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Martin, Metatarsals & Magny Cours
09 October 2007
Riding for the Celani Suzuki team at the final round of the World Superbike Championship last weekend, Steve Martin took the chequered flag in 16th position in race one after an on track incident lost him his strong 9th position, but came away from race two with a broken metatarsal in his right foot following a high side crash. Having made improvements to the GSXR1000's set-up and lap times over the weekend, Steve qualified in 15th place to make Superpole, where he was able to improve on his position to take the 13th spot on the grid.
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Podium Finish for Martin At Oschersleben 24
16 August 2007
Steve Martin finished last weekend's Oschersleben 24 Hour race of the World Endurance Championship on the podium with a third place finish. Riding for Yamaha Austria again after a successful outing at the Suzuka 8 Hour two weeks ago, Steve and team mates Igor Jerman - another SBK old-hand - and fellow Aussie Damian Cudlin rode their Yamaha YZF-R1 onto third place. Despite making a poor tyre choice at the start of the race and Igor Jerman suffering a minor crash, the team made its way to second place with four hours of the race left to run.
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Steve Martin Puts In The Miles
09 August 2007
Hot off the heels of returning from the Suzuka 8 Hour World Endurance race, Steve Martin was back in a World Superbike seat last week in the Brands Hatch heat before heading to Germany today to compete in the Oschersleben round of the World Endurance Championship this coming weekend. Steve commented, "It's been a pretty busy month what with commentating, testing and racing all back to back, but I've really enjoyed being back racing and also the variety of races I've been competing in and bikes I've been riding on."
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Yamaha Motor Italia Effort Is Rewarded with 3 Podiums
07 August 2007
The Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team today reaped the rewards of their weekend's hard work to take three podium positions and regain their second place in the rider championship standings. Race one was an exciting start to the day with both Corser and Haga getting good starts to take second and fourth respectively in a four-man battle with Toseland and Bayliss. Haga set about moving forward through the pack and set the fastest lap of the race on lap four before a very close pass with Bayliss to take second behind Toseland. The two Troy's were dicing for third when Bayliss crashed, giving Corser the advantage. Everything was settling down at the mid-race point when Haga ran hard into Surtees and had to take to the grass. He kept the bike upright and re-joined in 11th and dug in to climb back up to take seventh finishing place. Haga's incident allowed Corser through to second, where he completed the race. Corser's result in this race gave Yamaha their 150th WSB podium.
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Haga 3rd, Corser 5th in Final Qualifying
05 August 2007
It all came down to Superpole today as the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team battled to take third and fifth qualifying positions for tomorrow's race at Brands Hatch. Haga, using his usual wild riding style, put in a flying lap in Superpole to top the leader board. He was only beaten by Bayliss and Toseland, who went first and second respectively. He'd made steady progress throughout the day on his set-up and the improvement showed when he went second fastest in free practice just prior to Superpole.
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Yamaha Third and Sixth on Day One at Brands
04 August 2007
The Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team had a solid start to this weekend's race at Brands Hatch in the UK with Corser finishing third and Haga sixth in qualifying. Both riders focused on finding the right set-up during today's two sessions and by the end of the day both had identified a direction to go in. Corser knocked almost a second off his best morning lap time as he worked on a range of different settings and got a feel for how the Yamaha works around the Brands circuit. Haga tried several different tyre options and identified where he needs to focus to realize his full potential in tomorrow's qualifying and Superpole sessions.
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Steve Martin in Great Demand!
21 July 2007
Experienced motorcycle racer Steve Martin has been in demand for a variety of testing and commentary roles since his departure from the DFX Honda World Superbike team in mid May. His first role came in the form of being the guest commentator for the world broadcast feed for the World Superbike Championship from Silverstone, alongside veteran commentator Jonathan Green and fellow racer Scott Smart.
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A Good Test For Yamaha SBK & WSS Teams At Brno
28 June 2007
Both the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team and Yamaha World Supersport Team found success in testing this week at the Czech circuit of Brno. The teams participated in an official two-day test in their role as development teams for FGSport, along with a selection of other teams. Brno is a naturally rising and falling circuit and is very popular with all riders, making it the perfect place for the Yamaha teams to do tyre testing with Pirelli prior to the next race, which is at Brno in three weeks time. Haga had a good round at this track in 2006, taking the Superpole and Best Race Lap records there and his team mate, Corser, has also had a good relationship with the Czech circuit, taking three wins there to date as well as achieving pole twice.
