The road to Q2: Viñales leads after crash-filled FP3 -Crashes and off track excursions punctuate practice as track temperatures drop on Day 2 With cloudy [...]
April 22, 2017
America GP FP3: Fall Festival
America GP FP1: Viñales put his Mark
Viñales draws first at COTA Movistar Yamaha rider beats Marquez to the top in FP1 Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) shot first in what could shape [...]
April 21, 2017
Argentina GP Race: The Blue Day
It was a second consecutive victory for Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) in a stunning performance in the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica [...]
April 9, 2017
Argentina GP Warmup: Bets are On…
Viñales strikes back on Sunday morning – Championship leader fastest in WUP Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) bounced back from a damp P6 in [...]
April 9, 2017
Argentina GP FP3: Take the Same…
Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) kept his spot at the top by the end of FP3, leading the combined timesheets by 0.295 ahead of a leap up the [...]
April 8, 2017
Argentina GP FP2: Maverick Persist
Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) stole the headlines again on Day 1 of the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, taking to the top to take [...]
April 7, 2017
Argentina GP FP1: Viñales Opens Fire
Qatar winner Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was top in FP1 at the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, leading the session from Octo [...]
April 7, 2017
Qatar GP Race: Yamaha Hit The Sky
Rain, delays, uncertainty and a decision for a slightly shortened race distance prefaced the 20 laps that then blew the drama out the water: MotoGP™ is [...]
March 26, 2017
Qatar GP Qualifying: Cancelled!
Viñales: “It was too risky to go out” First pole in the premier class after Saturday gets rained off Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) starts the [...]
March 25, 2017
Qatar GP FP3: Viñales Top Sessions
Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) kept his top spot on the combined timesheets after FP3 at Losail International Circuit, with his Friday best [...]
March 25, 2017
Qatar GP FP1: No Surprise!
Viñales keeps his view from the top in FP1. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider rules the first session at the #QatarGP After Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) was [...]
March 24, 2017
Qatar Tests March
Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) completed his royal flush of incredible preseason form by the end of the #QatarTest, taking to the top once again [...]
March 19, 2017
Philip Island Tests February
Viñales fastest at Phillip Island: Movistar Yamaha rider once again tops the timesheets to make it a clean sweep of P1 on the pre-season timesheets New kid [...]
February 18, 2017
2017 Yamaha Factory Presentation
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team were the first in MotoGP™ to officially unveil their 2017 line-up and livery, with riders Valentino Rossi and new teammate [...]
January 20, 2017
1984 Yamaha 680
I made the little information I could find, here attempts to record the brief but glorious history of the rarest and least known Yamaha racing machines in [...]
December 26, 2016
Valencia GP Race: Thanks Yamaha!
Jorge Lorenzo “Por Fuera” made a Flag-to-Flag race in pole; with a brilliant menacing Marquezz coming back as a rocket in the ast laps. [...]
November 13, 2016
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 for Yamaha; uncatchable and ominous ahead of race [...]
November 12, 2016
Valencia GP FP2: Lorenzo Soar
After Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) ruled FP1 at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana over four tenths clear, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) [...]
November 11, 2016
Australia GP Race: Cal & The GOAT…
Any intent of humor regarding the excellent “Cool & The Gang” Rock Group would be a fiber of your fertile imagination… An incredible [...]
October 23, 2016
Japan GP Qualifying: Out of Nowhere…
Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will start from pole at the Twin Ring Motegi for the Japanese GP, as the Italian legend fought off Marc Marquez [...]
October 15, 2016
Japan GP FP2: Lorenzo Move Ahead
A serie of falls where Dani Pedrosa broke his collarbone. After Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso led the way in FP1 at the Twin Ring Motegi, skies remained [...]
October 14, 2016
Aragon GP Race: Championship Scealed?
Marquez reigns MotorLand as the shark bites back. Championship leader takes a back to top step on home turf as Lorenzo fights off Rossi Marc Marquez [...]
September 25, 2016
San Marino GP Race: The Phœnix Pedrosa
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took a stunning victory at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, leaving rivals Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo in the [...]
September 11, 2016
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 (Repsol Honda Team) topped Warm Up at Misano World [...]
September 11, 2016
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) led the field in Q1 qualifying on his [...]
September 10, 2016
French GP: Press Conference
Now back in Europe, the MotoGP™ World Championship settles into a familiar rhythm with a steady stream of race weekends. The season has well and truly [...]
May 5, 2016
Spa 1989: The Weird Belgian GP
Very like the real thing Any resemblance between the events depicted in the following race report and the real world is entirely coincidental. This being [...]
April 27, 2016
Jerez GP: The GOAT got Wings
The Gran Premio Red Bull de España saw Valentino Rossi lead from start to finish, winning from Lorenzo and Marquez with ease. All weekend the leading three [...]
April 24, 2016
Jerez GP Warmup: Marquez early Bird
The podium for Sunday’s MotoGP race at Jerez seems locked in but the order of how and where Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo will [...]
April 24, 2016
Jerez GP Qualifications: The old GOAT
Valentino Rossi banished his Qualifying demons to secure hi 52nd premier class pole position in Jerez, besting Lorenzo and Marquez. Tension hung in the air [...]
April 24, 2016
Jerez GP FP4: Yamaha mean Business
While others focused on used tyres, Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest lap of the weekend to lead Free Practice 4 ahead of Marquez and Rossi. Free Practice 4 [...]
April 24, 2016
Jerez GP FP3: Rossi go to War
Times plummeted in the final minutes of Free Practice 3, Valentino Rossi just holding off the Spanish duo of Marquez and Pol Espargaro. Free Practice 3 has [...]
April 23, 2016
Jerez GP FP2: Jorge Lorenzo Confirm
There were a number of new parts introduced in FP2, but once again all eyes were focused on Lorenzo who led from Marquez and Aleix Espargaro Free Practice [...]
April 22, 2016
Jerez GP FP1: Lorenzo Show Time
Back to the familiar setting of Jerez, Jorge Lorenzo showed that recent news is of no distraction as he topped FP1 from Barbera and Rossi. For the first [...]
April 22, 2016
Jerez GP: Press Conference
Despite a difficult winter, Marc Marquez and Honda have emerged with two wins from the opening three rounds and a 21-point title lead heading into the [...]
April 22, 2016