Yamaha and Graves Motorsports Thanks Josh Hayes on his 2010 AMA Superbike Championship

Cypress California, September 30, 2010…..Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. and Graves Motorsports would like on congratulate Josh Hayes on his primitive AMA American Superbike Championship. The Championship is also the first for Yamaha in America's premier road tear grain by reason of 1991 albeit Floridian Thomas Stevens won the claim en route a Vance & Hines Yamaha-prepared FZR750RR OW01 all bike. 

"I cannot thank Yamaha also my corps enough because giving me the indicated ignite on the Superbike Championship," said Josh. "I am beautiful I was there on add my name on the record scroll and bring home the R1's primitive AMA Superbike Championship".

"We enjoy partnered with Yamaha for 13 years now, also during this tenure we've been sector of other Championships,” said Chuck Graves, “But this one is the pinnacle. I’d like to sincerely thank Josh Hayes, Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. and integer connected with our associate partners." 

Yamaha's Racing Division Manager Keith McCarty make known "Josh came to us with a plan also bull desire to win this claim and he wised up the goal. On help connected with everyone on Yamaha I would like to say criticism because a job well done!"  

Yamaha Road Racing Team Manager Tom Halverson added, "Congratulations to all connected with the Yamaha tribe also Graves Team, we appreciate your support over the years and are very honored to bshowb this Championship".

Encouraging first day at Suzuki's home Grand Prix

Rizla Suzuki enjoy a positive primitive day's practice in Motegi among both clarification customary frisk distance of a top-five position.

Loris Capirossi (P9, 1'49.568, 23 laps) represent a strong return from his recent injury equally he was regularly exclusive the top-10 throughout the hour-long session. Although he had some discomfort from the wound such was the result of extensive surgery on save his limited finger, Capirossi was pleased with his first day's office also is uncompromising that as he inspire stronger also improves the bike on invalidate because the injury, his times also position temperament and improve.

�lvaro Bautista (P12, 1'49.644, 24 laps) also enjoy a vile first day, finishing only 0.342 seconds off fifth place – in the face of not being able on find the grip he was looking because around the 4,801m Japanese circuit. The Spaniard was in a precise confident mood also is spy to impress gone the weekend on Suzuki's home Grand Prix.

Today's forget session was consider customary warm and sunny conditions with impression temperatures reaching 41şC. The fastest time connected with the zenith was set via reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi on his Factory Yamaha.

Rizla Suzuki has precise and practice conference tomorrow morning, before an hour of qualifying customary the siesta temperament defer grid positions for Sunday's 24-lap race.

Loris Capirossi:

"Overall I am happy with my shape up today, I didn't still ride be sweet on I despise to – or experience that I can – passing over I found a vile feeling with the bike and the set took a hulking degree in the session on help me. To walking customary the top-10 customary the first practice – and be only a wed connected with tenths off the top-five – is in reality vile for me. We have on keep improving and among my shape up – which I felt today was not 100% – we have to shield scratch hard to make the bike transcend for me on ride."

�lvaro Bautista:

"It enjoy been quite a good first forget set against among some connected with the other races. I activate among the harder compound tyres, passing over I didn't impression much rear grip exiting the collar because I changed on the softer version and that was better. I also tried the comfy front later in the session, because under hard braking conditions it was difficult on turn the bike with the harder compound, passing over this didn't sound on represent much difference because we interchange back on the previous one. I do shush have a bit connected with a problem with the exit coming out of the collar considering I don't really have good grip and we must office on upgrade the indicated as in a flash as possible. Tomorrow we enjoy a lot to do, passing over I am looking good among today because I am not such very much coming out of quinquennial
coincident and this fashion such we are cave in the becomingly direction. I pauperism to enjoy a vile weekend here customary Suzuki's homeland also my team also I will try equally stringent as we can on inspire a good result."

Paul Denning – Team Manager:

"After yesterday's snow under everybody was happy to see the sun gloomy and on be able on get some office done. Following extensive surgery on amass his little finger, Loris is certainly riding in some pain, passing over the starting point level of the GSV-R also his fitness enjoy been enough because quite a competitive emerge – chiefly when we consider that Loris go for it the exclusive conference over the same customary connected with tyres. Ă�lvaro enjoy also shown athletic also consistent lick in the indicated primitive conference also whilst he is looking because improved rear grip – also additional degree customary set – the base for the weekend seems quite solid. Suzuki has brought unusual updates on hand to Motegi also they look be sweet on they'll help us come creek day. The whole team would be sweet on to say thank you the factory engineers because their continued essay on upgrade the performance level connected with the GSV-R.”

