#a triple yamaha podium? what is that

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ANDALUCIA 2020 | Fabio Quartararo, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales in parc fermé after the race.

#fabio quartararo #valentino rossi #maverick viñales #a triple yamaha podium? what is that #y: 2020 #moto: andalucia 2020 #* #my gifs #holidays queue

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🏍 anon here ive been mia sorry about that. So lots happened in that motogp trippple header, not even sure where to begin

Enea returned! So we've talked dom au with him, after enea truly had a race again did he and his dom just celebrate in a really soft so to say way considering what injuries he still probably had? Like sure sex was most definitly had but can also see post race shower where the dom washes his hair and then after takes care of the hair and pets it? Just happy enea with so much trust?

Bezz is mostly just chilling with his fellow alpha and being a emotional support alpha that he is. He's done very well so perhaps the academy organises a night away for bezz and his love?

Fabio and Marc is both pretty much ouch. Like im not even sure what to write but in a dom au there dom would be telling the respective team to not contact them until next race in like a month and just take care of them. So much softness and comfort and def some sex. Cant remember if we've explored bondage for either, but think it could fit here.

Hope youre having a fabuloys time and give a shout if its any motogp rider i miss on asking about that you want to talk about

I received this ask as i about to write a post reminding everyone that i write for motogp so this timing was fucking PERFECT. I love all these thoughts and you discussed everyone i love talking about!!

ENEA:

I definitely agree that the celebrations would be more soft than anything else. Honestly i think he would mostly just be relieved he's still able to ride? Part of him believed that he'd simply not be able to ride again, and no amount of reassurance could help him with that.

So yeah, it's very soft.

We also said how shocked Enea would be that you actually came back with him and stayed with him throughout his rehab. He thought he would only get to be with his team dom when he's riding again.

This meant that by the time he did get back to motogp, you two are a proper team. He loves and trusts you so so much and he's so thankful so have a dom this kind and caring.

You're so soft with him after races, especially because he's so tired and sore. You mostly just hold him close, sometimes soft sex and always lots and lots of head pats.

I think enea loves being able to switch off after a race? In fact he likes to do that at the end of every day at race weekends? He just falls into you and lets you take care of him, nice and soft.

(Harder scenes do happen too of course, but never on race weekends)

BEZZ:

I NEARLY FORGOT ABOUT OUR POLY!VR46!! For anyone new or needing a reminder: we said that Marco is basically the emotional support alpha of the Academy riders as the rest are all omegas. He helps them through heats and joins nests and he's just so so loved.

But then he meets you, another alpha, and fuck he loves you? He doesn't care that you're an alpha too, he's just so happy. And when the academy meet you, rather than being jealous about you taking bezz from them, they all collectively go 'mine' and now they have TWO emotional support alphas. (i love this verse please send me more on it)

Anyway, Bezz did so well this triple header!! Naturally he gets all the kisses and cuddles from the entire pack. And of course you're there too! I definitely think that the day of his podiums, the entire pack is there because their emotional support alpha did well and so he must be cuddled!!

But then the next day, they absolutely leave you and bezz alone and insist that you two spend some time together. And because they're all little shits, they make you two a nest in your hotel room and leave snacks and condoms on the bedside table.

FABIO:

I'm gonna do the d/s au here.

Firstly, Yamaha fears for their life. They are fucking terrified of you. All of them wince whenever you walk past because they know you're sub is sad because of them.

I think you just had to be very soft with Fabio during the triple header because he was on the brink of a meltdown and literally ANY form of disapproval from you would have sent him over the edge. You just needed to be there for him, offering him praise and cuddles and comfort.

So the moment the summer break starts, you just take Fabio away from it all. I think you'd do a lot of intense scenes with him? Bondage and edging and long term denial and pain play. He spends entire days in subspace, letting you handle everything and finally properly resting.

Maybe you let him wear his collar 24/7, not just in scenes? And when the break is over... he just wants to carry on wearing the collar.

MARC:

I think for marc it's about letting him have fun during the break? Like actual, real fun? Movie nights and picnics and road trips and beach days and so much more.

You kept up a strict regime of intense scenes throughout the triple header, because marc functions SO much better when he's regularly in a deep subspace but now it's the summer break and while he of course still needs his dom, he also needs to be reminded that things can just be enjoyable?

#poly!vr46 #mb #eb #mm #fq #sub!marc #sub!fabio #d/s au #gn!reader #🏍

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Ready to Ride? Check Out These Top 10 Powersports Vehicles for Your Next Adventure

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A: The Ski-Doo Summit SP is one of the best snowmobiles for winter sports, with its powerful engine, advanced suspension, and lightweight construction.

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When it comes to revving up your adventure, these top 10 powersports vehicles are sure to deliver the speed, power, and performance you crave. From off-road adventures to water sports and winter sports, there's a vehicle on this list for every type of adventure seeker. So get ready to hit the open road, explore the waves, or conquer the snow with one of these top-performing powersports vehicles.

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It’s three times the action this weekend in Detroit for the second @supercrosslive Triple Crown of 2019. @monsterenergy Yamaha Factory Racing teammates Barcia and Plessinger have put in the hours this week in Florida and are ready to go! 💪🏻 “Going to Detroit the goal is obviously to get back on the podium; that’s always the goal. All in all, my fitness and racecraft are really good right now, but lately the results haven’t really shown what I’ve been capable of. The biggest thing is getting the starts, that’s everything right now. The speeds are so close and the racing so tight. For me I just want to go in and have some fun, qualify well, get some good starts and put myself in the fight.” – @justinbarcia • “I’m really looking forward to another triple crown this weekend in Detroit. I was able to get the bike dialed in the way I wanted it to in Dallas, and this week we’re down here in Florida and I was able to ride with Justin a little bit. Everything is going really good right now. I’m ready to go racing.” - @aaronplessinger_7 #Yamaha #bLUcRU #VictorYZone #dropthegate #supercrosslive Source IG: yamaharacingcomofficial

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Lowes still suffering from physical "restrictions" in WSBK

Lowes endured another low-key showing on WSBK’s return to the Czech Republic, finishing 13th, seventh and sixth across the three races and scoring just 16 points all weekend. The British rider started the season strongly with a triple podium at Aragon, but has made only one trip to the rostrum since then, falling well adrift of the leading trio in the championship. This has played a role in Kawasaki losing the manufacturers’ lead to Japanese rival Yamaha at Most, not helped by crashes at Donington Park and Most for teammate Jonathan Rea. At the start of the year, Lowes injured his shoulder in a training accident, forcing him to miss a key pre-season test with Kawasaki. He was also involved in two separate crashes at Donington Park and Assen last month, further taking a toll on his physical condition. Speaking after WSBK’s first visit to Autodrom Most, Lowes admitted that he doesn’t feel a hundred percent fit on the bike, and this has had a negative impact on his results in the category. “In the first few laps I felt quite good, I was able to follow the front group,” said Lowes, reflecting on his final race of the weekend. “Then obviously the second half was not quite as easy for me. I have some restrictions in myself and I can't ride like I want.  “This track was a physical track and not an easy one for Kawasaki, we saw how hard Johnny was to push.  “This has been tough but I started the year strong, and honestly then the last three rounds I've felt like I've had some restrictions. ”This race today honestly I was so happy because I had some painkillers before the race which I don't normally have. For the first three or four laps, I could ride properly.  “It's the first time I touched my right elbow slightly and I was like 'ah, what happened?' because I was in the correct position.  “And when this was happening, I was at the same pace as, let's say, normal pace. And then I started to struggle. It was nice for me because it proves that 'okay, I have some restrictions, I have to accept that and work hard to work better'.”

Alex Lowes, Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images Lowes feels factory riders are punished more on weekends where they are off the pace, such is the depth of the field in WSBK in 2021. The 30-year-old believes he has dropped into the midfield alongside runners from BMW and Honda, and no longer considers himself as part of the lead group. “I feel like I'm riding good enough to be on the podium but I'm not able to do it at the minute,” he said. "It's not just because of the bike, but it's also clear the other bikes are improving a lot and we have to work hard. “But the guys have won the championship a lot because they are quite good and we are going to keep improving.  “It's so tight now in World Superbike, like Chaz has been on the podium this year and then in the next race he is in 15th place. “It never used to be like that in World Superbike. If you had a bad weekend and you're one of the top guys, you'd be sixth or seventh. “But now it's not like that. You can be on a factory bike, riding well and finishing 11th. The championship is changing for the better, that's great. But if you're not quite on the pace, it's easy to be between fifth and 12th and the battle is quite close. "So it's easy to be in that group and at the minute with the restrictions that I have, I have dropped into that group.” Lowes currently sits fourth in the championship behind the leading trio of Rea, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) and Scott Redding (Ducati), but with five riders sitting less than 22 points behind him in the standings. “My target for this year was to be in the top three,” said Lowes when asked about his expectations for the second half of the season. “Obviously now I'm quite far so I'll try to be back on the podium as much as possible, and that's my target.”

