Yamaha proudly celebrates our 50th Anniversary of Grand Prix Racing with special appreciation to all of our riders and race fans. And here’s to 50 more years of memories to last a lifetime.
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Casey Stoner stretched his championship lead back up to 20 points by chasing down and beating title rival Jorge Lorenzo in the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
Polesitter Lorenzo had resisted huge pressure from Hondas for the majority of the race, but had to … More
MotoGP brings the big bikes to California again this week for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, at historic Laguna Seca. Moto2 and the 125s are staying home for this round, not wanting to mix it up with the Harleys and such that populate the track on Grand Prix weekend. As a resident of Indiana, I don’t understand why our race in August is called the Indianapolis Grand Prix. If it were up to me, this week’s race would be called the Great California Crashout, while Indy would host the U.S. Grand Prix.
Recent history at MRLS, as the Mazda marketing people call it, has seen an impressive number of spills. In 2008, Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo crashed his M1 on Lap One, to the delight of teammate Valentino Rossi, who went on to  … Pictures and more
Casey Stoner was fastest in the opening free practice session for MotoGP’s first American date of the year at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A 1m22.300s early in the morning was sufficient to keep championship leader Stoner on top for the rest of the session.
His Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa  … Details