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Mark Of Greatness For Melandri In Tissot-superpole
Posted on 19. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) put in a great performance in qualifying to take his first ever Tissot-Superpole success and also give Yamaha its first top grid slot of the season. Melandri set a new track best of 1 minute 57.634 seconds in Superpole 3 and he will start Sunday’s 20-lap races with his great rival Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) as his closest challenger
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Yamaha World Superbike Team Prepare For Donington
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Yamaha World Superbike Team riders Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty head to Donington this weekend for round two of the 2011 World Superbike Championship.
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Eugene Laverty signs up with Yamaha WSS team
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 09.17.2010 14:15 by Wicked Speed Filed under: | Superbike | industry news | The Yamaha World Superbike Team | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Team Yamaha Sterilgarda seems to be geared up and well-prepared for the upcoming 2011 World Sportbike with the finalization of their line of superb riders competing for the much-awaited match.
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Winning Yamaha Team Wrap Up First Test with Crutchlow and Toseland
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Today saw the second and final day of the first test for the Yamaha World Superbike 2010 riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland. Both riders spent a second full day testing their new R1 machines as they worked to bring the settings in line with their riding styles.
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Spies Claims the All Time WSB Superpole Record, Crutchlow on Front Row
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Any doubt of Ben Spies’ claim to all-time rookie fame was squashed today as he took pole position ahead of tomorrow’s races with an incredible flying Superpole lap.
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Spies Prepares for Big Showdown, Crutchlow Has His Eyes on the Prize
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by admin.
The clock is ticking down to the 14th and final round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal.
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Knox – the Technology Behind Racers
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Keith Amor is one of many leading UK racers with good reason to be grateful for recent advances in impact protection.
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Tom Sykes on Form with Blistering Pace in Germany
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Yamaha World Superbike rider Tom Sykes looked immediately at home in familiar weather conditions on the Nurburgring circuit today. Although an issue in the first free practice session meant missing out on some lap time, the British rider made up for it in the afternoon, and despite a small crash he moved quickly up the ranks to finish the first qualifying session in second place, half a second off provisional pole man Jonathan Rea
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Spies and Sykes Get to Grips with Brno - Supersport Riders Send a Clear Message
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Yamaha World Superbike Team riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes ventured out today for their first time on the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic - World Supersport Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Fabien Foret made it very clear in today’s free practice session that they are here to win this weekend.
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Sensational Spies Back on Pole in Brno
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Having learnt the long complicated Brno track Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies got down to business today in the second qualifying session. Spies speed was never on doubt and as the track knowledge increased so the lap times came down