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Spies and Sykes put '09 WSB R1 Through its Paces in SA
17 December 2008
2009 Yamaha Motor Italia Superbike riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes have endured some serious heat on their three day test in Kyalami. The young riders have endured track temperatures approaching 50 degrees as they put the all-new-for-2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 through its paces on only its second outing on track.
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Tom Sykes & REV'IT Team Up!
28 November 2008
Tom Sykes is going to battle in REV'IT! leathers during his first season in World Superbikes for the Yamaha Motor Italia team. The 23 year old, Tom Sykes, has already enjoyed a successful two days test at Portimao with his new team. Tom Sykes is now preparing for the second test in South Africa to take the next steps in the development of the bike, and...this will also be the first time that you will see him in his REV'IT! leathers.
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Sykes, Spies & New R1 Make Great Start for 2009 SBK Season
06 November 2008
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. Day one of testing was spent mostly riding the 2008 WSB machines, giving both riders the opportunity to learn the highly technical Portimao circuit which opened for the first time last weekend for the last round of the 2008 World Superbike Championship.
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Corser Podiums and Takes Second in the Championship
03 November 2008
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) finished the 2008 WSB season second in the championship standings after securing a podium finish in the first race at Portimao, then following that up with a safe sixth in race two. The all Yamaha battle for the runner-up spot behind champion Troy Bayliss saw Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) drop out of contention after serving a ride-through penalty for jump-starting in race two, having already been forced out of race one. Both races were won by three-time champion, Troy Bayliss. In the first 22-lap race Corser was in the leading mix from the start and rode aggressively in the messy early laps to stay in contention, but could not quite get back on terms with second place rider Carlos Checa towards the end. Haga was also looking good for a podium finish until he was forced out on lap 18, having started to slow on lap 16.
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Yamaha Riders Moving on up as Penultimate Round Approaches
02 October 2008
Both Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) have good reason to look forward to the forthcoming WSB weekend in France, as each is enjoying a late season flourish of form. Haga won both of the most recent WSB races at Vallelunga, while Corser has scored three podium finishes in the past three races. They each have good memories of Magny Cours as well, boosting their collective confidence still further.
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Two Superb Podiums for Troy in Vallelunga!
21 September 2008
Troy rode two hard-fought 24-lappers at Vallelunga today and left the Roman circuit with a superb pair of podiums. He finished third in the first race, behind winner (and team mate) Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi (Ducati) and followed that up with another third in race two. Haga also won this race, but this time, it was local hero Michel Fabrizio who took runner-up spot. Series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) finished sixth in race one and crashed in the second and now leads Troy in the championship by 79 points.
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Corser and Haga Take Front Row Starts
21 September 2008
After the wet weather endured by all on the first day, warm and sunny conditions for the final qualifying sessions allowed the Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike riders to easily make it into Superpole, and subsequently earn front row starts for Sunday's Vallelunga races. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) looked set to extend his record number of pole positions in WSB competition until Troy Bayliss finally just improved on his countryman's best time. Corser's 1'36.730 was only 0.124 seconds from Bayliss, offering the prospect of a close contest between these old adversaries on raceday.
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Haga Fastest as Yamaha Riders Shine
20 September 2008
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) set the fastest time of the first wet qualifying session at Vallelunga. In a great team display Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) went fourth fastest, despite the atrocious track conditions. Haga also fell at high speed in the timed session, on a part of the track where many riders also ran off the track or crashed. Corser came close to falling at the same spot, but saved his potential high-side before coming into the pits to finish his session with a top four time.
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Haga Powers to Quickest Time in Wet Vallelunga WSBK Qualifying
19 September 2008
Yamaha Motor Italia WSB rider Noriyuki slithered to the quickest time in today’s first qualifying session at Vallelunga as a wet track and rain greeted the WSBK regulars on their second visit to the circuit. The Japanese rider stopped the clocks with a time of 1 minute 50.595 seconds despite two crashes. The only other rider to lap under the 1.51” mark was Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) in second place, while the provisional front row was completed by points leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and the other Yamaha of Troy Corser.
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Yamaha & Alpinestars Donate Haga Leathers to Riders For Health
19 September 2008
The Yamaha Motor Italia Superbike team have kindly donated a unique set of Noriyuki Haga’s Alpinestars leathers to the Riders For Health charity to auction for their cause. The leathers were created for the 2008 Donington round of the World Superbike Championship as part of the Yamaha Livery Design Competition.