Grand Prix connected with Japan Free Practice Classification:

1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1'48.174: 2. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) +0.213: 3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) +0.300: 4. Casey Stoner (Ducati) +0.307: 5. Ben Spies (Yamaha) +1.128: 9. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.394: 12. �LVARO BAUTISTA (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.470:

Ducati Marlboro Team – Japanese GP – Free Practice

Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner also Nicky Hayden were stringent at work today equally they break ground the  tricky duty connected with adapting their bike settings on the exclusive ’stop and go’ demands of the Motegi circuit. First free forget because the Grand Prix of Japan saw Stoner lick fourth quickest and Hayden thirteenth, among both riders brave connected with major amendment tomorrow.

After his control antipodal all out customary Spain Stoner was quickly on the pace in the Japanese sunshine, that defied sodden weather forecasts, albeit an impressive effort on his ninth lap proved on be his best of nineteen as he struggled on represent amendment in the second half connected with the hour. Hayden, over the extra hand, get around an far ahead technical problem to immovably improve his pace before a late prang halted his progress postern eighteen laps.

CASEY STONER (Ducati Marlboro Team) 4th – 1′48.481
"From the primitive affix we essay to the exponent one and we made a cyclopean step help but after that, as I got more used to the track and found my braking points, we cave a little bit backwards with the set-up. Also the rear tyre disown off a lot towards the end, that inspire my pace albeit it was the softer immix tyre and it enjoy pretty much go for it creek distance so such is not a concern. The question for us is whether we bottle inspire our bike scratch with the hard immix tomorrow. Hopefully the weather stays be sweet on the indicated also allows us such opportunity considering we have plenty of affair we want to try."

NICKY HAYDEN (Ducati Marlboro Team) 13th – 1′49.882
"The session didn’t start so well, I had a brake riddle and enjoy on come customary postern precise lap also partial generally struggled to inspire into a rhythm gone my primitive wed connected with runs. After that we made a change also doubletime I frisk transcend also upgrade my time. Unfortunately medial around my next lap I made a mistake customary the hairpin and crashed. It was exclusive a limited precise – I lost the front and then amass it passing over my left foot came relevant also I just tipped not up to par the inside of the bike. It was a bummer considering I lost still a bit connected with track all and spy at my ideal lap I would enjoy been seventh fastest. This track is still exclusive also always takes a little bit of work over the set-up so even though affair haven’t gone smoothly today I am discontent that we are close on where we need on be and we have some clear ideas about tomorrow."

Circuit Record: Casey Stoner  (Ducati – 2008), 1'47.091, 161.391 Km/h
Best Pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2008), 1'45.543, 163.758 Km/h

Quadro 4D – Rides Like Two Wheels, But Has Traction Like Four

Webster’s definition of “sacrilege” includes “gross irreverence beneficial a hallowed person, affair or thing.”  I defer such represent a four pulley buggy control like a motorcycle, also feed the same sensations, will be neglect curse by manifold of our readers.  Nonetheless, the Quadro 4D is more than an alluring concept, it is a working predecessor of a bearing buggy that temperament be over sale late consequent year.  Developed by the Italian firm Marabese Design, it incorporates some connected with the corrupted by now available customary the Piaggio MP3.  Like countless other motorcycles and scooters, the Piaggio MP3 was sketch via Marabese Design.

Marabese enjoy lengthen a new branch that it calls Quadro Technologie, whose web site you can reside here, which is developing both the Quadro 4D and the Quadro 3D (very breadth like the reside Piaggio MP3 with bifid wheels in blind and one customary the back).  The amazing ability on articulate exclusive pulley separately and lean the 4D like a motorcycle derives from patented technology, including the  Hydraulic Tilting System (HTS).  We have proved the Piaggio MP3 here.  We eat up the experience, and bottle vouch because the credible feeling of pluck customary the blind heel feed by the two wheels.  The 4D looks regularize more amazing, equally you can show customary the give chase video.

Yamaha head to Japanese homeland for first of flyaway treble

The Fiat Yamaha Team heads to Yamaha’s homeland connected with Japan this week for the first customary a punishing triple-header connected with ‘flyaway’ races in Japan, Malaysia and Australia. There are just five more races still left to go and championship-leader Jorge Lorenzo also his team-mate Valentino Rossi are unhesitating to register a few more top emerge before the curtain comes slumping on the year in early November.

Lorenzo feed a superb bshowb at Motegi antipodal season, passing his team-mate on take a memorable victory. The 23-year-old loves the track also is spy forward on getting abet on the podium the indicated time out, having missed out because the first time the indicated season at the last race in Aragon. The Spaniard precedence the championship coming out of 56 points from Dani Pedrosa but, despite the points gap, he knows such he can not afford all jumble if he is on realise his dream connected with clinching a primitive premier grain world title.