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Top 10 Moments of the 2016 MotoGP Season MO’s editorial staff met for a week at a glorious resort in Cabo to review our notes and statistics for 2016 in order to bring the following analysis to our faithful MotoGP readers. Before commenting or criticizing our difficult decisions, we ask that you do the same. —BA 10. Petrucci earns promotion over Redding to a full factory ride at Pramac The moment? Valencia. Started 14 races, finished in the top 10 eight times. Flirted with a front-row start at The Sachsenring, tied Valentino Rossi, in fact, but fell to fourth over some obscure tie-breaker. At 26 and relatively burly he’s not Alien material, but he can handle the Desmosedici as well as any of the satellite riders and is a baller in the rain. On a full factory bike Mr. Petrucci could easily challenge for a podium or three in 2017. 9. Andrea Iannone gets his first premier-class win while working himself out of a job The self-proclaimed Maniac first had his slide-off at Losail; collects Dovi at Rio Hondo; crashed out of second place at Le Mans; crashes at Catalunya, Silverstone and Sepang. By mid-season the fearless Italian was being encouraged by crew chief Gigi to consider a change of teams for next season, with Suzuki eventually drawing the winning number. 8. The decline of Dani Pedrosa The moment? When the lights went out at Losail. More DNFs in 2016 than wins. Another Motegi collarbone, this time in FP2. But he bagged a new contract nonetheless. Dani peaked in 2012 (seven wins, finished second to Jorge Lorenzo by 18 points), and is definitely on the back nine of his career. An entire career spent with one manufacturer is impressive in itself. Pedrosa, although well-liked in the paddock, has always struck me as a kind of brooding guy, when he wasn’t displaying his “little man” complex and beating hell out of the field at joints like Laguna Seca. To embark upon another two years of non-Alien-level competition may prove to be a mistake. 7. The Silly Season Jonas Folger, Johann Zarco, Sam Lowes and Alex Rins earn promotions from Moto2. The return of the prodigal lawyer, Karel Abraham, to Aspar Ducati, his pockets bulging with sponsor money. Out the door are Eugene Laverty to WSBK in a very raw deal (I thought he earned another MotoGP season), Stefan Bradl, taking his declining game to WSBK as well, and the unfortunate Yonny Hernandez, who had a great 2015, a lousy 2016 and not enough backers to keep his ride. A healthy number of current riders changed scenery, as usual, but a 23-bike grid with six manufacturers offers a number of alternatives for journeymen seeking the elusive factory ride. 6. Cal Crutchlow rises from the dead after a difficult start to the season After earning just five points in the first four rounds, the Brit responded with wins at Brno and Phillip Island. The moment: Brno, Lap 16, on a drying track. Crutchlow goes through on Iannone for the lead and quickly gets away, having made the correct tire choice one of the 2016 rounds that started wet and ended dry. First win by a British rider since the earth cooled. At Phillip Island he went out and thumped the field (Marc Marquez having already secured the title), establishing himself as a credible podium threat in 2017, when he will have even more microphones shoved in his face, to which we look forward with great enthusiasm. 5. Marquez titles after a difficult 2015 Uncharacteristically settling for third in Jerez behind Rossi and Lorenzo, Marquez showed a maturity that wasn’t there in previous years. The moment? Motegi, when both Rossi and Lorenzo crashed out. His win on Honda’s home field suddenly made him world champion for the third time. Some people will say his save in practice at Assen was the moment, but he has made a career out of impossible saves. Winning titles is what makes him go. 4. Maverick Vinales earns Next Great Rider title Mav secured Suzuki’s first podium since 2009 at Le Mans, then broke Suzuki’s 10-year non-winning streak with a scintillating win at Silverstone, then lands the coveted spot at the factory Yamaha team. Nature, and Yamaha executives, abhorring a vacuum, Vinales was the only real choice when Lorenzo announced his impending departure. Vinales’ Alien Card is stamped and waiting. The best part? See him in civilian clothes and he looks like a cabana boy at the Ritz. 3. Nine race winners Moment: When Andrea Dovizioso crossed the finish line at Sepang to become winner #9, joining a list that included Marquez, Lorenzo, Rossi, Jack Miller, Iannone, Crutchlow, Vinales and Pedrosa. I expect some of you to quibble about whether an entire season can be somehow characterized as a “moment.” If this really bothers you, I encourage you to read Nietzsche, and to remember that, when considered across the eons of time in the frigid vacuum of space and an expanding galaxy, the entire 2016 MotoGP season is the blink of an eye. So go quibble somewhere else. 2. Jorge Lorenzo to Ducati announcement One of the worst-kept secrets entering the season was that triple world champion Lorenzo would defect from the factory Yamaha team to Ducati in 2017. It was confirmed all the way back in April, prior to the Jerez round, with Big Blue having already signed teammate and rival Rossi through 2018. The forthcoming changes amongst the Alien contingent in 2017 produced undertones that seemed to color the entire season. A number of factors conspired to limit Lorenzo to a disappointing third-place finish in 2016, but he seems certain the grass is greener on the other side of the hill. We shall see. 1. Rossi blows an engine at Mugello The turning point of the season. Despite a careless slide-off in Austin, Rossi entered Italy with the scoreboard reading Lorenzo 90, Marquez 85, Rossi 78: a three-man race. He left Italy bereft of points, with Lorenzo at 115, Marquez 105, and Rossi remaining at 78. He had completed Lap 8 checking out Lorenzo’s back wheel when, at the bottom of the main straight, his engine went up, just as Lorenzo’s had without consequence during practice. Control of his 2016 future went up with it in the thick smoke pouring from his bike. The bad luck he needed caught up with Lorenzo in the Teutonic territories of Holland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, but Marquez sailed through the season unscathed. I believe 2016 was a season Rossi could have won. Coulda? Woulda? Shoulda? Didn’t. The dude will be fired up for next year. That makes two of us. MotoGP Coverage on Motorcycle.com Top 10 Moments of the 2016 MotoGP Season appeared first on Motorcycle.com.

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Showdown time - The final fight to be best of British commences at Oulton Park

Just days after the six Title Fighters were dramatically confirmed for the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown, the final battle to become British champion kicks off this weekend at Oulton Park (September 14/15/16).

With five different race winners and a total of 13 different podium finishers so far this season, the fight for a position in the Showdown went down to the wire last weekend at Silverstone, and this weekend in Cheshire riders representing six different teams and five different manufactures begin their final quest for title glory.

Leading the standings is JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s Leon Haslam and after missing out last season in crushing circumstances, he will be looking to build his advantage after he was pushed all the way last time out by his rivals.

Jake Dixon has had an impressive podium record this season, but the RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki rider knows that he needs victories to close the deficit this weekend after missing out in the triple-header last weekend.

2015 champion Josh Brookes holds third in the standings and with the most Showdown appearances, the McAMS Yamaha rider is determined to use every ounce of his experience to repeat his Brands Hatch winning double as he bids to get his title attack firmly on track.

21-year-old Bradley Ray makes his first appearance in the Showdown after making the cut at Silverstone and the Buildbase Suzuki team have pushed the title fight all the way to the finish in the past, something they will be keen to repeat. The Kent contender scored his first ever Superbike podium finish at the Cheshire circuit and will be hunting more in Sunday’s two races as he arrives on equal points with Brookes.

Another rider to make a first Showdown appearance is Glenn Irwin and the Be Wiser Ducati rider is still hunting an elusive first win of the season this weekend as he aims to overhaul the opposition and take the fight to the finish for the reigning title-winning team.

Peter Hickman fought to the end to secure the final Title Fighter position by just four points and the Smiths Racing BMW rider arrives at Oulton Park with nothing to lose as he holds six place in the standings.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings ahead of the Showdown:

Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 568

Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) 523

Josh Brookes (McAMS Yamaha) 519

Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) 519

Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) 516

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) 504

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Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) Current position: 1st “Last year we had eight DNFs but still went into the final round with a 30 point lead so I know anything can happen!

“This year has gone really well; no DNFs and the most wins I’ve ever had in a season even before the last few rounds. I’ve just got to concentrate on myself.

“The team is working really well, the Kawasaki is working really well, so I have just got to take it race by race and see what we can do.”

Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) Current position: 2nd “It’s been a good season so far and I’ve been very consistent. We are just missing out in a few areas, but I know what we need to do and I know that we’ve got to keep working in the Showdown as anything can happen.

“Last year going into the last round I think it was 30 points between Leon and Shakey and you know what the outcome was there. Anything can happen and we’ve just got to keep improving the bike and I need to keep improving too.”

“We’ve got to start winning to bridge the gap to Leon and that’s what we’ll be working towards and obviously I want to go out and win like I do every weekend.

“I feel really good and I go to Oulton knowing the Kawasaki works really well there and I can’t wait to get there.”

Josh Brookes (McAMS Yamaha) Current position: 3rd “I’m learning, we have to, and that’s my job. I’ve got to go into these next few rounds and as a team we need to make no mistakes, have no DNFs, and of course the most obvious one is to win some races.

“Absolutely this season has been one of my most challenging, it’s probably due to all of the other challenging seasons that I’m able to deal with the challenges that come to me the way that I do.

“Every position whether it’s been a podium or fifth place I’ve fought hard for and it certainly hasn’t been easy, but I know what it takes; I’ve been there before many times, I’ve won a Championship before so I know what’s involved. We’ve just got to put that knowledge into practice.”

Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) Current position: 4th “I’m confident going into the Showdown and honestly, I am really pleased to be in there; it’s only my second year in BSB, its only the team’s second year with the new bike, so we’ve got to be happy.

“It’s going to be interesting going into the last three rounds and we’ve just got to try and be consistent and not have any DNFs and grab as many points as we can and just enjoy riding.”

Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) Current position: 5th “One thing last weekend bought back in me is a lot of fight. It was the first time in a long time I’ve been dicing and lunging at the guys.

“Sometimes you can look at timesheets and think your pace is your pace and you have to conserve the tyre, but the approach at Silverstone was more gun-ho and it bought a little bit more success so I think we are in a good position ahead of this weekend.

“Anything can happen. We won’t panic no matter what happens.”

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) Current position: 6th “After last weekend I am more than happy to get the BMW into the Showdown for the second year running, it’s great to be the only BMW in the top six as it’s a big thing for us being a private team. To be able to reward them with a second year in the showdown is absolutely fantastic.

“I think I’ll be relying more than Glenn on Leon making a good few mistakes but Oulton Park is a track where the BMW works really well.

“I think we found something last weekend that’s going to help us so if we can get ourselves a lot further to the front in qualifying then obviously it makes the racing much easier.

“If I’m in that mix in the top 5 or top 6 early on then towards the end of the race I’m always really strong – I am ready for this weekend.”

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Crucial triple-header to decide the Showdown Six at Silverstone

The Bennetts British Superbike Championship contenders face one of the most decisive rounds of the season so far at Silverstone this weekend (September 7/8/9) as the final four Title Fighters will be decided ahead of the title-deciding three round Showdown.

Leon Haslam and Jake Dixon already have their places confirmed following the previous round at Cadwell Park, but the final four positions will be decided this weekend as the leading protagonists take on the new challenge of the National circuit and three 30 lap races.

Glenn Irwin holds third place ahead of this weekend and is the first in line bidding to secure a Showdown position for the first time. The Be Wiser Ducati rider has been a podium finisher this season and would love to replicate his debut Superbike victory from last year as he aims to seal his place.

Irwin holds a 13 point advantage over 2015 champion Josh Brookes as the championship arrives at Silverstone, but the Australian has the most Showdown experience of all his rivals having lined up in the end of season title fight seven times before. The McAMS Yamaha rider had a tough time last time out at Cadwell Park but had won three of the four races from the two rounds prior to his weekend in Lincolnshire.

Donington Park double race winner Bradley Ray had a resurgent performance at Cadwell Park which fired him back into Showdown contention and the Buildbase Suzuki contender has a 33 point advantage over sixth placed Peter Hickman, who leaped ahead of Danny Buchan last time out.

Hickman is in the danger zone in sixth place with just seven points between the Smiths Racing BMW rider and Buchan who is pushing for a first Showdown position for the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki team.

However Buchan has Christian Iddon in close contention too as the Tyco BMW rider sits eight points adrift ahead of the three races this weekend with a maximum of 75 points up for the taking.

Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran holds the final place in the standings top ten and is pushing to regain the ground he lost due to injury earlier in the season in a last bid to be in Showdown contention. Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:

Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 330

Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) 230

Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) 187

Josh Brookes (McAMS Yamaha) 174

Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) 159

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) 126

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Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) Current position: 3rd “Cadwell Park was actually really difficult with the shoulder injury, I knew it wasn’t going to be great but I had to score the points. To have finished only a second off the win in race one was a big surprise and race two was always going to be tough as I had been trying to rest the shoulder as much as possible, but there is only so much you can do. I knew that anything could happen though and you could potentially get a podium so I just didn’t give up.

“Silverstone should be an easier track for the injury and we have also had three weeks break so it should feel much fresher. I have had laser and physio and have done everything possible ready for the weekend.

“I think we can hopefully achieve what we know we can and have a strong weekend as I feel like Lady Luck has deserted us a bit recently. I have good memories of Silverstone last year with my first race win and I am looking forward to it. It is about going out, enjoy riding and see what happens to try and close down the guys ahead of us.

“The Showdown has to happen for us, I always want more and expect more, so I need to tick it off the goals, it is important we don’t get too hung up on it and get the best results we can.”

Josh Brookes (McAMS Yamaha) Current position: 4th “It has been a disappointing season so far. I think you can only really understand the situation if you are a part of our team and it would take a novel of thoughts to bring everybody up to date on how things are ever changing and the circumstances that bring certain results.

“I absolutely have no interest in looking at the points before the weekend – all I want to do is win races. The only thing I am focusing on is trying to do what I do every weekend and that is bring the bike up to a level where I can be competitive against the guys out on track.

“I need to win, that is it and that is the fact of it. I am not trying to salvage points, not trying to think about what I need to do to get in the top six, I am past all that and I literally just want to win races.

Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) Current position: 5th “With how it panned out at Cadwell Park we have got a little breathing space going into the next three races, so we have to try and do a good job in the first race on Saturday to try and secure it as much as possible before Sunday.

“My aim is to try and beat Buchan by as many points as I can in the first race and if I don’t beat Hickman that isn’t so bad as he is in sixth at the moment, so we can swap places and still be in the Showdown.

“In race one I will need to use my head a little bit to either secure a place in the Showdown or get close to it. I will be giving it everything we have got to try and get the place and as many Podium Points as possible.

“To be in the Showdown would be unbelievable; to be in it and going in to the final three rounds in contention in only my second year in the championship at 21-years-old would be great.

“I can’t see why we can’t be in with a shout of wins and podiums over the final rounds – you have to use your head a little bit but I have a lot less to lose than the likes of Haslam; at the end of the day it is going to be the Showdown that decides what happens.”

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) Current position: 6th “The pressure is on all of us for Silverstone really. It is only seven points from me to Danny and 15 to me Christian, whereas last year I went into the round with a 30 point lead over seventh so last year I was a bit safe – this year I am definitely not safe!

“The only good thing for me is Silverstone has been good to me in the past so fingers crossed it all goes good for us. I have to take it race by race, it is going to be interesting with three races and the points that are available, I have a bit more of a cushion over Jason but I need to stay ahead of Christian and Danny. I need to be ahead or one place behind them as it would still mean I finish in front.

“I think the pressure is more on them as they have to be in front of me! They have to pull out a good result to overhaul me and I have to pull out a result to be in front of them….”

Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) Current position: 7th “The goal is obviously to go to Silverstone and try and get into the Showdown, but I haven’t thought about it too much.”

“I am going to play it smart at Silverstone. I have been in this position before and I have had the pressure when I have been fighting for the title in Superstock where you have a really important race and I think I perform in those circumstances. I always say you either sink or swim and to me I am a swimmer!

“I have made this hard for myself or harder for the team but it is like anything in this championship – anything can happen. There can be a crash, a bike failure, weather, anything and with three races you just never know what to expect – that is the beauty of bike racing.

“To be in the Showdown would mean a lot and would be a reward for the team and all the hard work they have put in, it shows that consistency pays off and it would be the biggest thing for my career so far. It will be what it will be as long as I give it one hundred percent you can’t give it any more. I am hoping we do it – its seven points from three races!”

Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) Current position: 8th “I am outside the top six currently so we get to Silverstone with nothing to lose, I haven’t actually looked at the points’ situation because I know who I am racing against and I have been aware of that since Cadwell Park. I just figure that I know it is possible and I am not that far away and if I just race the best that I can that is all you can do.

“Obviously if we are still in contention coming into the last race then you have to start being a bit clever about life and we will cross that bridge when we get to it. But that is the way I am approaching it. At the moment nothing exists after Silverstone, so of course this is an important weekend.

“It is a completely different season to last year, even though we are in the same position trying to get into the top six. I have got myself back into Showdown contention by just being consistent and pounding out the laps as best I can.

“The Showdown is the only goal right now and then after that you reset to whatever scenario is in front of you and what you face next. It is a tough ask but we have to go to Silverstone and do the best we can as a team and the rest will take care of itself.”

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Cameron Beaubier Sweeps Sonoma Superbike

Cameron Beaubier showed today that he really is unbeatable at Sonoma Raceway, the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Yamaha Factory Racing rider sweeping to his second Motul Superbike win of the Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma and running his win streak in Northern California’s wine country to four in a row.

Since MotoAmerica brought AMA Superbike racing back to Sonoma Raceway last year, Beaubier is unbeaten, going a perfect four-for-four with another runaway victory on a sunny Sunday Sonoma day. Beaubier’s two wins here combined with his two wins at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca last month also make him undefeated in California (at the two tracks he calls his home tracks) for the 2018 season.

Today’s win was the seventh of the year for Beaubier and the 31st of his AMA Superbike career. The Roseville, California, resident won yesterday’s race by 7.2 seconds after breaking the track record en route to pole position during Superpole. Today he won by 6.5 seconds after leading by 1.1 seconds after one lap, 4.3 seconds after three laps and 6.4 seconds after five laps. The lead would continue to grow to over 10 seconds before the two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion slowed his pace.

