AUSTIN, Texas — February 13, 2012— Circuit of The Americas is the newest member of the Green Sports Alliance, a non-profit organization made up of more than 40 professional and collegiate sports teams and nearly 90 sports venues with a mission to help sports teams, venues and leagues enhance their environmental performance. Circuit of The Americas will be the first Formula One™ racing facility to become a member of the Alliance.
“Circuit of The Americas and the City of Austin have taken a bold stand with their sustainability plan for the sports and entertainment complex,” said Martin Tull, executive director of the Green Sports Alliance. “We welcome Circuit of The Americas into the Alliance and look forward to working with them.”
The Green Sports Alliance is a unique coalition of sports teams and venues, professional sport leagues, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other environmental and green building experts.
“I applaud the Circuit’s commitment to setting a standard for sustainability in North American motorsports,” said Lucia Athens, chief sustainability officer for the City of Austin. “Joining forces with the Green Sports Alliance will increase their green horsepower and put Austin on the map yet again for its leadership and innovation. The Green Sports Alliance has been providing expert technical assistance to many of the sports leagues, and can now assist motorsports in achieving greener results.”
Members in the Green Sports Alliance share best practices to improve the environmental performance of their venues, saving millions of dollars through energy and water conservation, waste reduction, recycling and composting. By tracking environmental performance, sports facilities learn how they compare to their counterparts and how to maximize sustainability efforts. Alliance members have reported reductions as high as 30 percent in energy usage, 60 percent in natural gas use and more than 20 percent in water use.
“We are excited to be collaborating with the best minds in sustainable facility management,” said Edgar Farrera, sustainability director at Circuit of The Americas. “We look forward to developing new approaches to environmentally sustainable operations at our facility and sharing what we learn with organizations and companies around the world.”
About the Green Sports Alliance
The Green Sports Alliance is a non-profit organization with a mission to help sports teams, venues and leagues enhance their environmental performance. Less than a year since its public launch, the Alliance is made up of representatives from over 40 teams from 13 leagues and 90 sports venues, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Protection Agency, Bonneville Environmental Foundation and many other organizations.
Its second annual conference, the Green Sports Alliance Summit, will be held on Sept. 5-7, 2012 and will bring together hundreds of facility operators, team executives, league officials,
environmental experts and corporate partners to discuss innovations in environmental performance.
For more information about the Green Sports Alliance visit: www.greensportsalliance.org.
About Circuit of The Americas
Circuit of The Americas will be a world-class destination for performance, education and business. It will be the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the United States designed for any and all classes of racing, from motor power to human power, and be the U.S. home to the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX™ Nov. 16-18 and V8 SUPERCARS.
The Circuit of The Americas’ master plan features a variety of permanent structures designed for business, education, entertainment and race use. Its signature element will be a 3.4-mile circuit track with capacity for 120,000 fans. Other support buildings will include a medical facility, a conference center, a banquet hall as well as an expansive outdoor live music space. Future proposed amenities include a driving/riding experience, a motorsports driving club, kart track, grand plaza event center and tower, and a trackside recreational vehicle park.

Fighting on the edge for winning the pole position at Brno Automotodrom Returning from the (short) summer break, the main players in the top class were found encased in comparison to a handful of milliseconds: 113 to be exact, enough to Dani Pedrosa to mock agitated in a final session, the reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. At the first pole position of the season (strange to say for a single lap specialist like him well in his career achieved 36 pole, just half in the top class), Pedrosa has stopped the clock sull’1’56 “591 without the stress’ unapproachable step-by-race shown yesterday.

The three-time world champion, already victorious in Brno 125cc (2003) and 250 (2005) with three podium finishes to the Masaryk Circuit in five editions of the Grand Prix of Republic of MotoGP, the reference is still in prospect for tomorrow’s race ( off as usual at 14:00) which will start in the front row alongside, as well as Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, also from the third to 0 “269 trying to fix those problems yesterday rediscounted riding his factory Honda RC212V.