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Troy Splashes to Fourth in First Qualifying
19 September 2008
Torrential rain lashed the Vallelunga circuit throughout free practice and the first qualifying session today and there were many crashes in the appalling conditions. Troy kept his head and rode steadily, but still managed to post the fourth quickest time in the afternoon qualifying session. His Yamaha Motor Italia team mate Noriyuki Haga set the day’s fastest time, with a lap of 1:50.595, with Ruben Xaus (Ducati) second and Troy Bayliss (Ducati) third.
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Italian Round Holds No Fears for Yamaha Duo
18 September 2008
After taking part in a successful official FGSport test at Vallelunga in July both Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will see nothing but opportunities at the final Italian round on the 2008 World Superbike calendar. Corser, who moved into second place in the championship standings after the previous round at Donington Park, will be out to make up ground on long-term championship leader Troy Bayliss, with three rounds left to run.
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Tom Sykes steps up to World Superbikes with Yamaha for 2009
12 September 2008
The Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike Team has signed promising young British rider Tom Sykes for the 2009 season with the option to extend for 2010. The 23yr old from Huddersfield in England will ride the all new 2009 Yamaha YZF R1 in next year’s World Superbike Championship. Sykes has proved to be a competitive and talented rider in the 2008 British Superbike Championship, showing an intelligent and mature riding style beyond his years.
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Pirro Sixth After Donington Superstock Battle
08 September 2008
Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni) was one of several fallers in the 12-lap 1000cc Superstock race, exiting after highsiding at the final hairpin on lap two, and restarting to finish 19th, out of the points. Pirro remains fifth in the championship chase, with 83 points. Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) fell in a first corner multiple-rider incident, and is 11th overall in the series.
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Corser scores miracle podium in tough Donington weekend
08 September 2008
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) secured a fine third place in the second race at Donington, in what was otherwise a particularly challenging weekend of action at a wet and dry Donington Park. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) was ruled out of each Donington race after a technical issue in race one saw him penalised for not stopping his machine in time after it developed a fault caused by a rider colliding into him, and then mistiming a subsequent ride through penalty.
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Yamaha showcases creative talent at Donington
07 September 2008
Yamaha Livery Design Competition winner Ben Leeves is in an enviable position this weekend at Donington as he becomes the first member of the public to see their design realised on a Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 Superbike.
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Corser Eighth After Wet Donington Qualifying
07 September 2008
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will line up eighth and 11th respectively on the grid for Sunday's WSB races at Donington, after a wet Superpole contest full of drama and incident. Corser fell at Craner Curves with only 15 minutes and five of his permitted pitlane exits left to use up, but after sprinting back to the team garage, he got out again on his spare bike to move up to eighth place. On his spare machine he fell on the very last corner on his fastest lap of all, with 30 seconds left to go. Bashed and bruised, he survived otherwise unscathed.
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Crash Prevents Superpole 43!
07 September 2008
A small crash right at the end of ‘Wet Superpole’ denied Troy the chance of taking Superpole number 43 at Donington Park today. Yesterday’s rain continued today and the sixteen rider Superpole shoot-out was declared a ‘Wet Superpole”, with each of the riders having a maximum of 12 laps in which to record the fastest time.
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Yamaha Riders Aim for Victory at Favoured Venue
04 September 2008
As the five-week summer break in the World Superbike Championship calendar comes to an end this coming weekend at Donington Park, Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will each have particularly good recent memories to draw on. Haga won race two at this classic venue last year and Corser scored a double podium, each riding for the current Yamaha squad. In fact the Donington circuit has played a pivotal role in each rider's career in their early years of international competition and more recently. Haga came to European prominence with his first ever double win at Donington in April 1998, again while riding for Yamaha. He now has 30 WSB race wins to his credit, four of them so far in 2008. Corser's first WSB race weekend in Europe took place at Donington way back in 1994, he scored a race two podium in that event. After almost 300 rides in WSB Troy now has 33 WSB race wins to his credit and a quite remarkable 123 podium finishes.
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Haga & Corser on Brands Hatch Podium
04 August 2008
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) took second and third places respectively after impressive performances in the second Brands Hatch race, both riders changing their tyre choices from race one. An unhappy outcome to a promising first race saw Haga fall on lap seven while Corser dropped back from the leading group to go eighth, on a track surface that had started off slick after a fall of rain shortly before the scheduled 12 midday kick-off.
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