“It really was a perfect weekend,” Beaubier said. “We were able to lead every session and win both races. It feels really good. I knew this morning going into today both these guys would make a step. I know Toni (Elias) and his team always work really hard to make a step Sunday, so we were kind of scratching our heads to figure out what we can do better. But we really didn’t change much. I just put my head down at the beginning of the race because I knew that Toni made an improvement this morning, and I knew Josh (Herrin) was really good yesterday at the start of the race. So I knew I needed just to get out front and put my head down and just try to run with it, and we were able to do it. Hats off to my crew. They’ve been working so hard. We’ve had a really good string lately. I just want to keep the momentum going into the last three rounds. I’m really just enjoying my bike and enjoying racing right now. I feel like last year when I kept crashing and trying to come up with something and trying to race Toni and Roger (Hayden), it was tough because I found myself on the ground at least once a weekend. I’m just happy with the position we’re in right now, and I just want to keep going.”

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Toni Elias and Attack Performance/Herrin Compound’s Josh Herrin again fought to see who was second best to Beaubier and today that was Elias, the Spaniard turning the tables on Herrin after the Georgian beat him for the spot on Saturday. Herrin fought to the end, running off in the chicane with just a few laps to go.

“Today was a little bit better than yesterday,” Elias said. “I think the pace was much faster. We did a great job. I gave all I had. Of course, it’s not what we want, but we improved from yesterday. This is the most important thing. The championship right now… we have to forget it. These guys are so strong. Today and yesterday all we could do was fight for the second or third position. The only thing we can do is go home, try to prepare new things and come back and just try to create a different situation. Right now, it’s really tough. Thanks to my team because they are making an incredible effort. That’s it. Congratulations to Cameron (Beaubier) and his team. We had two great battles yesterday and today with Josh (Herrin). Today, I was in a different strategy. I felt uncomfortable more so than yesterday. I was trying to open a gap. When I did it, I found the lappers and we fight. Luckily, he was still a little bit behind, but it was a great battle until the last corner.”

Herrin had fought hard to the end, running off in the chicane with just a few laps to go.

“Not much of a battle,” Herrin said of his battle with Elias. “He passed me and I tried to pass him a couple times into the chicane and I couldn’t do it. He’s super good on the brakes when he wants to be, and then when you’re following him it seems like I’d get sucked in. I don’t know if it’s because I’m looking too far ahead or what it is, but he’s good on the brakes whenever he needs to be. I couldn’t get by him. He pulled a little bit of a gap, I don’t know how big, a half second maybe gap. Then we got the lapper coming down the back stretch and it allowed me to suck back into him. I was pretty close to him that next lap and just was going to go for it because I didn’t know if I was going to be able to hold onto him for the rest of the race, so I wanted to at least try and scrap with him the last couple laps and then I just ran off.”

Garrett Gerloff again finished fourth on the second factory Yamaha, the Texan in the mix for second early on but eventually finishing some four seconds behind the Elias/Herrin battle. He in turn was 2.7 seconds ahead of Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz, the South African barely beating M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Jake Lewis for fifth place.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Roger Hayden finished a lonely seventh, well behind his Kentucky neighbor Lewis but well ahead of Scheibe Racing BMW’s Danny Eslick, the Oklahoman barely beating Lucas Oils/KWR’s Kyle Wyman. Just .230 of a second separated Eslick and Wyman in the battle for eighth.

For the second successive day, Jayson Uribe put the Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda in the top 10 with his 10th-place finish.

With seven of 10 rounds complete in the 2018 MotoAmerica Motul Superbike Championship, Beaubier leads Elias by 63 points, 298-235. Herrin is third with 187 points, 24 ahead of Scholtz. Gerloff rounds out the top five with 157 points, six behind Scholtz.

Supersport – Life’s A Beach Again

In Sunday’s Supersport race, Monster Energy/Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha rider JD Beach used his flat-track-perfected starting skills to get a perfect jump off the line and immediately into the lead, which he never relinquished for 19 laps all the way to the checkered flag. It was the ninth race win of the year for Beach, and the most victories in a single season for the Kentuckian, who now holds a triple-digit lead in the championship with a 100-point advantage.

M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Valentin Debise finished second on Sunday, just as he did on Saturday, and Rickdiculous Racing/Yamaha’s Hayden Gillim also repeated his result from Saturday with another third-place finish on Sunday.

“This year’s been great,” said Beach. “I’ve learned a lot the last couple years. I’ve learned kind of the limit I’ve got for how hard I can push myself at home. I think I over-trained a bit last year and it’s just because I want to win bad. I think this year just everything is kind of falling together. I’ve got a great crew and a great bike. I feel great. The weekend started out so good and then qualifying third again kind of had me bummed out, but I love to race and when that light goes out it doesn’t matter where I start from. I’m here racing. These two guys have pushed me hard, not only this weekend but all year. It’s been a great time. I’m really looking forward to these last three rounds because I think we’re all getting really strong. I think we all want to win bad. I think it’s going to keep the racing exciting.”

Liqui Moly Junior Cup – Ventura/Yamaha’s First

Local rider Cory Ventura, who races for MP13 Racing/Yamaha, showcased the skills he worked on at the recent Yamaha VR46 Master Camp that he attended, as he won Sunday’s Liqui Moly Junior Cup race for his first victory of the season and the first win of the year for the Yamaha YZF-R3. Second place went to KTM Orange Brigade/JP43 Training rider Alex Dumas, the current points leader who came back on Sunday from crashing out of Saturday’s race. Yates Racing’s Ashton Yates raced his Kawasaki Ninja 400 to third place, completing a balanced podium with three different makes of motorcycles in the top three.

“Honestly, I feel speechless,” Ventura said. “I’m still thinking in the moment. I’m so excited. I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since last year at Barber (Motorsports Park) when I crashed in the last corner. I’ve just been hungry for more. Now that we’re finally back up here, I feel like I can continue to be up here. I have a little bit of confidence that’s been going through me this weekend. I’ve just felt amazing. I had a really good race here last year, as well. I was so happy. That was probably my favorite race of last year. To have a race like this this year, it means so much to me in front of my family and friends. It’s huge.”

Stock 1000 – Finally It’s Lee

Local-rider race wins was a common theme of the Cycle Gear Championship of Sonoma as Andrew Lee joined Cameron Beaubier and Cory Ventura in notching victories at their home track. Lee’s win came in the weekend-concluding Stock 1000 race aboard his RiderzLaw Racing Kawasaki. The Clovis, California, rider, fresh off his podium finish in the Suzuka 8-Hours endurance race, took the checkers by more than 11 seconds over Team Lewin Estates’ Chad Lewin aboard a Yamaha. Weir Everywhere Racing/BMW rider Travis Wyman finished third.

Lee, Wyman, and Lewin are currently ranked first, second, and third in the championship, respectively, with three races remaining in the season.

“Coming into this weekend, I had a little bit of nerves,” Lee said. “I had a good showing over in Japan doing the Suzuka 8-Hour, so I knew I had a good confidence coming in here and coming into my home track. So, having the family and friends out here for my first win was also pretty amazing. (Crew chief) Derek Keyes and the team really hammered down. Brad Stokes at Ohlins came in and saved the day right before qualifying. Got a good qualifying coming into the race. I knew I had to get a good start. But there’s one thing: I just wasn’t really confident on the new clutch. Thankfully, I got a holeshot and I just put my head down and tried to finish the race as fast as I could.”

Superbike

Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha)

Toni Elias (Suzuki)

Josh Herrin (Yamaha)

Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha)

Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha)

Supersport

JD Beach (Yamaha)

Valentin Debise (Suzuki)

Hayden Gillim (Yamaha)

Richie Escalante (Yamaha)

Bryce Prince (Yamaha)

Liqui Moly Junior Cup

Cory Ventura (Yamaha)

Alex Dumas (KTM)

Ashton Yates (Kawasaki)

Jay Newton (Yamaha)

Gavin Anthony (Yamaha)

Stock 1000

Andrew Lee (Kawasaki)

Chad Lewin (Yamaha)

Travis Wyman (BMW)

Andy DiBrino (Yamaha)

Chad Swain (BMW)

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Yamaha Motor Europe Unveil 2018 Road Racing Lineup

Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce its official road racing line up for 2018, with the Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team leading the way as they spearhead the challenge for glory in the FIM Superbike World Championship. The GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team will be back to defend their clean sweep of the FIM Supersport World Championship titles on offer in 2017 and, once again, six young talents will compete as a part of the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge in the dramatic and exciting FIM Supersport 300 World Championship. Reigning FIM Endurance World Champions, the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team, are unchanged for 2018 as they look to continue the incredible form that has seen them record four victories in the last five endurance races, as they renew their battle alongside the YART Yamaha Official EWC Team for the 2017/2018 FIM Endurance World Championship.

The 2018 WorldSBK season sees Crescent Racing continue their partnership with the Japanese manufacturer following Yamaha’s impressive return to the championship in 2016 after an absence of four years with the Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team. The 2017 season saw the team record six podiums with riders Alex Lowes (4) and Michael van der Mark (2) showing incredible improvements throughout the season, establishing themselves as regular podium contenders by the end of the year. Both riders return for the 2018 season to spearhead the team’s assault on the title onboard the Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK YZF-R1s.