With the trio used to monopolize the front row and podium finishes this season, there is little room for Ben Spies, fourth and not the best physical condition, but still ahead of Marco Simoncelli (5 °) and Valentino Rossi , who with a real “twist” at the end managed to get on the second row with the sixth fastest time by filing the gap to 7 tithing, best qualifying this season and his adventure with Ducati. There is no room for any kind of illusions, because the situation remains problematic to the red boxes: no way, but they show some small signs of recovery over a single lap at least as evidenced by the 9 th lap Nicky Hayden , over the weekend forced to navigate in the rear with the “old” GP11 (the “Step 1″ will try it until Monday in the post-race test day).

Among the disappointed of these tests include Andrea Dovizioso, 7 °, as Loris Capirossi that goes beyond the 16 th performance in front of Karel Abraham, who fell at the end of the session, in two separate occasions inadvertently emulated even by Randy De Puniet and Cal Crutchlow. Saturday to forget for Suzuki with Alvaro Bautista Friday 14 ° after a convincing KO following the flight this morning instead of John Hopkins : a broken finger on his right hand, farewell weekend action with a view to avoid compromising the title race in the British Superbike.

MotoGP World Championship 2011
Brno Qualifying Standings

01 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’56 .591
02 – Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0113
03 – Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0269 +
04 – Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0587 +
05 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 0760 +
06 – Valentino Rossi – Team Ducati – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1 – + 0776
07 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0851 +
08 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1085
09 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1130 +
10 – Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1193
11 – Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1206
12 – Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – 1654 +
13 – Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1682 +
14 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1683 +
15 – Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2298 +
16 – Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2347 +
17 – Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2355 +

The Williams-racing start in Qatar an initiative to make the roads safer – it is the first of its kind in the region
The Williams team is expanding its efforts to make the road safer. Together with the Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest private bank in Qatar and the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) will start the team some safety campaigns to alert the population in Qatar on the dangers in traffic. One wants to move 25,000 residents to more cautious and forward-looking driving style.

Some team members of the racing team will hold lectures in schools and universities. QSTP will promote road safety through simulators, developed in the Williams factory and used for driving instruction, training and education are. The initiative in Qatar as well as other programs will run from Williams, including the partnership with DEKRA in Germany: The Williams program focuses on energy efficiency, education and road safety.

The campaign is the first of its kind in the region. It is intended to encompass all stages of life, not just the current driver, but also the future. As an incentive, a Williams-powered car in different places will be issued.
TMS

There are no physical problems, the shoulder surgery was postponed in mid-November, so between Estoril and Valencia Valentino Rossi will conclude the seven-year experience with Yamaha. Hopefully in the best way to 9-time world champion, trying to win starting with the Grand Prix of Portugal where it does not rise to the top step of the podium since 2007, only 4 th last year.

“The last three races have been positive, “says Valentino Rossi. “I won three podiums, including a victory, I was happy because the bike has improved the health of my injured shoulder. Now we return to Europe and I feel very strong, I want to have fun in these last two races trying to win again.

Estoril for me last year was not a good race, we had some problems and am not on the podium, so we will try to change history this year. After Phillip Island in Portugal the weather is definitely better, even though the weather can change very quickly in Estoril It will be a factor to be reckoned with. ”

Potentially still in the race for third place in the championship, it should be noted that Valentino Rossi in the last three races has collected more points than all: the best way to present at Estoril and Valencia, for the first test with Ducati on 9-10 November .

Even if only for a few minutes, the time to walk the last 3 laps at Twin Ring Motegi, MotoGP is back to living a good show, with so many aspects to make the race more interesting than usual although there has been little (or anything) to win. Casey Stoner, on the track where he won his first world title, rose again on the top step of the podium after Alcaniz, author of a perfect race just where he relegated to second place Andrea Dovizioso. The escape last part of the race allowed him to stay away from any “tussle” with the driver who will replace next year, HRC, the exact opposite of the duel that saw both players bishops Fiat Yamaha.

Between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo an intense duel where you are left out of the walls inside a box, data telemetry, new engines and old, recent or past injuries. Found themselves against each other and were not spared, with the right competitive nastiness that has forced everyone to live in the Valley the last two laps at Motegi. Rossi, by his own admission without injured shoulder problems, it seemed “to a time” (quotation marks), responding tit for tat attack each sample of the now top of the 2010 class. For its part, Lorenzo, who could easily make do with the 13 points that allow between 7 days to win in Sepang ahead of the world, was not spared, risking the impossible to pass a condition in Valentino.

