Yamaha Racing - General News

Prumm on the mend after surgery

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:00

Yamaha rider and one of the leading figures in Women’s World Championship motocross, Katherine Prumm, was given good cause for optimism after a seven hour operation to repair three broken vertebrae was successful earlier this week.

The 20 year old New Zealander is now f

Yamaha Gariboldi ready with potent Youth MX attack

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:01:00

The Yamaha Gariboldi Racing Team will be making a credible push for the 2009 European Motocross Championship and therefore helping to strengthen the future of Yamaha’s off-road racing programme.

With the age limit of 23 years coming into force for the 2010 FIM MX2-GP Mo

Prumm suffers back injury

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:01:00

Double Women’s World Cup winner Katherine Prumm will undergo surgery in the coming days after a practice crash in her native New Zealand left the 20 year old with several broken vertebrae.

The YZ250F rider, who led the 2008 FIM Women’s World Championship before her seas

Yamaha sweeps Qatar 8 hour podium

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:01:00

After eight intense hours around the impressive Losail circuit in the Qatari desert the YZF-R1 claimed all three podium spots in the final round of six in the Endurance FIM World Championship. Yamaha Austria Racing Team, represented by Igor Jerman, Steve Plater and Steve Martin finished ahead of Yamaha Folch Endurance a

Stewart sensational at Bercy

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:01:00

San Manuel Yamaha rider James Stewart continued a perfect start to his career in ‘blue’ by taking his YZ450F to a dominant streak of victories at the 26th Bercy Supercross in Paris. The 22 year old AMA Motocross Champion owned all three nights in the French capital to become ‘King of Bercy’ at his first attempt.

Latest David Philippaerts Column November

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:01:00

Ciao everyone,

Well, the season finished quite a long time ago now but the weeks have passed very quickly because there has been so much to do.

To begin with I travelled with the Italian team and Federation to a cold

Schumacher takes on the Yamaha WSB R1 at Portimao 2008 Media Test

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:01:00

There was an extra guest amongst the media journalists present for the 2008 Factory Media Test at the Parkalgar circuit in Portimao last Monday. Former Formula One star and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was invited to put on his leathers and join the invited journalists testing out the 2008 Yamaha WSB YZF-R

New R1 makes a great start for the 2009 Superbike season at Portimao

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:01:00

2009 Yamaha WSB riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes enjoyed a successful two day test at Portimao with their new team. The riders used the time to develop both their relationships with their new team and also to make a start on the development of the all-new 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 race bike.

Tanel Leok joins Yamaha Red Bull De Carli

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:01:00

2008 Grand Prix of Ireland winner Tanel Leok will line-up alongside former double MX2 World Champion Antonio Cairoli as the Yamaha Red Bull De Carli team switch their emphasis to the premier MX1-GP world championship for 2009.

The 23 year old Estonian has been drafted i

Yamaha and Fiat to continue together for two more years

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:01:00

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd and Fiat Automobiles Spa have concluded an agreement to continue their partnership for a further two years.

The agreement will see Fiat continue as the title sponsor of Yamaha’s Factory MotoGP Team, which will continue to be known as the Fiat Yamah

Working with Josh: Fabio Santoni

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:01:00

With Gerald Wever wielding the spanners for MX1-GP World Champion David Philippaerts, on the other side of the awning works Fabio Santoni for Josh Coppins. The Italian has been the New Zealander’s mechanic since 2002 and joined the Yamaha Monster Motocross team at the end of 2006 for his first season on the YZ450FM in ’07

2009 calendars released and Leok takes Dutch title

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:01:00

Latest news this week involves the expanded 2009 FIM Motocross calendar and the fact that Estonian Aigar Leok was crowned 2008 Jumbo Open Dutch Champion.

As the racing calendars wind down towards the winter period there is still some track activity going on and Van Beer

Bad weather curtails Fiat Yamaha Team test in Valencia

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:00

Due to bad weather in Valencia today the Fiat Yamaha Team took the decision to cancel their second day of testing at the Spanish track.

