June 28, 2011

Yamaha delays the test of 1000 cc prototype until Brno

The Factory Yamaha Racing, the team of Spanish Jorge Lorenzo and American Ben Spies, has decided to postpone the trials of 1,000 cc to mount after the Czech Republic GP in Brno.


Thus, the pitch mark postponed tests would be the bike for the 2012 season. Initially these tests would take place after the Italian GP in Mugello, which takes place on July 3, 2011.
Both riders of the Japanese Manufacturer, Lorenzo and Spies, will be responsible for testing the bike of 1000 cc. Spies will have the opportunity to use this bike to be of renewed his contract with Yamaha until the end of the 2012 season.

The increase in displacement for the next season is one of the innovations introduced by the FIM, among which also includes a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum diameter of 81 mm pistons.
In addition, there will be six days of official tests to the championship in the Grand Prix circuit, including the schedules of the previous season and the next.
Continue to exist over the holiday period without any evidence that runs from 1 December one year to January 31 next year, except the rookie riders in the category, having allowed three days in November or December.