Last season was an incredible debut year for the 2017 Yamaha YZF-R6, as the GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team managed to complete a clean-sweep of the titles on offer in one of the most competitive classes on the planet. 28-year-old French rider Lucas Mahias took on all-comers to become the 2017 FIM Supersport World Champion, while his teammate Federico Caricasulo – race-winner in Thailand and Jerez – finished the season in an encouraging fifth overall as he also impressed on the new R6, meaning that GRT secured the WorldSSP Team title and Yamaha also went on to claim the WorldSSP Manufacturer’s crown. The 2018 season sees Mahias return to defend his title alongside teammate Caricasulo and Team Manager Filippo Conti.

The inaugural Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge saw six young riders compete onboard a Yamaha YZF-R3 in the debut season of the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship. Alfonso Coppola emerged as the victor of the challenge, now taking the next step in his career as a part of the Yamaha family in WorldSSP this year. The 2018 season sees six more hungry young riders battle it out in one of the most exciting two-wheeled racing classes on the planet. Leading the way for the bLU cRU riders is Galang Hendra Pratama, the Indonesian wildcard rider who took victory at the final round of the 2017 WorldSSP300 season in Jerez, alongside Luca Bernardi (16) from Italy, Dutch riders Dennis Koopman (20) and Joep Overbeeke (18), Notis Papapavlou (17) from Greece and Frenchman Hugo de Cancellis (16).

The 2016/2017 FIM Endurance World Championship saw the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team lift their third endurance title after they dominated the majority of races. A disastrous opening round at the Bol d’Or saw the team bounce back by incredibly winning the next three races in a row at Le Mans, Oschersleben and the Slovakia Ring. A solid 11th-place finish at Suzuka was enough for them to be crowned Endurance World Champions for the third time in the team’s history, adding to titles from 2004 and 2014, making up for the agony of missing out on the championship by just one point during the 2016 season.

GMT94 retain the three-rider lineup that lifted the trophy in 2016/2017 with Spaniard David Checa starting his 16th consecutive season with the team, plus 2008 125cc World Champion Mike di Meglio returns alongside former MotoGP/Moto2 rider, 2007 FIM Superstock 1000 Champion, and Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Test Rider, Niccolò Canepa. They got their title defence off to the best possible start by taking a maximum of 60 points at the opening round of the 2017/2018 season, the 24 hour Bol d’Or.

The YART Yamaha Official EWC Team were involved in a superb season-long duel with GMT94 during the 2016/2017 season. Podiums at Le Mans and Oschersleben, plus a fifth-place finish at Suzuka meant they were once again the highest placed full-time team across the finish line in Japan and saw them finish the season in third overall. YART make a change to their line up for 2018, with former rider Takuya Fujita from Japan replacing compatriot Kohta Nozane after the first round at the Bol d’Or, to complete an already impressive team lineup of experienced Australian Broc Parkes and talented youngster Marvin Fritz from Germany as YART aim to claim their first Endurance World Championship for 9 years.

Yamaha Motor Europe is also delighted to announce a new partnership with Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing that will see the two brands work together across all classes of road racing, supporting a selection of riders from the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge all the way up to the Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (YIMM) is the company who manufacture and distribute Yamaha motorcycles in Indonesia. The bikes will carry the Yamaha Indonesian slogan “Semakin di Depan”, which means “one step ahead”, a philosophy that embodies everything YIMM are trying to achieve, offering customers better products, better after sales services and more satisfaction. This marks an exciting new era in the Yamaha road racing project in helping to support racing around the world and the potential of the collaboration has already been highlighted by the excellent performances of Indonesian rider Galang Hendra Pratama in the 2017 WorldSSP300 championship as a wildcard that earnt him a full-time place in the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge for 2018.

Andrea Dosoli Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Project Manager “The 2017 season was an incredible one for Yamaha and the results we achieved across all classes mean that we enter into 2018 full of confidence. One of the key factors in motorsport is continuity and it is something we value highly. We are delighted to have retained both Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark in the Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team after such a promising year for the team in 2017. The triple-crown winning GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team also remains the same, with 2017 WorldSSP Champion Lucas Mahias returning to defend his title alongside teammate Federico Caricasulo. The GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team – 2016/2017 FIM Endurance World Champions – have confirmed that all three riders who lifted the title last year will return, with David Checa, Niccolò Canepa and Mike Di Meglio having already got their title defence off to the best possible start after picking up the maximum 60 points on offer at the first round of the season, the Bol d’Or in September. The YART Yamaha Official EWC Team continue this theme with Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz returning for 2018, and former rider Takuya Fujita taking the place of compatriot Kohta Nozane, and of course, we look to the future once again with six new, exciting, young Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge riders competing in the WorldSSP 300 Championship. The winter testing season has seen some very encouraging results, with all teams making impressive progress. I believe another key factor this season will be the positive winning mentality that shone through in 2017. If we can continue to develop this and keep on pushing the limits, I believe we can have an even better year than 2017 and I would like wish all the teams and riders the best of luck for the season!”

Minoru Morimoto Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing – President “I am so delighted and excited to join the team with a spirit of ‘Semakin di Depan’. Our Indonesian rider Galang Hendra Pratama is a challenger, though he is a small guy, he is full of talent and passion, something that was proven in the last race of 2017 at Jerez with his first victory as a wildcard rider. We are delighted to be able to support his step up from the AARC to become a full-time rider in the 2018 WorldSSP300 Championship. As the Yamaha YZF-R3 is produced in Indonesia with all of our passion and, of course, Galang is from Indonesia, this means we will have a true Indonesian package in the World Championship. Let’s see what will happen, but we have confidence that his victory in Jerez will not prove to be a one-off. I was lucky enough to race in the German Championship, Dutch Open Championship, and the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in the 1990s, where I experienced incredible support from European racing fans and I hope that Galang will also get help and support from everyone in Europe as we feel he could be the next big superstar from Asia in the World Championship. We at YIMM are delighted to be involved with supporting the future of racing and creating something special to give the best young riders in the world a clear career path into the World Championship. We would like to help the next crop of young riders in the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge with the spirit of ‘Semakin di Depan’!”

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The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Presents its 2018 Colours in Madrid

Race fans can breathe a sigh of relief – the end to the winter stop is finally in sight and the first official 2018 IRTA MotoGP pre-season test in Sepang, Malaysia, kicks off in just four days’ time. Building up excitement for the start of a new racing season, the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team showed off its 2018 colour scheme today at the Casa Del Lector, Matadero, giving a foretaste of what’s to come.

The Italy-based Yamaha Factory Racing team travelled to Madrid not only to present a new livery, but also to celebrate its strong partnership with telecommunications giant Telefónica Spain.

The two companies signed a five-year partnership agreement in the premier class of road racing in 2014, underlined with Movistar becoming the team‘s title sponsor. In the past four years, Yamaha and Telefónica Spain‘s shared values and passion for innovation laid the groundwork for success, resulting in a MotoGP Triple Crown in 2015 and the MotoGP Team‘s Title in 2016.

However, the focus of the 2018 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Presentation event was set on celebrating the start of the new season, rather than commemorating past achievements. Eager to take on the challenge to push the limits even further in 2018, the two companies unveiled a new team logo, that shows Movistar‘s new colour scheme, with a light blue “M”.

Masters of Ceremonies, Izaskun Ruiz and Dylan Gray, presented the launch event and soon welcomed the new Yamaha Motor Racing President and General Manager of Motorsports Development Division, Kouichi Tsuji, to the stage for a Q&A session. He shed light on how Yamaha is working on pushing the limits, before it was Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Director Massimo Meregalli‘s turn to discuss the 2018 preparations and how the team aims to rise to the challenges ahead.

The next guest speakers were nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi and former Moto3 World Champion Maverick Viñales, who are no strangers to pushing boundaries and breaking records.

Rossi is known to be Yamaha‘s most successful rider and is determined to further confirm his status in 2018, as he enters a sixth consecutive year with Yamaha Factory Racing since his return to the manufacturer in 2013. Moreover, 2018 will be his 13th season with the team since he first joined Yamaha in 2004.

Though the Italian had a strong start to the season last year – and briefly led the championship standings – two injuries sustained in separate incidents ultimately cost him a chance to fight for the 2017 title. Despite these misfortunes, the 38-year-old Italian secured six podiums in total, including a brilliant race win in the Netherlands. With a total of 115 Grand Prix victories written to his name, this year he‘ll be gearing up once more for his quest to secure a tenth World Title.

Viñales made waves on his first year with the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team. He joined the Factory Yamaha crew after gaining two years of experience in the premier class and was quick to make a name for himself as one of the key protagonists, securing third place in the overall rider standings in his first year with Yamaha.

The 23-year-old had a dream start to the 2017 season, taking two race wins at the opening rounds in Qatar and Argentina. He followed it up with a win in France to secure Yamaha’s 500th Grand Prix victory. Though the remainder of the season was more challenging for the Spaniard, he still graced the podium a total of seven times last year, which only left him hungrier to compete at the front of the MotoGP field again during the 2018 season.

Finally, the President of Telefónica España, Luis Miguel Gilperez, was also put in the spotlight towards the end of the 2018 team launch ceremony. He further highlighted the close bond between Yamaha and Movistar, before it was time for the main event.