The result was a tremendous duel with 6 passes and controsorpassi and Valentino Rossi to have, cunning, the better, passing the entrance of Turn 8 on the last lap leaving no room for reply. Back on the podium as the champion of the world, Jorge Lorenzo will be content to earn 6 points out of Pedrosa in Sepang (if there is …) to become mathematically World Champion. Casey Stoner dutifully celebrated the 22nd career win, the 2nd row with the only Ducati in the top 10 (the others are in the last 4 positions …), beating Andrea Dovizioso who loses their points against Australia for the third league position. The Forli, author of the pole position, it can still be pleased with the weekend where he held high the colors of the HRC on his home circuit after the KO of Pedrosa.

Out of the fight for the podium concluded Colin Edwards, 5 the best result of the season ahead of Marco Simoncelli, “down” at the end, with Suzuki’s Ben Spies Alvaro Bautista seventh and eighth comeback after being found at the penultimate lap for a ‘excursion into the escape routes. Marco Melandri is instead 12 °, Loris Capirossi out of action for a problem to his right in the end when the Suzuki MotoGP has found at last the show. And maybe even Valentino Rossi.

Chronicle of Race

There Pedrosa, but it’s a Honda to have the best starting point, the # 4 Andrea Dovizioso but was immediately marched to the curve 2 by passing behind Stoner with Lorenzo Rossi for third place. So Stoner, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Rossi, Edwards, Capirossi, Simoncelli and Spies in the first 8 positions at the end of lap one, not fall, all 16 drivers in the regular way in the race. On the second lap at the “tunnel” in the vicinity of the curve 5 Spies and Hayden come off the track share respectively in second and last place, trailing by 3 “and 7″ seconds from Mika Kallio 14 °.

Marco Simoncelli takes the fifth position by passing the “dean” of motorcycling Edwards and Capirossi, but Yamaha is already quite far of the official scrimmage of Lorenzo and Rossi under the watchful eye of Masao Furusawa, # 1 in the Three Diapason Motorsport pit . The attack comes and the fifth lap overtaking under braking for turn 9 where it can fit Lorenzo Rossi, already gaining valuable yards ahead of “almost” World Champion 2010: The demonstration comes from the fastest lap in 1’47 “395, are 2 “by 3 recovered from race leader Stoner.

Going Ben Spies is in eleventh place in comeback, passing four riders in the space of two turns with great regret off the track at the start. Randy De Puniet same misfortune in the 10th round in their attempt to cope with the Tech 3 Yamaha rider. If the first 4 positions appear to be stabilized by Stoner, Dovizioso, Lorenzo and Rossi, for fifth place great tussle between Simoncelli, Edwards and Capirossi Melandri 8 ° harassed by Bautista.

A seven laps from the checkered flag Lorenzo Rossi has again taken up, try switching to the curve 5, but come along in the slipstream of prejudice out a new attack in the final stages of the contest. It is not the only duel to follow: Edwards goes for 5th place Simoncelli, Bautista took Capirossi for the 7th (with Imola later forced to withdraw due to a technical problem), Spies is very fast and leaves behind him Melandri four laps from the checkered flag with rvennate off the track. If Stoner is on the run up Dovizioso centering the second consecutive victory, is open struggle with the Fiat Yamaha the final act began the penultimate lap: Lorenzo Rossi joins the two will spend six times giving a duel in its heyday. Valentino will win back on the podium with fourth place but Lorenzo is, in fact, World Champion.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Motegi Race Standings

01 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 27 laps in 43’12 .266
02 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 3868 +
03 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 5707 +
04 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 6221 +
05 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 27,092 +
06 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 30,021 +
07 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – 31,826 +
08 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 35,572 +
09 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – 47,564 +
10 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – 49,598 +
11 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 49,999 +
12 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 50,703 +
13 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 51,422 +
14 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 52,843 +
15 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1’14 .668

A tough day for Casey Stoner, with the team totally dedicated to arrange a Ducati Desmosedici not as competitive as two weeks ago to Motorland Aragon. Working with three different set-up was eventually found a good compromise that allowed the Australian to win the first row of the grid, but away from it can be completely satisfied and confident for the race …

“We started yesterday by a set-up similar to that of Aragon Motorland, but we had problems on and off the bike surge in output, “says Casey Stoner. “At this point we decided to change the weight distribution to find more stability, but at the same time there was no traction.

