Tag: Yamaha

America GP FP3: Fall Festival

The road to Q2: Viñales leads after crash-filled FP3 -Crashes and off track excursions punctuate practice as…

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America GP FP1: Viñales put his Mark

Viñales draws first at COTA Movistar Yamaha rider beats Marquez to the top in FP1 Maverick Viñales…

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Argentina GP Race: The Blue Day

It was a second consecutive victory for Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) in a stunning performance in…

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Argentina GP Warmup: Bets are On…

Viñales strikes back on Sunday morning – Championship leader fastest in WUP Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)…

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Argentina GP FP3: Take the Same…

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) kept his spot at the top by the end of FP3, leading…

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Argentina GP FP2: Maverick Persist

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) stole the headlines again on Day 1 of the Gran Premio Motul…

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Argentina GP FP1: Viñales Opens Fire

Qatar winner Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was top in FP1 at the Gran Premio Motul de…

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Qatar GP Race: Yamaha Hit The Sky

Rain, delays, uncertainty and a decision for a slightly shortened race distance prefaced the 20 laps that…

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Qatar GP Qualifying: Cancelled!

Viñales: “It was too risky to go out” First pole in the premier class after Saturday gets…

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Qatar GP FP3: Viñales Top Sessions

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) kept his top spot on the combined timesheets after FP3 at Losail…

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Qatar GP FP1: No Surprise!

Viñales keeps his view from the top in FP1. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider rules the first session…

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Qatar Tests March

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) completed his royal flush of incredible preseason form by the end of…

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Philip Island Tests February

Viñales fastest at Phillip Island: Movistar Yamaha rider once again tops the timesheets to make it a…

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2017 Yamaha Factory Presentation

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team were the first in MotoGP™ to officially unveil their 2017 line-up and livery,…

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1984 Yamaha 680

I made the little information I could find, here attempts to record the brief but glorious history…

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Valencia GP Race: Thanks Yamaha!

Jorge Lorenzo “Por Fuera” made a Flag-to-Flag race in pole; with a brilliant menacing Marquezz coming back…

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Valencia GP Qualifying: Por Fuera on a Mission

The final stand: Lorenzo demolishes the record in Valencia. ‘Spartan’ starts from pole in his last race…

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Valencia GP FP2: Lorenzo Soar

After Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) ruled FP1 at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana over four…

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Australia GP Race: Cal & The GOAT…

Any intent of humor regarding the excellent “Cool & The Gang” Rock Group would be a fiber…

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Japan GP Qualifying: Out of Nowhere…

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will start from pole at the Twin Ring Motegi for the Japanese…

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Japan GP FP2: Lorenzo Move Ahead

A serie of falls where Dani Pedrosa broke his collarbone. After Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso led the…

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Aragon GP Race: Championship Scealed?

Marquez reigns MotorLand as the shark bites back. Championship leader takes a back to top step on…

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San Marino GP Race: The Phœnix Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took a stunning victory at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, leaving rivals…

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San Marino GP Warmup: Marquez Fall but Lead

Marquez quickest in Warm Up despite crash, Rossi close behind as race day gets underway Marc Marquez…

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San Marino GP Qualifying: Lorenzo in a Yellow Haze

Pirro leads the Q1 charge, Wildcard turned Iannone-replacement tops the timesheets in Q1 Michele Pirro (Ducati Team)…

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French GP: Press Conference

Now back in Europe, the MotoGP™ World Championship settles into a familiar rhythm with a steady stream…

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Spa 1989: The Weird Belgian GP

Very like the real thing Any resemblance between the events depicted in the following race report and…

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Jerez GP: The GOAT got Wings

The Gran Premio Red Bull de España saw Valentino Rossi lead from start to finish, winning from…

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Jerez GP Warmup: Marquez early Bird

The podium for Sunday’s MotoGP race at Jerez seems locked in but the order of how and…

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Jerez GP Qualifications: The old GOAT

Valentino Rossi banished his Qualifying demons to secure hi 52nd premier class pole position in Jerez, besting…

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Jerez GP FP4: Yamaha mean Business

While others focused on used tyres, Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest lap of the weekend to lead…

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Jerez GP FP3: Rossi go to War

Times plummeted in the final minutes of Free Practice 3, Valentino Rossi just holding off the Spanish…

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Jerez GP FP2: Jorge Lorenzo Confirm

There were a number of new parts introduced in FP2, but once again all eyes were focused…

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Jerez GP FP1: Lorenzo Show Time

Back to the familiar setting of Jerez, Jorge Lorenzo showed that recent news is of no distraction…

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Jerez GP: Press Conference

Despite a difficult winter, Marc Marquez and Honda have emerged with two wins from the opening three…

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