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Lorenzo's and Rossi's Yamaha M1: photo gallery

26 April, 2020
Here’s a full photo gallery of the new Yamaha M1 2009 that will be the star for MotoGP, to be ridden by Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. A new sponsor has appeared on the livery, with a Packard Bell logo…

Jorge Lorenzo reveals his #1 logo

23 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has just revealed through his Facebook page the #1 he’ll be using this year on his Yamaha M1. The design chosen is a combination his initials that form #1 and a star that symbolizes his first MotoGP championship…

Jorge Lorenzo's new livery for Catalunya GP

22 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo unveiled a special one-off livery for his FiatYamaha M1, leathers and helmet in Catalunya today in honour of the Barcelona football club, which won the Champions League two weeks ago in Rome.Lorenzo who is a life long supporter…

M1 2008 Replica Valentino Rossi by GP Motorsports

22 April, 2020
This Yamaha YZF-R1 has been transformed into an M1 replica, of which only the chassis of the original seems to have remained.The engine is a Superbike-spec, with the same forks used by Carlos Checa in the 2003 MotoGP, and an…

Cal Crutchlow completes first test with Yamaha M1

20 April, 2020
As previously anticpated, Cal Crutchlow was at Yamaha’s Fukuori track in Japan to get his first taste of the M1 in a private two day test session ahead of next month’s official end of season testing in Valencia.Crutchlow will be…

Yamaha unveils 2009 YZR-M1

16 April, 2020
With a special online conference by Fiat Yamaha that took place today at noon at Yamaha headquarters in Italy, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo unveiled the 2009 factory Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP.With an unchanged rider line-up, Yamaha’s factory team has made…

Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 Valencia test livery?

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha has already galvanized Sportmediaset, so they’ve decided to broadcast in live streaming two hours (from 10:30 to 12:30 CET) of the MotoGP Valencia test that starts Tuesday November 13th.According to the Italian website, the above…

Livio Suppo was right, Ben Spies to Wildcard at Valencia

16 April, 2020
Ducati’s Livio Suppo was right, when he anticipated on Griglia di Partenza last Thursday, Yamaha has officially confirmed that Ben Spies will be racing in the last MotoGP race of the season at Valencia.Yamaha will be sending a pair of…

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi's 2013 Yamaha YZR-M1 renderings

15 April, 2020
A loyal reader of our twin site Motoblog.it, Mr.Samuel Laurora a.k.a. Samuxx, has sent us a couple of very interesting renderings that envision how the 2013 Yamaha YZR-M1 ridden by prodigal son Valentino Rossi could look like next year, in…

Rossi's #46 back on the Yamaha M1

11 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi posted this picture on his Twitter page of his #46 back on the Yamaha M1, the manufacturer and motorcycle that he left to try his luck with Ducati that turned out to be a two season long nightmare.…

Motor bike expo Verona

11 April, 2020
Two motorcycle events in Italy are currently, being held, wtih the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, and the Bike Expo Show “next door” in Padua. In Verona you’ll find plenty of famous brands and bikes, including the Aprilia RSV4 R…

A New Sticker on Rossi's M1

10 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi is sporting this new sticker on the front fender of his Yamaha M1, however it didn’t bring him much luck in last night’s free practice in Qatar, when he finished third behind Casey Stoner and team mate Jorge…

Q & A with Valentino Rossi

9 April, 2020
The following was released by Fiat Yamaha:Q: How was your winter holiday? What have you been doing during your time off?A: My winter holidays were great! I have a great passion for snowboarding and so I went to the mountains…

Ben Spies Yamaha M1 Valencia Livery?

8 April, 2020
Yamaha confirmed that Ben Spies next year would be putting in a wildcard appearance at the MotoGP season finale at Valencia before his official switch to the series and added that they would be sending two M1’s directly from Japan…

Find Your Face on Rossi's and Lorenzo's M1s

7 April, 2020
The Fiat Yamaha team unrevealed their one off paint job for their two M1’s for this weekend’s Laguna Seca GP and now we’ve got some close-up shots of the livery with fan photos.If your one of those thousands of fans…

Valentino Rossi involved in home accident

7 April, 2020
MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has injured his hand and foot after falling at his Italian home.Reportedly the accident occurred when the Fiat Yamaha star slipped while closing the curtains and fell onto a glass table cutting the ring finger of…

Jorge Lorenzo talks about Rossi and Pedrosa

3 April, 2020
In this interview with Spanish website strong>Solomoto, Jorge Lorenzo talks about many things and as always in any conversation with a MotoGp rider, it eventually turns to Valentino Rossi and also Lorenzo’s other rival Dani Pedrosa.Valentino is adored by the…

Jorge Lorenzo Lands Garmin as Sponsor

3 April, 2020
Yesterday at the Hotel de Sants Estacio in Barcelona, Jorge Lorenzo introduced his new personal sponsor Garmin, whose logo will be placed on the front of Lorenzo’s Nolan X-Lite helmet.Garmin, one of the world’s leaders in GPS navigation systems has…

Valentino Rossi: Racing for Another 3 Years

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has talked about his future in a long interview in this week’s Motosprint magazine that will leave his numerous fans happy, his haters unhappy and his many racing rivals wincing, because The Doctor has once again said that…

Cal Crutchlow on yellow alert for last two MotoGP races

31 March, 2020
If Valentino Rossi decides to skip the last two races of the season to undergo the much needed surgery on his shoulder, newly signed Yamaha Tech3 rider Cal Crutchlow could be called in for the Estoril and Valencia races.Crutchlow opted…

Cal Crutchlow to test Yamaha M1 in Japan

30 March, 2020
When Yamaha announced that Cal Crutchlow would be moving up from World Superbikes to MotoGP next season to join Herve Poncharal’s Tech3 team, we sort of wondered if the British rider would take part in the final MotoGP race of…

Yamaha previews 2012 livery for sponsors and partners

29 March, 2020
Yamaha MotoGP fans will have to wait until official Jerez test in ten days time before seeing the 2012 YZR-M1 livery, but nearly fifty Yamaha Team sponsors, suppliers and partners got a full preview yesterday in an exclusive event that…

Ben Spies Yamaha M1 Valencia livery

28 March, 2020
Yamaha Racing has released these official pics of Ben Spies‘ Yamaha M1 Valencia livery. The 2009 Superbike champion will have his MotoGP debut in the last round this season in what has been an exciting year for both WSBK and…

Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 Sepang livery revealed on Twitter

22 March, 2020
The first official 2013 MotoGP pre-season test will start on Tuesday at Sepang, but Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha M1 livery for upcoming test has already made an appearance on Twitter, just to bring up the hype.The 2013 M1 is so sophisticated…