Label: yamaha

Apr142024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vinales managed what even Valentino Rossi failed to do

By winning the Grand Prix of the Americas, Maverick Vinales set a very unique milestone that even Valentino Rossi, who used to be considered a reference point, was unable to achieve. Vinales became the only racer who managed to win in the MotoGP class (after 2002) on motorcycles from three different manufacturers, and the Spaniard is only the fifth racer in history to achieve such a feat. Vinales celebrated his first victory on a Suzuki motorcycle, then recorded a few more victories on Yamaha, and after switching to Aprilia in 2021, he has already won sprint races, which are officially recorded in other statistics.

Mar272024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rins: I have to change something

MotoGP News

Alex Rins said he needs to change his approach a bit if he wants to speed up his adaptation to the Yamaha motorcycle. Copying Fabio Quartararo's settings did not bring the desired results. The Spaniard finished thirteenth in his race for Yamaha in Portimao, six places behind team-mate Fabio Quartararo. Despite the improvement compared to the first race in Qatar, which he finished without points in sixteenth place, he was still not satisfied with his performance. In order to get used to the Yamaha motorcycle more quickly, he was inspired by Fabio Quartararo's settings, but now he has realized that he will have to change this approach a bit in order to improve his results. "It was a very challenging race," Rins told reporters after Sunday's action. "The first two races with Yamaha did not take place

Mar262024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Quartararo slightly more optimistic about the future at Yamaha

MotoGP News

Although there has been a lot of talk lately about Fabio Quartararo leaving Yamaha at the end of the season, according to his last words, it seems that the team from Iwata can be a little more optimistic about the future with the French racer. In recent interviews, the world champion of the 2021 season emphasized that talks are also underway with other teams. Nevertheless, it is not impossible that he will extend his contract with Yamaha. Big changes are said to be taking place behind the scenes at the Japanese manufacturer, but at the moment they are not yet visible on the track. "I don't know," answered the Frenchman when asked where he will continue his career next season. "In my career, I was already in a much worse position. In one of the seasons in the Moto 2 class, I didn't even know if I would have a guaranteed seat for the next year

Mar252024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Yamaha in Portimao on a private test

MotoGP News

The Yamaha team stayed on the track in Portimão on Monday, as they had a private test scheduled. At the moment, not much is known about the course of this. According to the picture published by the journalist Simon Patterson, some of the innovations that were tested today by the factory racers Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins are already visible. https://twitter.com/denkmit/status/1772221200149696818?t=HiuOtU-JJ_xMGseOAn6puA&s=19 At the Japanese manufacturer, they are determined to catch the best competitors. A private test is allowed to Yamaha as part of the new concession rules. They also have the same benefits at Honda, which they tested in Jerez before the last race. Yamaha will want to use innovations to convince Fabio Quartararo to stay in the team. The contract of the Frac racer, like most, expires at the end of this season. Because of someone

Mar202024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Meregalli: There will be no quick changes

MotoGP News

Yamaha does not expect major changes at the upcoming race in Portimao after a poor start to the season. The optimism that reigned in the Iwata team's garage ahead of the first race of the season in Qatar quickly dissipated on Sunday after Fabio Quartarara finished eleventh and Alex Rins sixteenth. "The results of the last race show the real balance of power," said Yamaha team principal Massimo Meregalli. "Clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us. We have such a busy weekend ahead of us. The changes we want to make take time. It won't happen overnight. It will take a lot of time and hard work." "However, I can say that everyone is very motivated and that our racers have the full support of the team. The coming weekend will be very useful for us, as we will be able to test not

Mar112024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Quartararo: The lag behind competitors is bigger than ever before

MotoGP News

After the first race of the season in Qatar, Fabio Quartararo was very disappointed with the uncompetitiveness of his bike. As he pointed out, the gap behind the competitors is bigger than ever before. The Yamaha team recorded its first winless season in 20 years last year. Even after the first race of the new season, it seems that a real miracle will be needed to prevent this from happening again this year. Quartararo finished the Saturday sprint race in twelfth place after major problems with tire wear, and crossed the finish line in eleventh place on Sunday. Teammate Alex Rins finished sixteenth. After the end of the race, the French racer was very harsh in his assessment of the situation in which the team from Iwata finds itself. When asked if this was the worst bike of his career, he replied: "Considering what the current level is

Feb252024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rea remained unscathed: The fall took me completely by surprise

WSBK

Jonathan Rea luckily walked away unscathed after his crash in the second race of the Superbike class today. The six-time world champion has a weekend he will want to forget as soon as possible. On his debut for Yamaha, he finished in seventeenth place on Saturday, and after a promising start, he finished the Sunday race in the third lap with a crash in the eleventh turn. "First of all, I would like to say that everything is fine with me. I am a bit sore from the fall, but luckily there were no injuries." "I ended up on the ground twice this week, but luckily I stayed in one piece. Today's crash was completely unexpected. It makes me even more angry because it happened just when I was getting a better feeling on the bike." "When Toprak's engine blew up I gained a few places and suddenly found myself in a very good position. As soon as

Feb242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rea: We're lost right now

MotoGP News, WSBK

The new season of the Superbike class did not start according to Jonathan Rea's wishes. The Northern Irishman, who left Kawasaki after nine years at the end of last season and this year sat on a Yamaha motorcycle, had plenty of problems in the first race at Philip Island. He only took eleventh place in the qualification. In the opening part of the race, he managed to break into the best, but then lost a lot of time during the mandatory stop to change tires. He returned to the track in eighteenth place together with Alvaro Bautista, who fell in the opening part of the race but managed to pick up the motorcycle. Rea was unable to keep up with the pace of the Spanish racer and finished seventeenth. "For me, it is one of the most demanding races in my career. I had a bad start from the starting position, but then I managed to overtake a few racers. I decided with

Feb62024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Despite the progress, Quartararo is not satisfied

MotoGP News

Fabio Quartararo was not very happy after the end of the first test day in Sepang. Despite progress in the powertrain, they are still said to be well behind the best. After the end of the first day, which he finished in third place, the French rider said: "The new powertrain is better than last year, but we still don't use the full potential of the bike. It is much more aggressive this year compared to last year. We focused a lot today electronics." Does the Yamaha rider believe that he could fight for victories from the beginning of the season? "Just fighting for individual victories is not enough for me. The goal is to become world champion again. The racers are very equal with each other, so every little thing decides." "We are in a better position than last year, but I am not sure that I can win with this bike. Najv

Dec172023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Stoner: Yamaha turned me down twice

MotoGP News

Casey Stoner admitted in a recent interview that he was close to a move to Yamaha twice in his career, but both times the negotiations fell through at the last minute. The first time this happened was in 2005, when negotiations were held regarding the 2006 season in which the Australian made his debut in the elite class. "It's true. I was in talks with Yamaha twice and in both cases nothing came of it in the end. The first time was during the 2005 season, when I was still competing in the middle class and we were discussing the transfer to the MotoGP class. The first year supposedly a member of their satellite team and then in 2008 got a factory seat." "Not long after these conversations, everything went silent. They only saw me as bait so they could get someone for less money." So instead of Yamaha, Stoner made his debut in the MotoGP class