During the unveiling of the 2018 Yamaha YZR-M1, a new soundtrack, created by Yamaha Motor Racing Srl and Yamaha Music Europe GmbH – Branch Italy, set the scene of the action to come this racing season. Rossi and Viñales proudly presented their new bikes with a refreshed livery. Besides a revamped Movistar logo, the “Movistar M” design element on the bike is now white, making it blend in perfectly with Yamaha Factory Racing‘s aesthetics.

The team is also pleased to announce that, after introducing slogans of Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (“Semakin Di Depan”, or “One Step Ahead” in English), Yamaha Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. (“Go Beyond”) and Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (“Blue is Fast”) on the M1s last year, also Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (http://www.yamaha-motor.co.th) will be featured on the bike in 2018.

Furthermore, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP is delighted that Software Cradle Co., Ltd. (http://www.cradle-cfd.com) has joined its sponsor line-up for 2018 (until 2020), and that it can also confirm the continuation of its numerous sponsors and partners, including:

Movistar (Telefonica Spain) – http://www.movistar.es

JXTG Energy (ENEOS) – http://www.noe.jxtg-group.co.jp/index.html

Monster Energy Corporation – https://www.monsterenergy.com

Semakin di Depan – http://www.yamaha-motor.co.id

Yamalube – http://yamalube.com/

Abarth – http://www.abarth.com

Akrapovič – http://www.akrapovic.com/

Go Beyond – http://yamaha-motor.com.vn

Mio – http://www.yamaha-motor.com.ph

Blue Core – http://www.yamaha-motor.co.id

Oakley – http://www.oakley.com

Descente – http://www.descente.com/

Alpinestars – https://www.alpinestars.com/

Gilles Tooling – http://www.gillestooling.com

Racing Boy – https://www.racingboy.com.my

Furukawa Electrics – https://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/

Cromax – http://www.cromax.com/

Exedy – http://www.exedy.com

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Lastly, the team continues to support Yamaha‘s bLU cRU programme, encouraging a younger generation of on-road riders to follow their dream to become the next MotoGP-star. The initiative provides a safe and professional environment for young riders to develop their talent. Rossi and Viñales continue to be ambassadors of the programme and will serve as role models for the riders in lower classes.

KOUICHI TSUJI GENERAL MANAGER MOTORSPORTS DIVISION, YMC We are honoured to start the fifth year with our title sponsor Movistar – a brand that has great heritage in the MotoGP championship. We enjoyed really important and very positive moments in the first four years of our collaboration. This year we launched the new 2018 bike in Madrid again, close to the home of Telefónica Spain. From this moment on we begin a new season, with a fresh livery and an updated team logo, to highlight the union between Yamaha and Movistar as well as to mark the beginning of this new chapter.

We are very fortunate to have two incredibly talented riders in our team. Both Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales have a very strong bond with the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team. I‘m sure that, together with their crews – but also thanks to the support of the sponsors, partners, and fans – they will be able to fight competitively for race wins. They can be assured that everybody involved in this project is committed to helping them achieve their goals, so we‘re ready to challenge together for victory in 2018.

LIN JARVIS MANAGING DIRECTOR, YAMAHA MOTOR RACING First of all, I want to say that I‘m really sorry to have missed the team presentation event due to some health problems.

The team came to Madrid again this year, to be joined by Telefónica Spain for the unveiling of the new team colours, before embarking on the 2018 season challenge. This will be the fifth year that our team continues its partnership with Movistar. The collaboration has led to many successes in the past, including the Triple Crown in 2015 and the Team Title in 2016. We have celebrated our achievements together, but we also learned together when things didn‘t go our way.

During the upcoming pre-season testing we will not be sitting still either. We see the start of 2018 as chance to start afresh. We‘ll be taking new opportunities with both hands and have set the goal to push ourselves that bit further.

We also have a new team logo and updated livery features that visualise the strong partnership between Movistar and Yamaha. I‘m sure Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi are equally impatient as the fans to get the show back on the road. At Yamaha we‘re very much aware that, though riders are on their own when they head out on track, racing is essentially a group effort. The riders‘ dedication and commitment will be matched by that of our engineers and team staff, as well as the partners and sponsors, so I‘m looking forward to a competitive season.

LUIS MIGUEL GILPÉREZ PRESIDENT OF TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA Movistar has always been tied to sports, and especially to motorcycling, which represents one of the main axes of content and sponsorship that we‘ve harvested big successes in.

Motorcycling is in the DNA of our brand, and we share the same values with Yamaha. Effort, discipline, overcoming challenges, commitment, teamwork and the passion for innovation – these values have laid the foundation for the success of our association.

For Movistar, MotoGP is a way of being closer to the public, the young people, and the new promising talents of the sport, who we‘ve always supported.

We have a unique project and no other company or TV channel in the MotoGP World Championship can match with our sponsorship of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team, our sponsorship at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón, and with Movistar+‘s MotoGP broadcast rights of television for Spain, which allows us to offer the races to fans, using a technology never seen before, giving a totally different user experience. Last year was a very relevant year for Telefónica, and 2018 is shaping up to be exciting as well. I‘m sure that our successful partnership with the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team is going to be able to push the limits and obtain a great number of victories. We are with the best team, with the best riders, and we offer the best television broadcast to watch the victories of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team.

VALENTINO ROSSI MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP RIDER I had a great time today! The team presentation is special every year, also for me, because when you see your bike in the new colours, you start to feel excited. During the winter break I always miss riding my M1, and after seeing it today I want to ride it as soon as possible. I only have to wait a few more days!

Sincerely, I‘m looking forward to starting the new season. Last year, I had one win and six podiums, but also some problems and injuries. We want to make our fifth year with Movistar memorable, so this year we will be pushing as hard as we can. The test in Sepang will be important. It‘s the first opportunity for my guys to get together this year, which will be fun, but we‘ll soon get serious, because we want to get an idea of our level as soon as possible.

MAVERICK VIÑALES MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP RIDER After more than two months of waiting, we are finally kicking off the new season. I‘ve been working hard to prepare for the start of the new season and I‘m looking forward to riding my M1 again. The bike, the new colour scheme, and also the new team logo look good, so judging by the looks of the team, we are ready to begin testing.

Last year we had a really strong start at the first few rounds and we finished third in the championship. This year we‘ll try to improve on what we did last year. We have a really good team, so I think it‘s only natural that we aim for the win in every race and ultimately for the championship title, but of course we‘ll only achieve this if we stay focused every session and push as hard as we can. We‘ll be giving the 2018 bike a try in Sepang in a few days‘ time, which is also where we held our last test of 2017. We‘ll use that data to start the season in the best way possible. The first time you start the engine and hear the sound of your new bike is something special – it will be the sound of the new season. I‘m looking forward to a great year!

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Brands Hatch triple-header to decide title as Haslam, Brookes and Byrne set for final clash

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The 2017 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship will be decided this weekend (October 13/14/15) in a thrilling triple-header decider at Brands Hatch in Kent with Leon Haslam holding the advantage over 2015 title-winner Josh Brookes and local hero defending champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne.

In an incredible season there have been ten different race winners, six further podium finishers and all of the six manufacturers involved in the championship have celebrated victories. With just one round remaining, it’s the JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider Haslam who leads the way by 32 points.

‘The Pocket Rocket’ has finished runner-up three times before and after winning two of the first four Showdown races has edged ahead, but he knows that with 75 points available from the three races on the Grand Prix circuit, he needs to maintain this momentum to lift his first title crown.

Haslam’s closest rival is Brookes as the Australian has propelled the Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha team into title contention for the first time. The 2015 champion was back on the podium at Assen and remains bullish about his hopes of adding to his previous title at this weekend’s round.

Local hero Byrne knows that he needs to make a strong comeback this weekend if he is going to defend a title for the first time; the five-time champion returned to the podium at Assen, but needs a repeat of his winning performance at the Kent circuit in July.

Jake Dixon still has a mathematical shot of becoming the youngest ever MCE BSB title-winner for the RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki team; he holds fourth in the standings but he could still change the title outcome. Peter Hickman and Jason O’Halloran complete the Showdown six and both will also want to end their seasons with victory at Brands Hatch.

The triple-header will also decide the Riders Cup champion with Christian Iddon leading the way in seventh place ahead of race winners James Ellison, Luke Mossey and Dan Linfoot, whilst local rookie Bradley Ray is also ready to fight for a podium return.

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship standings:

Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 612

Josh Brookes (Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha) 580

Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) 579

Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) 558

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) 549

Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) 526

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Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki Championship position: 1st “Brands Hatch is three races so it was always going to go down to the final. It is a circuit that both Josh and Shane go well at, Josh got the lap record mid-season and Shakey won both races, so for me to go in with a point advantage is a big weight off my shoulders, however finishing second or third to them isn’t easy either.

“I am super excited for the weekend because in the Showdown it is a case of so far so good for us. I felt like to be honest we should have won all four races so far and I have to approach this weekend as any other. It is all to play for and we need to attack like we always do. We need three solid results because it can all still change.

“Brands Hatch has an unbelievable atmosphere – on those last few races there are going to be some big moves being made, I really can’t wait to get started!”

