Racing
Yamaha World Supersport Team
The Yamaha World Supersport Team is without doubt one of the best squads in the championship and is currently leading the World Championship. Still based at Yamaha Motor Germany's headquarters in Neuss, the team carries out most of its development work in-house to extract maximum performance from their R6s. The modern facilities include a sophisticated test bench to allow the team to work with maximum efficiency. Key personnel in the team include highly respected engine builder Markus Eschenbacher.
PUIG is the windscreen sponsor of this great team. The team is using the brand new windscreen's line called: Z-Racing screen. The aggresive look and the great perfomance of such a sharped screen has been tested by them with great results and Wilco Zeelenberg, Yamaha racing team manager, does not want anything else on his R6s.
The team has a tremendous reputation in the 600cc class, consistently placing their bikes among the front runners and last year was no exception. 2008 saw riders Parkes and Foret finish the championship 4th and 6th respectively, an especially great achievement for Foret as he sat out a number of races following a crash at Brno. This year the flying Frenchman is joined by rising British star Cal Crutchlow, a rider who is already proving to be incredibly quick and competitive on the 2009 YZF-R6 in pre-season testing.
Born out of the team originally operated by Yamaha Germany, the squad was brought under the wing of Yamaha Motor Europe at the start of 2007. Managed by Dutchman Wilco Zeelenberg, a former Supersport and GP rider himself, the team has a very international feel to it with team members from Britain, Germany and France. Despite the varying backgrounds of the personnel, the team is a close-knit unit - combining the stereotypical German efficiency with a fun loving attitude that reflects well with that of the riders.
Riders
Cal Crutchlow / Fabien Foret
the english and the french
CAL CRUTCHLOW:Date of Birth 29/10/1985 Place of Birth Coventry, United Kingdom Nationality British Height 170 cm Weight 68 kg Marital Status Single Hobbies Biking, playing football, going to the gym and socialising Total Races 124 Victories 39 Podiums 20 Wins 3 First Race 1999 FABIAN FORET:Date of Birth 29/01/1973 Place of Birth Angouleme, France Nationality French Residence Andorra Height 173 cm Weight 66 kg Marital Status In relationship Hobbies Biking, Golf. Motocross Total Races 111 Victories ...
The bikes
Yamaha R6 09
Designed to win
Designed to win on the racetrack, the 2009 R6 continues to redefine the role and scope of a 600cc Supersport machine. The technology and design of the bike is focused on providing maximum performance at the circuit.Yamaha makes a range of kit parts to allow racers to change parts permitted under the FIM Supersport regulations, but the company knows only too well that in racing the base bike has to be good if you're going to have a chance of winning. And as the fifth generation R6 uses technology transferred from the ...
News
World Supersport Championship: Nurburgring, GER (Sep-09)
Crutchlow with Puig windscreens crowned king of the ring
06Sep09. Nurburgring, ALEYamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow, with PUIG windscreens, was unstoppable today as he took an incredible fifth race win of the season at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Starting from pole, Crutchlow led the race from the off, laying down fast lap after fast lap, leaving the competition with nothing to do but fight amongst themselves. Such was his pace that midway through the race the British rider had almost a ten second lead on his closest rival, a gap which increased to just ...
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