The Yamaha ParkinGo team claimed another World Supersport win today, as Chaz Davies took his second win of the season. Davies raced to his second consecutive race win ahead of his teammate, Luca Scassa. Davies and Scassa have taken every race win so far. Scassa took the first two while Davies claimed race wins at [...]
It was a good day for the Irishman at the Italian track. Eugene Laverty claimed his maiden World Superbike victory today, beating out Max Biaggi and Leon Haslam. Laverty would be challenged by Biaggi at the beginning of the race, but the Yamaha rider would eventually pull away to take the win by more than [...]
The Yamaha ParkinGo team has taken every pole position so far this season. Luca Scassa took the pole position at the first three rounds of the World Supersport series, but today in Monza it was his teammate Chaz Davies who earned the first spot on the grid. Davies set a 1’47.809 lap time around the [...]
Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow made an impressively fast return to MotoGP action in Portugal today, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders lapping consistently inside the top ten during the opening day of practice at the Estoril track. Edwards ended with the sixth fastest time, the experienced American taking full advantage of unexpectedly dry [...]
Miller Motorsports Park will again host the USA Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship on The BigM Weekend, May 28-30. Leading up to the round at Miller, we will visit with race winners and other notable riders participating in the championship after each race during the 2011 season and bring you a new chapter [...]
Yamaha only recently announced that their new 1200cc multi-purpose, world-conquering Super Ténéré would be available in the U.S. (September 2010), but they have already started to market the machine heavily. In fact, the Ténéré will not even be widely available here in North America until May, which is when Yamaha will begin deliveries to people [...]
Two races, two race wins. Luca Scassa followed up his opening World Supersport season victory in Phillip Island with a second victory today in Donington Park. Scassa beat out his Yamaha ParkinGo teammate Chaz Davies for the race win. Scassa led from the start of the race, but had to fight off a charging Davies [...]
Yamaha World Superbike Team riders Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty head to Donington this weekend for round two of the 2011 World Superbike Championship. After a month’s break from the opening round in Phillip Island, both riders are keen to get back onboard their YZF-R1 race bikes and pick up where they left off. Both [...]
Yamaha Factory Racing rolled out the racing stable at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. Included in the press conference were Lin Jarvis, the new team director Massimo Meregalli, and team manager Wilco Zeelenberg. The riders were also present, Ben Spies with his teammate Jorge Lorenzo who answered question and gave some brief comments. “We worked [...]
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