When the track conditions improved I was driving better, but unfortunately the time is not coming down. Together with the team we have returned to previous solutions by bringing more weight on the rear axle: the bike still lift when accelerating, but at least we have improved a bit.

The times were down and when we put the soft we hit the first row, then this must be met even if tomorrow we must try to change something on the bike, “said the 2007 World Champion.

Finally, the Aragon Motorland Casey Stoner and Ducati are back to victory. An important success for the Australian who won the third championship with the clear objective at this level is confirmed at the weekend in Motegi, a circuit but not particularly loved by the 2007 World Champion.

“Motegi is a track, a series of “stop and go ‘, it offers many features, and then sliding is not really one of my favorite layout, “said Casey Stoner. “Having said that is positive to consider that the bottom is smooth and there are many holes and depressions that often this season, they made us suffer.

Requires that the bike is stable under braking and acceleration and effective, because of these characteristics, I hope that the latest set of changes that we used to Aragon are effective again. In Spain, in fact we have finally managed to improve the stability and find a bit ‘more “grip” and if we do here we try to make another good result. “

The best result at Motegi Casey Stoner on the Ducati is the second in 2008, the race where Valentino Rossi won his world title at the expense of Australia.

The race Motorland Aragon has once again highlighted the problems of Valentino Rossi. If you find behind it is fully understandable since Jorge Lorenzo protagonist of an extraordinary season, need an explanation of the 17-handicap on his teammate, the 14 “crossed the line in favor of Ben Spies.

Rossi is not in shape, and it shows. The shoulder has become a difficult problem to resolution 2011 on track in perspective: this is the ‘operation, scheduled for December (recovery time from 2 to 3 months), may be anticipated after three trips outside the European Motegi (October 3), Sepang (10/10) and Phillip Island (17/10), thus skipping the last two seasons testing at Estoril and Valencia also the potential risk to first test with Ducati in November.

Just Valentino Rossi announced this radical change programs at the end of the race of Aragon: On its official website (www.valentinorossi.it) are reported in detail the post-race statement of 9 times World Champion, speaking to the whole field of shoulder problems, operation, Yamaha difficulty letting go even to comment on the speed of the Ducati.

” It’been a very difficult race: we hope to do better. We went so badly for a number of things here all the Yamaha and I struggled in my physical condition, I can not ride it how I want. Because of shoulder pain we have to put in place the bike to facilitate them in the guide, but we run into other problems: in short, we are not in place. The ugly end result is a consequence of all this.

Definitely will play the next three GP will then decide whether the case of an earlier speech at the shoulder or wait until end of season. We are a bit unlucky because the first calendar includes Japan: Motegi is probably the worst track on my terms. But it is worth trying because, especially in Malaysia, we all references in February when I rode this bike in place physically. Will therefore be important to see how we go on that path and then take a decision. It ‘clear that the goal is to finish the season, but if two tracks so positive for me and Yamaha have always been as Malaysia and Australia will continue to have these problems, if not continue to ride well on the M1, it could also think the operation.

Still do not know if Yamaha will give me permission to go on a Ducati in Valencia test, but if I try not the best physical condition I may as well be operated before and get in shape to the test in February. It ‘one thing to assess, but a test is not right physically is not that important. For the moment I run because it has already been seen that the shoulder is not serious, but I lack the strength and can not ride good and precise as I wish, how I usually do when I’m in shape.

By three other bike races, especially the Honda, Ducati, but here also seem to have solved the problems they had before. Even at Misano we were in trouble with the speed, but still we managed to be competitive, but here was very tough for all riders of Yamaha. Today’s results are certainly very positive for Ducati 2011 in perspective, but I will still try to be strong and fast with the M1 in the coming races. Of course I’m sad, I feel sorry for this situation, but I know that are not 100% so if I were being physically in place, would be more serious … In 2006 and 2007 was much worse: I’m sure in the next runs, the M1 will be much more competitive than Aragon.

