http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/Images/logo_tcm26-11392.gif10734 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:56:29 GMT Yamaha Motor Europe NV. Großer Preis von Frankreich - Le Mans Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha will hope to feed off the positive results posted by David Philippaerts and Christophe Charlier at the Grand Prix of Mexico last weekend as they head to Beto Carrero in Brazil for round five of the FIM Motocross World Championship on Sunday. Philippaerts returned to the podium for the first time since the Grand Prix of Spain last year and gave the factory team their first '25 points' of the season after an thrilling second moto chase at Guadalajara. Yamaha Racing The second issue of Insider Monthly, the May edition, is now available for you! Whether it be on your tablet, smartphone or desktop, this digital magazine can be read anywhere, anytime. You can find the magazine on Yamaha-Racing. Yamaha Racing Among the six rider entry of the factory Monster Energy Yamaha team in the FIM Motocross World Championship is twenty-four year old Scot Shaun Simpson. The former British (MX2) and Belgian (MX1) Champion has begun his second season in the premier class of the FIM series and his first with Yamaha in an eight year career on the Grand Prix stage. Simpson is one of the UK's most charismatic and articulate off-road racers. Yamaha Racing The Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R6 proved to be in dominant form last week, taking a sweep of victories in some very difficult conditions across multiple national and European championships. In the British Superbike Championship, 2011 champion Tommy Hill was back on form with new teammate Noriyuki Haga. The Swan Yamaha pair made a clean break in the first Oulton Park race on Sunday with the Yamaha R1; Hill took a decisive victory and the fastest lap of the race with Haga just 1.5 seconds behind for his first ever BSB podium. Yamaha Racing Freising: Olsen bleibt in der Erfolgsspur Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha will head to the Grand Prix of Mexico this weekend with the Rinaldi division of the squad fully fit and ready for the first FIM Motocross World Championship event to hit Guadalajara and the Nico España circuit. Steven Frossard has felt a major improvement in his right knee since his anterior cruciate ligament surgery and unfortunate attempt to enter the motos at Fermo for the Grand Prix of Italy two weeks ago. Yamaha Racing So we are just about to go to Mexico and I feel a lot better with my knee. I have more movement, more strength and I reckon I will be able to do more on the Yamaha when we get to Guadalajara. It is amazing what a few days can do and I can accept now that Fermo and the Grand Prix of Italy came just too quickly after the operation. It has been a crazy start to the season. I was very happy to finish on the podium at Valkenswaard for the first round even if my feeling in the motos could have been better. Yamaha Racing Yamaha Factory Racing Fahrer Jorge Lorenzo konnte seinen Rekord von ununterbrochenen Podiumserfolgen in Estoril auch 2012 fortsetzen. Yamaha Racing Beim zweiten Lauf zur internationalen Deutschen Motorradmeisterschaft in der Motorsportarena Oschersleben sahen die 8.500 Zuschauer bei kühlen Temperaturen Motorradrennsport vom Feinsten. Mann des Wochenendes war Yamaha Motor Deutschland by Monster Energy Team Fahrer Matej Smrz, der in beiden Superbike-Rennen eine beeindruckende Show auf seiner YZF-R1 ablieferte. Yamaha Racing Der Yamaha R6-DUNLOP-CUP präsentierte beim zweiten Rennen gleich drei neue Kandidaten auf dem Podium. In Oschersleben feierte Manou Antweiler (Bleckede, AC MoTeC) seinen ersten Cup-Sieg vor Philippe von Gunten (SUI-Linden, Schnock Juniors by Romero) und Niki Tuuli (FIN-Imatra, AC MoTeC). Yamaha Racing Yamaha Factory Racing Fahrer Jorge Lorenzo konnte mit dem zweiten Platz beim zweiten Rennen der Saison seine Podiumsserie in Jerez auch im dritten Jahr fortführen. Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha will welcome back two of their riders this weekend at Fermo for the Grand Prix of Italy and the third round of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Steven Frossard has been using a bicycle only several days after an operation on his right knee to remove the anterior cruciate ligament following an incident in the qualification heat for last weekend's Grand Prix of Bulgaria. The 2011 MX1-GP runner-up is ready to attempt practice and qualification on Saturday. Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha's Steven Frossard will travel to Fermo for the Grand Prix of Italy this weekend and attempt the third round of sixteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship in the wake of successful surgery on his right knee on Monday. The 2011 MX1 championship runner-up required a procedure to remove a damaged anterior cruciate ligament and is now hopeful of postponing a reconstruction of the joint until the end of the season. Yamaha Racing Den Saisonauftakt der Internationalen Deutschen Meisterschaft auf dem Lausitzring dominierte der Yamaha Motor Deutschland by Monster Energy Pilot Matej Smrz mit seiner YZF-R1. Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha's Steven Frossard will sit out the rest of the Grand Prix of Bulgaria - the second round of sixteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship - after twisting his right knee during the MX1 qualification heat on Saturday. The 2011 championship runner-up caught his foot on the ground during the 20 minute and 2 lap race and pulled into the pits. Yamaha Racing British Championship leader Mel Pocock is set to steer a factory YZ250F once more in Monster Energy colours at Sevlievo and then Fermo in the next two weeks for the Grands Prix of Bulgaria and Italy and the second and third rounds of sixteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship. The twenty year old will again fill GP responsibilities for the Monster Energy Yamaha crew in the wake of his excellent outing two weeks ago in Holland from which he recorded a best-ever overall finish of 10th. Yamaha Racing The Monster Energy Yamaha - YART team will enter the 35th "Coca Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan on July 26th-29th. Katsuyuki Nakasuga, currently competing for the Yamaha YSP Racing Team in the pinnacle JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championships, will join forces with Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga and British rider Tommy Hill, both of the Swan Yamaha Team. Yamaha Racing The 76th edition of the Bol d'Or at Magny Cours in France signaled the start of the 2012 Endurance World Championship last weekend. A strong Yamaha presence on the starting grid included proven race winners Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani (Monster Energy Yamaha YART) and David Checa, Kenny Foray and Matthieu Lagrive (Yamaha GMT94 Michelin Yamalube). YART rider Jerman took his slick-shod YZF-R1 to the limit in the final three hours of the race, battling the damp conditions and GMT94 to take a hard-fought podium spot with third. Yamaha Racing Vergangenes Wochenende kam es auf dem anspruchsvollen Sandkurs im brandenburgischen Fürstlich Drehna zum ersten Aufeinandertreffen der europäischen MX-Elite im Rahmen der diesjährigen ADAC Masters-Serie. Yamaha Racing Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing), erkämpfte sich beim Saisonauftakt auf dem Losail Circuit einen beeindruckenden Sieg und gewann damit auch sein erstes Rennen in Katar. Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha were proud to throw off the covers of their works YZ450FM and YZ250FM factory motorcycles in front of the international press and invited guests at Valkenswaard on the eve of the Grand Prix of the Netherlands, the opening round of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Yamaha Racing The final free practice this evening ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix of Qatar saw Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo set the MotoGP pace. The Mallorcan finished in second place in the penultimate practice session earlier in the evening, 0.214 seconds behind leader Casey Stoner as he continued to develop his set up. A strong final session on hard tyres was then delivered before a softer rear option at the end provided the extra speed to take the top spot, 0.154 seconds ahead of fellow Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow in second. Yamaha Racing Monster Energy Yamaha MX2-GP riders Zach Osborne and Arnaud Tonus have both undergone successful surgery in the USA and Switzerland respectively and are now starting periods of rehab and recovery with a view towards a return to action in the FIM Motocross World Championship in a months time. Osborne had an operation on Monday to prepare a cracked collarbone from a blameless training accident two weeks ago. Yamaha Racing The first issue of Insider Monthly, the April edition, is now available! Insider Monthly Racing Magazine will showcase great images, video's and articles from the tracks and off-road circuits from around the world. Whether it be on your tablet, smartphone or desktop this digital magazine can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime. You can find the magazine on Yamaha-Racing.com or by clicking Yamaha Racing