone in his right thumb during a training incident.

The 22-year-old has spent the time recuperating at home in Barcelona and he has now been given the all-clear by his doctor to get back on his bike. The recovery has gone well and the hand is no longer swollen, but he needs to continue with physiotherapy in order to keep repairing the muscle around the break.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Rossi and Lorenzo enjoy successful trip to Indonesia

Fiat Yamaha Riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo yesterday rounded off a successful three-day visit to Indonesia, one of the most important markets for Yamaha. Rossi came straight from testing in Malaysia last week, whilst Lorenzo flew out from Spain, where he has been recuperating at home from an injured hand.

Rossi visited Medan first, Indonesia's third largest city, where he took part in a press conference alongside Yamaha Motor Indonesia top management. The press conference officially launched the ‘Semakin di Depan' sponsorship, which will see Yamaha Motor Indonesia's ‘One Step Ahead' logo carried on the YZR-M1 and the riders' leathers this season. Rossi then visited ‘PT.Alfa Scorpii', Indonesia's second largest Yamaha Main Dealer, for the opening ceremony of its new show room along with over 400 customers and media.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Jorge Lorenzo injures hand in training accident

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo has undergone surgery in his right hand following an accident whilst training near his home in Barcelona yesterday, Thursday 11th February.

The 22-year-old was riding his motocross bike at the practice course near Montmeló during a routine training session as part of his pre-season preparation. He fell in a slow corner, doing approximately 30km/h, and hurt his right hand as he landed.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Wilco Zeelenberg joins Fiat Yamaha as Lorenzo's team manager

Yamaha Motor Racing Srl is pleased to announce the appointment of Wilco Zeelenberg as Team Manager for Jorge Lorenzo in the Fiat Yamaha Team.

Dutchman Zeelenberg joins the team from Yamaha's World Supersport Team, where he won the World Championship in 2009 with Cal Crutchlow.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Rossi makes first appearance in India at AUTO EXPO New Delhi

Reigning MotoGP World Champion and Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi made the first visit of his career to India today, appearing at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi, Asia's biggest motor show.

Rossi went on stage to meet India Yamaha Motor's senior management, Mr. Yukimine Tsuji, CEO and Managing Director of India Yamaha Motor and Pankaj Dubey, National Business Head of India Yamaha Motor, as well as 300 selected guests made up of dealers and media. Rossi greeted the guests, signed autographs and also inspected the latest India Yamaha models.

2009 Yamaha World Superbike YZF-R1

Benefiting from an unrivalled influence of MotoGP technology, the 2009 World Superbike winning YZF-R1 represented the most significant development in engine and chassis technology ever seen in the history of the legendary motorcycle.

Featuring a revolutionary crossplane crankshaft engine and unique uneven firing order: the 2009 Yamaha World Superbike Team YZF-R1 delivers near linear torque providing smoother acceleration and greater levels of grip than previously thought possible. setting new standards for litre sports bikes. The already impressive street bike went through some modifications to be track ready for riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes at the beginning of the 2009 season. Here are the key changes from street machine to race machine.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike riders wrap a successful test in Valencia

The all British line up of Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland wrapped up a successful final day of testing in Valencia this afternoon. Both Crutchlow and Toseland had spent the two day test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit working through electronic and chassis settings on their R1 superbikes ahead of the 2010 season next year.

Day two saw big improvements from both riders as the times came down, covering some 60 laps each, despite neither of them getting the opportunity to take advantage of the faster tyres towards the end of the day. They will now head home for Christmas before joining up with their new team again in Portugal in January for the first test of 2010 at the Portimao circuit in the Algarve.

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