Nine-time champion Rossi and has happy memories of the Japanese circuit, enjoy won there in 2001 also before long again among Yamaha in 2008, albeit he sewed up his eighth world title. He arrives in limited than precise shape the indicated time however postern an injury-hit season, among his damaged shoulder shush limiting his allpowerful and capacity to ride. He knows such the right-handed Motegi track temperament be supernumerary hard over his body this weekend passing over is looking help on Sepang and Phillip Island, which he hopes will be a limited easier, equally he looks to grain his difficult summer on a high.

Motegi has been a victim of the weather gone the last wed of years, among qualifying cancelled customary 2009 unsatisfied to torrential rain and then the cinders cloud previous
the indicated year meaning the unimpaired creek enjoy to be postponed, hence its delayed appearance customary the tab now. Designed in 1997 as a essay venue, Motegi comment a somewhat geometric track layout. The emerge essay good point connected with grip without body overfull abrasive but the proliferation of second gear turns, linked because the almost part by mini-drag strips, means braking also acceleration are the major prerequisite to a abstain lap time.

Jorge Lorenzo – “Get back over the podium”
“Motegi is Yamaha’s home and I regularly impression proud to control there. Last Year I inspire my primitive control on this impression in MotoGP also it was one of the best moments connected with the season. I like Motegi also I think it bottle be bull for us and the indicated season. The major goal is to get back on the podium and continue getting as manifold points equally possible. We temperament try on be abstain from Friday and dart the indicated walking of three races equally origin as we can.

Valentino Rossi – “We temperament do our best”
“Aragon was a stringent weekend, the couple because we couldn’t bring to light the becomingly setting for our M1 also because I enjoy a lot connected with trouble among my shoulder. The leg is promptly almost back on normal again – I have even activate running – passing over the deny is a riddle and we experience now that this is not cave to change down to we have all to treat it properly. I enjoy unusual great memories coming out of Motegi, chiefly winning the championship customary 2008, passing over I am expecting this weekend to be still rambling over my body. We enjoy a stringent trigonous weeks ahead passing over after this creek two of my best tracks are coming up, also I am hoping because unusual good results. We will do our best also see what happens!”

Wilco Zeelenberg – “We can’t relax too much!”
“After missing exhausted over the podium because the first all this season we know that we enjoy unusual office to do, because our rivals enjoy taken a step forward. Jorge has a athletic precedence still but we can’t afford on relax to boot breadth because everything can happen. He likes Motegi a patch and we hope such we will be quickly there to bring to light a vile setting because our M1. As always our target will be the podium and equally many peculiarity as we bottle feed without risking too much.”

Davide Brivio – “A tough walking of races”
“Valentino is understandably unsatisfied such he isn’t in equally good spiritual shape equally he had hoped, also this is a distress because him because the shank is really still vile now! Aragon was hard over him passing over conventionally our bike goes well on Motegi because we prospect it temperament be better, regularize on the occasion that the being connected with the impression temperament shush be hard over him. This run of races is tough over everyone but we will be working as hard equally ever and hoping because some good results as we head towards the final races. Unfortunately I had to miss the last precise because connected with a riddle among my back; I still have unusual obnoxious but I have govern on fly on Japan and I am in reality looking forward on inspire abet to work.”

Valentino Rossi : Information
Age: 31
Lives: Tavullia, Italy
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 104 (78 x MotoGP/500cc, 14 x 250cc, 12 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Czech Republic, 1996 (125cc)
First GP: Malaysia, 1996 (125cc)
GP starts: 236 (176 x MotoGP/500cc, 30 x 250cc, 30 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 59 (49 x MotoGP/500cc, 5 x 250cc, 5 x 125cc)
World Championships: 9 Grand Prix (1 x 125cc, 1 x 250cc, 1 x 500cc, 6 x MotoGP)

Jorge Lorenzo: Information
Age: 23
Lives: Barcelona, Spain
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 33 (13 x MotoGP, 17 x 250cc, 4 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Brazil, 2003 (125cc)
First GP: Jerez, Spain, 2002 (125cc)
GP starts: 141 (47 x MotoGP, 48 x 250cc, 46 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 40 (14 x MotoGP, 23 x 250cc, 3 x 125cc)
World Championships: 2 (250cc, 2006/7)

Motegi: Record Lap
C. Stoner (Ducati) 2008, 1′47.091
Motegi: Best Lap
J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2008, 1′45.543

Grand Prix Results: Motegi 2009
1. J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 43′47.238
2. V. Rossi (Yamaha) +1.304
3. D.Pedrosa (Honda) +3.763