2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi and the season's leading rookie Jorge Lorenzo will next be in action on 26th November for a two-da

Wilco Zeelenberg - Yamaha World Supersport Team Manager Interview

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:00

The central role of every WSS team is someone upon whose shoulders all key decisions rest, the team manager. It is his responsibility to maximize the potential of everything and everyone in the team and to ensure the team is all working to the same goal. Dutchman Wilco Zeelenberg is that lynchpin in the Yamaha World Super

Rossi makes positive start on 2009 campaign in Valencia

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:01:00

One day after the final race of his victorious season, MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi began working towards the defence of his title with his first day’s testing aboard the 2009 prototype M1. The Italian was third fastest in a time of 1’32.921, quicker than his best lap in yesterday’s race.

Stewart getting set for Bercy after sensational first Yamaha appearance

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:01:00

2008 AMA Motocross Champion, Motocross of Nations winner and undoubtedly one of the main stars of American motocross and supercross, James Stewart, will make his first European appearance on his new Yamaha YZ450F at the Bercy SX in Paris, France, in just over two weeks time.

Coppins 7th in Supermoto Starbiker

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:01:00

Enjoying the most of his off-season before the gruelling process of winter training begins, Yamaha Monster Motocross Team’s Josh Coppins swapped riding shirt and pants for a set of leathers, and nobbly tyres for near slicks as he took a commendable 7th position at the annual supermoto Starbiker event at Mettet in Belgium.

Yamaha sweep the board at the 2008 UEM Road Racing European Championships

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:01:00

Yamaha dominated in style at the finale of the UEM Road Racing European Championship last weekend. The formidable YZF-R1 and YZF-R6 have proved again this year to be the ultimate track weapons for racing success.

The top four riders in the Superstock 1000 class where a

Nina Prinz wins the 2008 Road Racing Women’s European Championship

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:01:00

After dominating for the entire 2008 season, German Yamaha rider Nina Prinz has taken the title on her YZF-R1, her second consecutive championship win, at the third and final round of the Women’s European Championship at Albacete (Spain) on Sunday. The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was in predictab

Loris Baz wins European Superstock 600 Championship with Yamaha

Sat, 5 Oct 2008 00:01:00

The fifteen year-old star-in-the-making Loris Baz (Yamaha France Junior Team) took a hard fought second place in Saturday’s European Superstock 600 Championship race, and in taking the podium he also took the championship in his rookie year.

The close race was a constan

Philippaerts donates print to Wings for Life

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:01:00

The 62nd Motocross of Nations saw the biggest media attendance of the year for a European race and a large contingent of the press corps crowded the Monster Energy hospitality unit on Saturday to see David Philippaerts select a canvas print from a dedicated gallery compiled to celebrate a title-winning campaign and presen

Ben Spies signs with Yamaha World Superbike for 2009

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:01:00

American racing sensation Ben Spies has signed up to the Yamaha factory World Superbike Team to partner 23 yr old British rider Tom Sykes for the 2009 season. The 24yr old American rider from Dallas is fresh from a record third championship win in a row, taking the AMA Superbike Championship crown again for 2008. Spies is

Coppins 4th for New Zealand at 2008 Motocross of Nations

Sat, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00

Yamaha Monster Motocross Team’s Josh Coppins took 4th position overall in the MX1 class at a cloudy and sometimes wet Donington Park for the 62nd Motocross of Nations, assisting his country, New Zealand to a final finish of 8th place. MX1 World Champion David Philippaerts steered his YZ450FM for Italy and fought with Amer

Further information World Title Valentino Rossi

Sat, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00

“I think it’s difficult to say, but maybe this is even better than the first championship with Yamaha in 2004. In 2004 I arrived after three championships in a row; the change was very big and no one expected me to win then, not even us to be honest! But this year is great too because I didn’t start as the number one favo

Philippaerts and Coppins launch new Replica at Nations

Sat, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00

A packed Monster Energy hospitality facility within the Donington Park paddock for the 62nd Motocross of Nations witnessed Yamaha Monster Motocross Team riders David Philippaerts and Josh Coppins draw away the covers on the brand new 2009 YZ450F Yamaha Motocross Team Replica. The special limited edition motorcycle - a mir