Sunday, June 26, 2011

Yamaha celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in Assen

Yamaha celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in Asse

Yamaha celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in Asse

This week the historic Assen circuit is ready to celebrate a very special occasion. The 2011 TT at Assen, in fact, will witness a change of livery of the two Yamaha Factory Racing YZR-M1 to celebrate 50 years of racing in the Japanese House of World Grand Prix ‘three tuning forks’. In this regard, the white and red colors are representative of Yamaha Expo, which will be presented next Wednesday to reporters and that will take place during the weekend of the Grand Prix of Holland.

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will try to leave behind the race at Silverstone, the favorite track of both, will lift the sole objective of the championship. Just at the TT, Lorenzo has victories in all three classes of the championship while teammate Spies won pole position and success in 2009 riding a Yamaha in World Superbike and fourth place last year in his first season in MotoGP.

The circuit of Assen, often called by fans “the cathedral” for its glorious historical past, is included in the World Grand Prix calendar since the first edition in 2010 and has held no less than 80 ‘presences’. Initially, city tour of the Dutch race, after having undergone many changes to the path, takes place on one of the most challenging and technical trails of the World Championship.

Jorge Lorenzo,
“Assen is my favorite track on the right track, and the Dutch won the last year than in all the categories of the championship. This year then, for me it will be a very special occasion because it marks the 50 anniversary events Yamaha! Now we are second in the standings and the goal is to put pressure on championship leader. The team is very focused and I will absolutely return to the podium. ”

Ben Spies
“I’m really looking forward to going back to Assen is a track that I love and because the Yamaha M1 there seems to be going really well. And ‘a fast circuit and racing here is a privilege for me, when I was a kid always looked at this race Unfortunately on TV … I’m still recovering from the fall of Silverstone but I’m going to give 100% as always and try to gain the best result possible. It will be nice to run in front of the TT to the public with the special livery of Yamaha. ”

Wilco Zeelenberg
“We are happy to go to Assen with a special livery, I really like the bike will be performing white and red. We are currently second in the league and is a fairly rewarding but we will try to put some ‘pressure Stoner. We made a mistake at Silverstone and now, with 18 points behind the first, the situation is completely reversed for Jorge over the first half of the season, when it has always been before. But I think that Jorge is perfectly capable of fighting with Casey for The victory of the rest in qualifying at Silverstone were only two tenths off pole, demonstrating that our package is still competitive. ”

Massimo Meregalli
“I am pleased to participate in the 50 th anniversary of Yamaha in World Grand Prix. The team has worked hard to prepare for this event and I hope the fans appreciate the special livery, which will be performing at Assen and not only that the motion but also the new divided and the box. The Dutch circuit should be in our favor: thanks to the characteristics of our bike path should be very competitive. The TT is also one of the favorite tracks of Ben and we are optimistic because we know that, at Silverstone, the direction taken was the right one. I can not wait to be on Thursday morning to start working. “

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/tNTTRhN9Qzl/Yamaha+celebrates+fiftieth+anniversary+Assen

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