New Yamaha Wallpapers

2011 marks a very special moment in two-wheeled motorsport as the 50th Anniversary of World Championship Grand Prix racing for Yamaha. As part of a series of ongoing activities to celebrate this landmark Yamaha Factory Racing will run a special livery, the ‘YZR-M1 WGP50th Anniversary Edition’ for the Assen TT and Laguna Seca races.

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and 2010 Rookie of the Year Ben Spies will unveil the livery at a special event on Wednesday 22nd June close to the Assen circuit

The unique red and white livery design pays homage to the iconic Yamaha Factory Racing liveries of the past with a modern twist. The red and white livery will be used by Yamaha Factory Racing team riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies. The colours will also appear on all Yamaha staff and team crew as well as the Yamaha Factory Racing team’s pit box.

A special 50th Anniversary logo is also being used this season. The logo is proudly displayed on the 2011 YZR-M1 fuel tank, on all Yamaha Factory Racing Team uniforms, within the pit garage of riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies and also on the Yamaha Factory Racing trucks.



Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Rider

"I love these colors, they really have a historic significance. Read, Agostini, they all ran similar color schemes when they won so the opportunity to use it on the YZR-M1 is really nice. It’s a very special year for Yamaha and we hope that these colors will give us luck in these two races."

Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Rider

"I’m really excited about running with these colors. It’s a big year for Yamaha and my first with the Factory Team. To be able to run a special livery like that in Assen and also for my home race at Laguna is awesome. I think it’s going to look really good and I’m looking forward to everyone being able to see it."

Shigeto Kitagawa President of Yamaha Motor Racing

"It is my pleasure and honor to announce that we will unveil the ‘YZR-M1 WGP50th Anniversary Edition’ at the Assen TT and Laguna Seca race.

"I believe that the newly designed Red and White livery not only recollects our brilliant memories in the past but also makes us feel the power to create new history.

Franco Battaini MotoGP Riders

Franco Battaini MotoGP Riders

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Franco Battaini race

Repsol Honda Riders 2011

Nicky Hayden

Nicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden (born July 30, 1981 in Owensboro, Kentucky) also known as The Kentucky Kid is the American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.

Hayden is one of a long line of American road racers to come from the American dirt-track scene. In 1999, Hayden won his first Grand National Championship race (Hagerstown Half Mile) and took Rookie of the Year honors. He was also declared the AMA's athlete of the Year. In 2000, Nicky Hayden won the Springfield Short Track. In 2002, despite racing in just a handful of dirt-track events, Hayden was able to win four races: Springfield Short Track (twice), Springfield TT Steeplechase, and Peoria TT Steeplechase. Hayden only lacks a win at a mile track to join Dick Mann, Kenny Roberts Sr., Bubba Shobert, and Doug Chandler in the prestigious "Grand Slam Club."

For 2006, Hayden was charged with spearheading Repsol Honda's championship aspirations, and was the only rider to be handed the full 2006 Honda bike during pre-season testing. He led the championship from the third race and looked set to break Valentino Rossi's championship-winning streak. Capturing the championship was not without peril: in the second to last round at Estoril in Portugal, teammate Dani Pedrosa lost the front-end while trying to pass Hayden. The resulting lowside accident took out both bikes. This left Hayden eight points behind Rossi in the championship with one race left to go. In the last race of the season on October 29, 2006 Rossi crashed on lap 5 trying to make up for a poor start. Hayden won the 2006 title that day by finishing 3rd (9.3s) behind race winner Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi.

Hayden finished the 2009 MotoGP championship in 13th place (out of 18), his worst result in 7 years of racing MotoGP. His championship campaign was marked by remarkable misfortune, being speared off the track on three different occasions, resulting in no point scoring races. Yuki Takahashi, Alex De Angelis and Jorge Lorenzo crashed into him at Motegi, Misano and Phillip Island respectively.

Early in the 2010 season, Hayden noted that there is pressure from the American audience for one of the three frontrunning American riders (himself and the Tech 3 Yamaha duo of Colin Edwards and Ben Spies) to win a race.

Nicky Hayden Best Smile

Valentino rossi vs Nicky Hayden

Nicky Hayden Cool hairstyle

Valentino Rossi ducati wallpapers

Valentino Rossi ducati wallpapers

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Valentino Rossi ducati wallpaper

Valentino Rossi ducati wallpapers

Valentino Rossi ducati wallpapers

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

Ben Spies Moto Gp Pictures

New Ducati Desmosedici GP12 1000cc Valentino Rossi

After yesterday's Honda completed the second trial with a 2012 Honda 1000cc motorcycle protype with riders Casey Stoner. So now turn Ducati recently tested both New Prototype Ducati Desmosedici GP12 1000cc motor makes. The Italian manufacyurer experiment with circuit riders Valentino Rossi at Mugello, Italy on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Valentino Rossi completed the trial with 60 Lap at Mugello circuit with circuit conditions Warm and sunny. The test this time is Valentino Rossi's second test with Ducati Desmosedici GP12 1000cc.

Here's a greeting Rossi after testing with the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 as in reports in the Official MotoGP site. "I’m pleased, because it was a positive test,” said Valentino at day’s end. “We took full advantage of the time we had, because the track and weather conditions were perfect. I liked the new asphalt a lot. The surface is smooth, those holes that I knew so well are now gone, and the grip is fantastic. I must say they’ve done a great job, because if it’s possible, riding here at Mugello is now even better than before. I’m happy to have come back here to test after my injury last year, because it was a nice feeling and a good day. We started around 11:00 this morning, and we completed sixty laps in all—many kilometers without any problems, either physical or with the GP12. We tested everything that Filippo had planned to try, and we’re satisfied because, although we’re still at a pretty early stage, we’re going in the right direction."