The second installment to the AMA’s favorite web series, this time on Following Fillmore Chris sits down with his new…
At the presentation of Yamaha’s 2013 MotoGP campaign, where the bike which Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will ride in the coming season was unveiled, it was clear that there was one thing missing from the bike: this season, as for the last two years, Yamaha’s MotoGP team will not have a title sponsor, but will campaign in corporate colors once again. Though the news hardly came as a surprise – the colors being used throughout the winter testing period suggested that Yamaha would be racing without a title sponsor – we were interested to find out whether the current situation is sustainable. To that end, we cornered Yamaha Racing’s Managing Director Lin Jarvis, and put a few questions to him.
Taking part in the Ducati 1199 Panigale R international press launch at the new Circuit of the Americas race course.I thought I would share a view not too many track day enthusiasts will get a lap to see: a lap around the Circuit of the Americas. COTA is a first-rate facility, and once you get the hang of this very-unstraight-forward track, COTA is a very rewarding course to ride on two wheels. Learning the track is a whole different story though. We only got four 15-minute sessions to learn the 20 turns of COTA during the press launch, and let’s just say the first session was a “interesting” for everyone involved.
The last of the factory MotoGP teams to unveil its 2013 livery (Ducati Corse, Pramac Ducati & Repsol Honda here), Yamaha Racing has finally officially debuted the 2013 Yamaha YZR-M1 race bike, along with the team livery for riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Unlike his 2011 defense, Lorenzo will not rock the #1 plate, perhaps getting wind of the dreaded number’s propensity to kill its owner’s chance of a successful title defense. For Rossi fans, the return to Yamaha is surely a welcomed sight, with The Doctor’s neon yellow “46” working better with Yamaha’s blue and white paint scheme. Somethings just seem to go better together, right?
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