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settembre 22, 2021 - Yamaha Racing

Yamaha Road Racing Round Up: Barcelona WorldSBK & FIM EWC's Bol D'or

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Yamaha retained its FIM Superbike World Championship lead in the riders’, manufacturers’ and teams’ standings after an eventful #barcelona round, which saw the Yamaha R1 bikes adorning the famous red and white liveries in celebration of Yamaha’s 60 years of Grand Prix motorcycle road #racing.

The iconic colours were also in action during the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship’s third round, the Bol D’or at Le Castellet, while there was more success for Yamaha in the FIM Supersport World Championship and FIM Supersport 300 World Championship classes at #barcelona.

Andrea Dosoli, Yamaha Motor Europe’s Road #racing Manager, reflected on last weekend, which also saw the inaugural Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup champion crowned in Spain.

“It has been an emotional weekend, as we have celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Grand Prix #racing for Yamaha. It’s been a long journey since our first race in France in 1961, with a lot of success and we’ve been able to transfer our know-how from this experience into our product line-up. We were able to mark this occasion not only in #barcelona but also at Le Castellet with some special liveries. It turned out to be very emotional and we got a lot of interest from it. Our #worldsbk teams, Pata Yamaha and GRT Yamaha, had these liveries, but unfortunately GMT94 Yamaha in WorldSSP couldn’t use it because of a rider injury. We thank everyone who made this happen.

“We could not celebrate good results on-track with these liveries, due to some unlucky circumstances, but we keep inside the good memories from having the iconic red and white colours back in action.”

In #worldsbk, Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK’s #toprakrazgatlolu bounced back from the electrical issue that saw him retire from the lead in Saturday’s wet race, to take a pair of second-place finishes on Sunday to leave the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with a slim one-point lead in the riders’ standings.

“For sure, if we see the first race result, we are disappointed with the opportunity lost. He was clearly on his way to win the race, before being forced to stop due to an electrical fault, something no one expected that showed that although we’ve made a huge step forward, there are some areas where we need to improve.

“There are some positives from that race though, because Toprak has struggled in the wet in the past, but clearly he was able to improve on this. He’s made yet another step in his maturity as a rider, and I don’t see any weakness in Toprak anymore. He can win in any condition and on any track, and we’re looking forward to seeing the final few rounds. On Sunday, he was very unlucky in the SPRC, showing really good pace but with the shortened race due to the red flag he didn’t have time to overtake the leader. He did an incredible job in Race 2, fighting with Rinaldi until the tyre dropped off. He did well to maintain the second position and he was the best rider on those tyres.”

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