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First And Second Row Starts Tomorrow For Yamaha In World Supersport
28 April 2007
Both Parkes and replacement rider Steve Martin put in excellent performances today to take third and sixth qualifying places respectively on the grid for tomorrow's race. Having both done two long runs during this morning's free practice session to test out two tyre options for tomorrow, the riders went into the second qualifying session of the weekend confident of their setting choices.
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Parkes Takes Second In Day One Qualifying At Assen
28 April 2007
Parkes showed that he is back on the pace today by taking second place in qualifying following his accident at Donington only a month ago when he broke his right collar bone. And with Steve Martin settling into Curtain's seat while he recovers from the leg injuries he sustained at Valencia, the team is confident of good results this weekend.
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Steve Martin To Fill In For Injured Curtain
24 April 2007
Team Yamaha contacted and asked the number 99 rider if he was interested in riding the 600 at the up and coming Assen event. Having just received confirmation from his usual DFX team that they would not be fielding him a bike for the Assen round, as previously agreed, it left Martin with an easy decision to make.
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Steve Martin Left Speechless By Spanish Sagas
19 April 2007
The third round of the Superbike World Championship at Valencia in Spain proved another saga filled race meeting for Steve Martin, with the ongoing events of the weekend leaving him speechless. The vastly experienced Aussie rider was initially left perplexed when he was approached by fellow countryman Andrew Pitt, informing him that the DFX team had contacted him about testing the Honda CBR1000 machine.
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Challenging Donington Weekend For Steve Martin
02 April 2007
Steve Martin was able to secure two race finishes at the third round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington, taking 19th and 13th places in races one and two respectively despite ongoing bike development and technical challenges. Following a weekend of niggling technical issues and a challenging morning warm up, Steve’s crew made some alterations to his Honda CBR1000 including a total wire loom change and bold revisions to alter the balance of the bike.
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Steve Martin To Race At Donington
27 March 2007
Following a week of negotiations after being side-lined by DFX Honda due to the team's financial difficulties, Steve Martin will be lining up on the World Superbike grid for the third round of the championship at Donington this coming weekend. Steve spent much of last week on the phone and in meetings trying to find a solution to DFX’s financial problems, after two sponsors withdrew their support of the team at short notice.
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Steve Martin Left Without A Ride For Remainder Of Season
21 March 2007
Steve Martin was yesterday unexpectedly informed that his ride with the DFX Honda World Superbike team was no longer available, due to lack of finances for the Italian squad. Just days before being due to leave his home in Switzerland for the next round of the championship at Donington in the UK, the vastly experienced Aussie rider was clearly disappointed and bemused by the news, commenting, “I’m absolutely gutted. Not just for me but also my whole bike crew.
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Steve Martin Makes Strides Forward At Phillip Island
06 March 2007
Steve Martin made strides forward with the set-up and handling of his Honda CBR1000RR at this weekend’s second round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island, Australia. Set-up changes throughout the weekend enabled the Aussie to make progress with his lap times over the three days and take 11th place on the grid in Superpole, followed by a 10th place finish in race one. Further improvements in results were hampered in race two however when clutch troubles forced Steve to retire on the first lap of the 22 lap race.
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Mixed Fortunes For Steve Martin In Qatar
25 February 2007
The opening races of the 2007 World Superbike Championship in Qatar were of mixed fortunes for Steve Martin, with the Aussie taking 11th and 18th places in races one and two respectively. The minor set up changes made to Steve’s Honda CBR1000RR overnight aided the machine’s handling for the morning warm up, in which Steve took 12th place in the timesheet.
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Steve Martin Qualifies 17th In Qatar
24 February 2007
Steve Martin will start tomorrow’s opening race of the 2007 World Superbike season in Qatar from the fifth row of the grid, after missing out on superpole by just three tenths of a second with his time of 2:01.359. Having not been able to ride his Honda at another circuit other than Valencia prior to yesterday’s opening day of the championship, the Aussie spent much of his time during the two free practice and qualifying sessions concentrating on bike set up for the 5.4km desert circuit of Losail.
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Baby Martin Arrives
27 October 2006
Steve and Sandra are delighted to announce the addition of Axel Alexander into the Martin family, born at 7.06am yesterday, Wednesday 25 October, weighing in at 3.37kg (7lb 4oz) and measuring 50.5cm long.
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Disappointing Finale For Foggy Petronas Racing In France
09 October 2006
Foggy Petronas Racing’s final races in the Superbike World Championship ended in disappointment at Magny-Cours in France. Craig Jones finished a valiant 17th in the first race of the final round of the season but engine failures meant that neither he, nor team-mate Steve Martin, were able to complete race two.
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