Josh Brookes Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha Championship position: 2nd “The emphasis at Brands Hatch is going to be more for me to win and then hope that we are lucky as mathematically there is a gap in the points between myself and Leon. We can only focus on the job we can do and that is to go to Brands Hatch and try and win all three races.

“Any position this season is hard to achieve as it is so close but we need to bring the most energy, focus and determination to Brands Hatch and hope that we have that luck.

“I think looking ahead to the weekend we should all reflect on the battle between Tommy Hill and John Hopkins because I think the final round will be reminiscent of that. Whoever it is between at the end I think the racing is going to be brilliant and it certainly won’t let the fans down!”

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne Be Wiser Ducati Championship position: 3rd “I am really looking forward to Brands Hatch; everyone knows how much I love the Grand Prix circuit. In some ways I guess the pressure has gone a bit. I have been in a position before when there has been nothing between us in the points and the pressure to beat a certain rider or finish in a certain position is immense.

“Realistically all I can do is my best and I always want to go and win races and there are three chances of that at Brands Hatch. I can still win three races and if Leon has three good finishes he will win, but anything could still happen and if it does then all of a sudden it is thrown wide open again.

“One thing I really want to do is to defend a title; I love Brands Hatch and I am coming to the final round to do the best job I can and we will then see what happens.”

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Nine riders ready to fight for BSB Showdown place at Silverstone

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Silverstone will host the next crucial stage of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship this weekend (September 8/9/10) when the six Title Fighters will finally be decided in an intense triple-header race weekend.

For the first time in the history of the championship, there is not a single rider confirmed in the Showdown title fight ahead of the top six decider, so the battle to be in contention to push for British championship honours will come down to three crucial races in Northamptonshire.

There have been seven different race winners and a further five different podium finishers so far this season, so it really will be a battle of the titans this weekend.

Leading the standings into Silverstone is defending champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne. The Be Wiser Ducati rider holds a narrow ten point advantage over arch rival Leon Haslam and the record-breaking champion will be pushing for a victorious return to Silverstone, but his JG Speedfit Kawasaki opponent was the victor last time out at Cadwell Park.

Peter Hickman has soared up the standings in recent rounds and the Smiths Racing BMW rider heads to Silverstone and will be bidding to repeat his victory from 2016 as he bids to make the cut for the Showdown for the first time.

Just adrift of Hickman is Australian contender Jason O’Halloran; the Honda Racing rider is gunning for his first win of the season onboard the all-new Fireblade, but his fellow countryman Josh Brookes is only eleven points behind as he bids to add to his 2015 title crown.

Luke Mossey holds the final place in the top six ahead of Silverstone as he aims to return from injury for JG Speedfit Kawasaki. Mossey trails Brookes by six points, but closing rapidly is RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki’s Jake Dixon and he is only five points off in seventh place with Tyco BMW’s Christian Iddon also pushing for a Showdown position.

The final rider with a shot at the Showdown six is James Ellison as he heads to Silverstone after becoming the seventh different winner of the season at Cadwell Park.

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship standings:

Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) 219

Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 209

Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) 193

Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) 178

Josh Brookes (Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha) 167

Luke Mossey (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 161

Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) 156

Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) 153

James Ellison (McAMS Yamaha) 119

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Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne Be Wiser Ducati Championship position: 1st “Silverstone is an event I am really looking forward to because if I am honest I left Cadwell Park a bit angry and frustrated about the last two rounds and how many potential podium points we have given away to our rivals. That is a bitter pill to swallow.

“With three races at Silverstone we have an opportunity to get some back and so we need to work as hard as possible to make that happen. However we need to remember that the Showdown starts just a few days later.

“I have spent the time since the last round in Spain and I really feel fired up and ready to go because I want to put right the wrongs of the previous races at Silverstone.”

Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki Championship position: 2nd “I am feeling confident for Silverstone and so are the JG Speedfit Kawasaki team. We have some things we want to test before the Showdown and this is the perfect place to try it before the final three rounds.

“We have a good plan and know that we need to have three consistently strong races, because at this stage of the season nobody can afford a DNF. I am sure at this point of the season and the importance of it will spur some people on a bit more to make some moves, but I know what I need to do.

“It really is business as usual for me. I have missed four races this year through issues and injury so we need to collect as many Podium Points as we can this weekend and get back to that consistency we had at the start of the season.

“I feel we are coming into this weekend in a strong position and I am ready to fight for the three wins.”

Peter Hickman Smiths Racing BMW Championship position: 3rd “I think excited is the key word for me ahead of Silverstone this weekend. I have been close to making the Showdown a couple of times before and I have missed out because of a couple of points here or there and this year we have jumped in at the moment, but it is still all to play for.

“We have three races so there is a lot that can still happen. I am 37 points ahead of seventh so I have a good cushion but it only takes one DNF and someone else to win one and suddenly that goes down to 12 points.

“ I think there will be some interesting moves going on, especially in race two and three! It is going to be hard fought like it is every weekend in this championship and it will be tough. Silverstone lends itself to that kind of close racing though and it’s fast and the racing is always close! We might see some harsh moves being pulled as people fight for their place in the Showdown.”

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Jason O’Halloran Honda Racing Championship position: 4th “I knew when we started the season that we would have development work to do with the new Fireblade, but we have been building and scoring consistently even when we have had a tough weekend. I would definitely like to have won a race by now and scored some more podiums but the important thing is that we are fighting for a position in the Showdown.

“I love Silverstone; it has been a strong circuit for Honda in the past. It is one of those tracks that should suit it and I think we can come out and have three strong races. Once you are in the Showdown it is anyone’s game, but I feel that we deserve to be there.

“I am focusing one race at a time and I am going out to do the best job I can for Honda Racing. I think it will be a round where everyone will be pushing the boundaries a bit more; myself, Josh [Brookes] and Luke [Mossey] are not as safe as the guys in front of us so we need to really attack the weekend as usual with a clear head and remain as consistent as possible.”

Josh Brookes Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha Championship position: 5th “Silverstone is a good circuit; I look forward to going there. It’s no different to any other round at this stage, its business as usual, and not in a secure manner. Nobody is completely secure, but being fifth in the championship is just job as usual. I just have to go and get the results and head towards the championship decider.

“I don’t feel like there is any pressure put on me, I only put pressure on myself! The only pressure in our team should be in the tyres! The job has always been to win races, even from the first round of the year – the idea and the expectation is to win races. That’s what we aim to achieve, and that’s how you win a championship.

“Other riders or teams may succumb to the idea of this round being greater than others, but to me it’s the same from the first round to the last. We’ve got the same job, the same objectives, so the pressure doesn’t change.”

Luke Mossey JG Speedfit Kawasaki Championship position: 6th “The recovery has been going well. I got straight back on my feet and although we had to sit out Cadwell Park, I have been doing everything possible to come back. Missing Cadwell Park was disappointing as I think we could have had a good result there.

“I am not worried about Silverstone as we know we have pace and that the JG Speedfit Kawasaki is good. I feel like I have been on vacation so I am coming back refreshed and ready to fight for wins.

“I think there are some guys around me who have more pressure than me, but it will be an interesting one as there are six to eight guys fighting to make the last positions but I am ready for it.”

Jake Dixon RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki Championship position: 7th “Silverstone can’t come soon enough! The way I have been riding in recent rounds there should be no reason why we can’t be in the top six.

“Luke Mossey is ahead of me in the standings so really I need to finish ahead of him in the races, but to be honest I am not completely focused on that; my aim is to go out and win all three races.

“I have nothing to lose because I am not currently in the top six, so my aim is to win and be fighting for podiums. I am just going to go about my business as usual, but for sure it would be great if we can be in the title fight so I can try and be the youngest ever winner!

“It was frustrating to end Cadwell Park with a crash but I am ready to come out all guns blazing at Silverstone.”

Christian Iddon Tyco BMW Championship position: 8th “I was happy to narrow the margin in the points to the top six at Cadwell Park, but it still wasn’t as much as I would have liked and I did feel disappointed that we couldn’t capitalise more. Silverstone is going to have to be exceptional for us or at least very good because we desperately want to make the Showdown.

“It is going to be a real dog fight and it is a really interesting quartet in front of me; Jake has such a super raw talent, Josh who everyone will expect to be in the Showdown, Luke who comes back from injury, but it is a strong track for him and Jason is just ahead of that.

“We have to take it race by race; that’s the thing with racing you don’t know what will happen and so the best thing to do is nothing different to any other round. I’m in control of my destiny and how I ride and together with the team we can control how we set the bike up for the races. We just have to be collectively better than the guys ahead of us, because one thing we can’t control is what they all do.”

James Ellison McAMS Yamaha Championship position: 9th “I am feeling really confident coming into Silverstone, we picked ourselves up after Thruxton because we knew it would still be mathematically possible to make the Showdown and we arrived at Cadwell Park with the bit between my teeth. We came out with a solid race in the first one and then we scored McAMS Yamaha’s first race win in the championship. That was a pretty big deal.

“After Cadwell Park the championship is pretty much back on track; nobody is secure in the top six, not Shakey, not Haslam, and so we come into Silverstone with three races and 75 points up for grabs and there isn’t much between us. I am coming into the decider with a heck of a lot more confidence than I had before Cadwell Park.

