YAMAHA World Racing News

In Switzerland on Sunday Carlos Campano became the first Spaniard to win an FIM Motocross World Championship when he clinched third place overall in the twelfth and final round of the MX3 series on his Team Yamaha Andalucía machine. The former MX2 and MX1-GP campaigner gained the first significant title for the innovative fuel-injected 2010 YZ450F with the support of YRRD and Yamaha Motor España.

Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team rider Cal Crutchlow will move up to join the Monster Energy Tech 3 Team at the end of the 2010 World Superbike season to fight in the MotoGP Championship in 2011. Crutchlow rejoined the Yamaha family in 2009, successfully taking the World Supersport Championship on the R6 before joining the World Superbike team in 2010. The 24yr old British rider has fought competitively over the season for podiums and race wins, taking a double victory at Silverstone for his home race.

Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts showed off his new racewear for the Grand Prix of Benelux at the Lierop circuit in Holland today as the winning design of the DP19 competition was unveiled to media and onlookers.

Creator of the fresh look for the 2008 MX1-GP World Champion, Michele Valzelli, was surprised when Philippaerts removed a Thor rain-jacket to reveal his 'vision' and also showed the custom-painted helmet that will be worn in the two 35 minute and 2 lap motos tomorrow.

Straight form the track, the Misano Insider Edition has been issued!

Visit http://www.yamaha-racing.com/Racing/insider_magazine/ and find the latest issue. Take a look behind the scenes, find the latest technical updates, track specific info and interviews.

This morning on the pit-lane at Misano, Yamaha Motor Racing was presented by Cer.To, the Piedmontese agency, with the prestigious "Environmental Management System" certificate, a milestone in the process undertaken by Yamaha Motor Racing in its compliance with the UNI EN ISO 14001 standard.

With just one round remaining in the 2010 MX3-GP World Championship Spaniard Carlos Campano is extremely close to his maiden world title which will make him the first rider from his country to covet the exclusive FIM prize.

The former MX2-GP and MX1-GP rider was able to break into the top half of the leader-board on numerous occasions in the past four seasons before diverting his attentions to the Open Class MX3-GP contest, (run with a separate calendar and alongside the MX2-GP feeder European MX2 Championship).

Straight form the track, the Indianapolis Insider Edition has been issued!

Visit www.yamaha-racing.com, log-in as Insider member and find it in the Insider Magazine section. Take a look behind the scenes, find the latest technical updates, track specific info and interviews.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd is delighted to announce that current Yamaha Tech 3 rider Ben Spies will move to the Factory Team for the 2011 MotoGP season.

The 26-year-old American, who won the World Superbike Championship with Yamaha in 2009, is enjoying an impressive first season in MotoGP. He is currently the leading rookie and the top satellite rider, lying seventh in the championship.

Flyaway Grand Prix events for riders normally tend to pass in a blur of airports, planes, cars, hotels and counting the minutes at the circuit when not on the track setting fast lap-times. For Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's Gautier Paulin and Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci's Alessandro Lupino the Brazilian round of the FIM MX2-GP World Championship last week at Campo Grande provided a slightly alternative experience.

It has been an incredible 2010 so far for me, both at the circuits and away from them. I have won the last three races in MotoGP and after Catalunya I lead the championship by 52 points. Of course I have done this without Valentino on track, which is not what I would have wanted, but all I can do is my job, which is to win races and I am very happy we are achieving our objectives from Grand Prix to Grand Prix. I'm sure you have been watching the season closely so there is little point me telling you about my experiences on track so far.

Ciao tutti

So, we are doing this latest blog right after the Grand Prix of Brazil and I was really happy to win my second moto of the season and only just missed out on the overall victory at Campo Grande. The long trip over there went a whole lot better for me than in 2009 and I could take a lot of confidence from the way we were so competitive all weekend. We arrived in Brazil and I liked the place and the track.

It's been quite a while since I updated you all so I thought I'd catch up and let you know what I've been doing for the last couple of months!

I did all the tourist stuff when we were in the US, I went down to the Bonneville Salt Flats where they do the World Land Speed Record driving, it's an incredible place and the white salt stretches for miles! I also got the chance to play at a concert in Salt Lake City for the American fans which was cool.

Hey everyone,

Well, it's been a really active time since the last time we spoke. I've been up to all sorts away from the track!
After the Imola test Lucy and I drove through to Bourg d'Oisans as I was going to do the La Marmotte on my bicycle. It's a one day cycling event that uses some of the Tour de France stages.

Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team's Ken De Dycker will miss the thirteenth round of the FIM MX1-GP World Championship at Campo Grande in Brazil this coming weekend in order to continue rehabilitation on his damaged right shoulder.

The powerful Belgian crashed early in practice for the Grand Prix of Sweden at Uddevalla at the beginning of July and sustained a nasty cut to his right elbow as well as pain to his shoulder.

San Manuel Yamaha's James Stewart made an impression in his first AMA National motocross event since 2008 when the multi SX and MX champion scored 3rd position in the first moto at the Unadilla circuit in New York last Sunday.

The 24 year old returned to the outdoor 'arena' after an injury-hit supercross campaign in which he was forced to the sidelines from round three with a broken wrist.

Hi all

We are waiting to head-off to Brazil and have just had two Grands Prix back-to-back, so no better time to catch up on my Yamaha blog. After Sweden we had a three week summer break and the most important thing I had to do during that time was decide my future. I was speaking a lot with my agent and Michele Rinaldi and we had discussions about my options with the team. I'm really happy that I could confirm another year as a Yamaha Monster Energy rider. I like the people around me and they work really hard.

Straight form the track, the Brno Insider Edition has been issued!

Visit www.yamaha-racing.com, log-in as Insider member and find it in the Insider Magazine section. Take a look behind the scenes, find the latest technical updates, track specific info and interviews.

Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi's Harri Kullas was definitely the undisputed fastest Karter in the first Monster Energy 'Kart-off', held on Friday at the Lommel circuit in Belgium; 24 hours before the eleventh round of fifteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship at Limburg two weeks ago.

Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi's Harri Kullas was definitely the undisputed fastest Karter in the first Monster Energy 'Kart-off', held on Friday at the Lommel circuit in Belgium; 24 hours before the eleventh round of fifteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship at Limburg two weeks ago.

San Manuel Yamaha's James Stewart will enter his first race in seven months when he lines up at the ninth round of the Lucas Oils AMA Motocross National championship in Unadilla, New York this weekend. The former supercross and motocross AMA number one has four events in the high-profile American series in order to place himself in contention for the 2010 Motocross of Nations and be one of Team USA's three riders at Thunder Valley in Colorado, Denver on September 26th.