“I am relaxed; the last couple of races I have been pushing for the win and I was a bit more cautious because I didn’t want to lose anything, but at Silverstone I have nothing to lose now.”

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The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Unveils 2017 Line-up in Madrid

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team grabbed the spotlight in Madrid today as it presented its new rider line-up, 2017 YZR-M1 livery, team logo and sponsors. The team launch event featured Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales as well as key members of the Yamaha Management staff and the President of Telefónica Spain.

Today the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team gave racing fans from all over the world a first glimpse of its team colours for the new season during the official team launch at Telefónica‘s headquarters in Madrid, to kick-start their 2017 campaign.

The Italy-based team travelled to Madrid in the last week of its ’winter break‘ before heading overseas for the first official IRTA MotoGP pre-season test of 2017 in Sepang. During this on-track outing, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales will help Yamaha‘s engineers fine-tune the development work of the YZR-M1 that was carried through during the “off-season”. The Valencia test already showed great promise for this formidable team; all members are eager to reclaim the MotoGP World Championship crown.

Nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi impressed chasing the premier class trophy in the last three years, securing the Vice-Champion Title every season. He is determined to compete once more at the front this year and his fans from all over the world will be cheering him on as he pursues his quest to make his title win tally a nice round ten.

Last year Rossi meant business right from the start of the season and in Argentina he climbed the rostrum for the first time. Though struck by external circumstances on occasion, ’The Doctor‘ never lessened his attack and went on to secure nine further podium finishes, with wins in Jerez and Catalunya, remaining a key protagonist in the 2016 challenge until the overseas leg at the end of the year. His and his teammate‘s consistent drive brought Yamaha its seventh FIM MotoGP Team Title.

Young Spanish talent Maverick Viñales is a fresh face in the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team. He joins the Factory crew after gaining two years of experience in the premier class. His 2016 season highlights included a superb win at Silverstone and three third places, in France, Japan and Australia, allowing him to finish fourth in the final standing. He followed up his strong end of the season with a stunning debut on the YZR-M1 at the Valencia test, topping the time sheets both days, establishing that his switch to Yamaha was the right decision.

It‘s not only the new rider line-up that‘s cause for celebration, Yamaha Factory Racing and Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica‘s collaboration also deserves recognition. The two companies signed a five-year partnership agreement in the premier class of road racing in 2014, underlined with Movistar becoming the team‘s title sponsor. In the past three years Yamaha and Telefónica‘s shared values and passion for innovation laid the groundwork for success, resulting in a Triple Crown in 2015 and the Team‘s Title in 2016.

Presenting the 2017 team were MotoGP‘s Dylan Gray and Izaskun Ruiz, who welcomed to the stage Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales for a Q&A session. They were later joined by General Manager of Motorsports Division & YMC MotoGP Group Leader, Kouichi Tsuji, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Lin Jarvis, and Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Team Director, Massimo Meregalli, who went into detail on the technical development of the bike as well as the new rider line-up and its promising prospects.

Luis Miguel Gilperez, President of Telefónica España, was also put in the spotlight and further explained Movistar‘s strategy and its dedication to MotoGP before it was time to reveal the bike.

The ceremony saw the 2017 Yamaha YZR-M1 revealed in its new colours with a refreshed livery.

Besides the new Movistar logo, the Blue Core logo (Yamaha’s new generation engine development designed to extract maximum performance and fuel economy) is added as a new design element on the bike, while the deepened Yamaha blue gives the bike a chic finish.

Further revelations include the new Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team logo. Its new design is a testament of how much value the team assigns to the Telefónica and Yamaha collaboration and puts the Movistar‘s ’M‘ in a more prominent role. This sentiment is also reflected in the YZR-M1‘s 2017 livery, which features the new Movistar-logo on either side of the fairing and the front of the bike.

Yamaha is also pleased to announce that OAKLEY (http://www.oakley.com/) has joined Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team‘s sponsor line-up for 2017 and is delighted to confirm the continuation of its numerous sponsors, including:

Movistar (Title Sponsor): https://www.movistar.es JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (ENEOS): http://www.noe.jx-group.co.jp/english Monster Energy Corporation: http://www.monsterenergy.com PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturer (Semakin di Depan): http://www.yamaha-motor.co.id Yamaha Motor Vietnam: yamaha-motor.com.vn

Yamaha Motor Philippines: www.yamaha-motor.com.ph

Yamalube: www.yamalube.com Abarth: http://www.abarth.com Akrapovič: http://www.akrapovic.com Descente: http://www.descente.com Alpinestars: http://www.alpinestars.com Gilles Tooling: http://www.gillestooling.com Racing Boy: http://www.racingboy.com.my Cromax: http://www.cromax.com Exedy: http://www.exedy.com Magneti Marelli: http://www.magnetimarelli.com D.I.D.: http://www.did-daido.co.jp/en NGK Spark Plugs: http://www.ngkntk.co.jp/english BMC Air Filters: http://www.bmcairfilters.com/eng/home/index 2D: http://2d-datarecording.com Beta Tools: http://www.beta-tools.it/beta/index_en.html Yamaha Corporation (Yamaha Music): http://www.yamaha.com

  Lastly the team is excited to support Yamaha‘s bLU cRU programme, encouraging younger generation on-road riders to follow their dream to become the next MotoGP-star. The initiative provides a safe and professional environment for young riders to develop their talent. Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales are ambassadors of the programme and will serve as role models for the riders in entry classes.

LIN JARVIS MANAGING DIRECTOR, YAMAHA MOTOR RACING Over the last three years we have demonstrated that our team is very competitive and our partnership with Movistar has delivered great results on and off the track. Movistar and Yamaha are both brands that have a lot of history in the MotoGP World Championship and we are proud that our collaboration is growing stronger each season. It therefore seemed no more than fitting to present the 2017 YZR-M1 at the home of Movistar, the Distrito Telefónica in Madrid. The bike‘s striking new livery features cleaner lines, more blue and a very strong Movistar branding on the fairing. We also unveiled the new enhanced Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team logo symbolizing the partnership between our two companies. We see today not only as the official start of the 2017 season but also the start of a next chapter with our exciting new rider line-up; it is a new beginning and so Movistar‘s slogan “We Choose to Make History” is certainly very fitting and one we will strive to live up to. We have Maverick Viñales joining us as he searches for his first MotoGP class title and Valentino Rossi, who has his eyes set on World Championship title number ten. Both are eager to reach their goals and hungry to win races and most of all have good battles at the front of the pack. With their dedication and the commitment of our engineers and team staff, I‘m confident we are in for another exciting and highly competitive season.

LUIS MIGUEL GILPÉREZ PRESIDENT OF TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA Movistar has always been linked to sport. For Movistar, the specific case of motorcycling has been one of its fundamental axes of content and sponsorship for a long time, and we have managed to reach the top and stay there. As you all know, motorcycling is in Movistar’s DNA. Movistar and MotoGP share the same values, those of training, discipline, improvement, commitment and teamwork. What is more, for Movistar it is a way to be closer to the public, the young people and the new talent of the sport that we have always supported. From a sporting point of view, this is the fourth season in which Movistar and Yamaha are collaborating to continue a winning project in the undisputed premier class of motorcycling. Taking stock of what has been achieved so far – World Championship Runner-up in 2014, the Triple Crown and World Runner-up Title in 2015, and Runner-up and World Team Title in 2016 – next season is expected to be even more exciting, if possible, for everyone who loves the sport. A season that we are opening with the addition of Maverick Viñales to the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team, and he, together with Valentino Rossi, will strive for great results and, above all, enjoyment.

VALENTINO ROSSI MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP RIDER After the winter break, the team launch is always a very exciting time for everybody, not only for us, the riders and the team, but also for the fans. Sincerely, I‘m just as happy as they are to start the new season, I have missed riding my bike. The pre-season test in Sepang will be an interesting moment, we will get a good idea of our level and it‘s also the first time I‘ll get to take the YZR-M1 out on track in its 2017 colours. This is the fourth year that Movistar will be our team‘s title sponsor. In the last three years, we enjoyed some fantastic battles and great results and this season the target remains the same: to be competitive again and fight for the victory in every race. I have a new strong teammate and I think we can have a lot of fun this season.

MAVERICK VIÑALES MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP RIDER After the test in Valencia and Malaysia I got off the bike feeling very happy because I was on the level I wanted to be at. The whole Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team can‘t wait to start the season because we know we can be at a 100% level and compete at the front. Today we revealed the bike and it looks beautiful, I wish I could start riding it right now! When I was a kid, I used to watch Valentino riding his M1 and now I‘m here at the team launch, it‘s like a dream come true! I‘m so happy and motivated and I‘m ready to give it my all. I want to thank Yamaha, Movistar and of course the team. They have welcomed me very warmly, so it is a great start to the season already. Honestly speaking, I was quite surprised by the family-feel, because on the outside you see a very serious and professional team, but as soon as I went inside the box I felt incredible. I‘m really pleased to be here, at Telefónica Headquarters in Madrid, and thanks to everyone for coming to support us. It‘s going to be a great year!

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