After 13 races without getting on the top step of the podium in Australia found victory in the first MotoGP race on the new facility “Motorland Aragon” Alcaniz, breaking his personal failures longest streak of his career when, in 2007, World Champion and star of absolute top class. The Ducatista, fiance of HRC for the next two years, gave substance to a race … its: great start, just an exhilarating pace and final escape. Even Dani Pedrosa was unable to reach him, undertook to recover after a difficult start (he found himself 5th), markedly lower in the final when his handicap has risen from 1 “3 to 4″ (power management or the outcome?) .

Stoner’s victory is also to Ducati, waiting for Valentino Rossi (his worst result of the season, sixth at 27 seconds from the top …) consoles herself with two riders on the podium for Nicky Hayden was “invented” a great overtaking down ‘latest variation on Jorge Lorenzo: 1-3 Ducati for the first time there is a Yamaha on the podium at 2010. There is especially Lorenzo, fourth after the sequence of 13 consecutive podiums while remaining largely leader with 56 points ahead of Pedrosa with only five races remaining.

Household Diapason Three small consolation in the thought in perspective, because Ben Spies has been protagonist of a great race winning the duel for fifth place where he is self-excluded Andrea Dovizioso, slipped on the final lap, opening the doors to Valentino Rossi for the sixth position. To judge the race by 9 times World Champion just consider the postings by rivals: 27 “from the top, 18″ by Lorenzo, 13 “by Spies. We need one or more explanations.

Behind Rossi Marco Simoncelli finished seventh ahead of Alvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri, all the top ten, far away from Ducati and Casey Stoner back from finally protagonists as the golden age. Too late or just in time to play the role of “referee” of the world?

For Casey Stoner on the first long fast is over, stop the bad streak of 11 races without a pole. Now the Motorland Aragon is the time to stop the sequence of victories that has gone missing from the penultimate race of the 2009 season: the restored confidence in the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 this weekend seems to be right, at least according to the same 2007 World Champion.

“In the last race weekend we tried different things to make the bike more competitive, without ever being able to make decisive progress, whereas here it seems that we have found something, “says Casey Stoner. “We have changed a bit ‘weight distribution and this gave me more grip and more confidence. Maybe it’s just the bike that fits well with this track, but in any event, we are happy to have made the pole for the first time in Qatar.

I also like to drive new circuit is always exciting where you have not already tried a million times. We wait to see how you put the race to see if I can be with other people, because this season there has already happened to realize less than has proof but we feel good in the race and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

Casey Stoner does not win the Grand Prix of Malaysia last year, a long fasting in 13 races, the longest since he started to win in MotoGP.

He wanted the front row but the fourth time in qualifying Alcaniz is not a result to be discarded for the race tomorrow to Nicky Hayden. Quick all weekend with his Ducati Desmosedici, Ducati rider feels confident and ready to achieve a positive result for the whole team.

“Overall I can say that was a good day, “says Hayden. “We had two dry practice sessions where we managed to improve the bike. Points to the first row, but we are still far away, we must be satisfied because the team is working very well so that me and Casey are in the first four. ”

Before thinking about the race the 2006 World Champion has shown a little background on preparing for this Grand Prix of Aragon.

“With the simulator we have in Ducati reference was provided lap of 1’49″ and a pole was 1’48 “9: unbelievable, it means that the company is working very well by each of the tasks to perfection! Tomorrow I hope to repay them with a good result we want at this time. “

For the second consecutive year Nicky Hayden ended the Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico in the first corner, this time remedying a serious blow to the wrist in contact with Loris Capirossi. Completely recovered physically, the 2006 World Champion will race this weekend Motorland Aragon.

A circuit that has been able to discover in recent months, turning with a Ducati 1198s road, enough to gain useful references for the race scheduled this weekend.

“Misano was a tough race for everyone, not one that we hope never happens again, “says Hayden,”but we are pilots and we go on doing what we love, so now we will prepare for Aragon trying to get back front and be competitive. It ‘s always great to race on a new track, it’s exciting for us drivers but also for teams and for anyone working in the paddock.

Prepare the structure of the motion is a challenge, especially with regard to exchange and suspensions. We start from scratch with no data and is something that I charge a lot. Aragon is full of ups and downs and very funny, my wrist is 100% so I’m looking forward to getting back into riding my bike back to work with my team. “

Already Indianapolis Alvaro Bautista was the only rider in the Rizla Suzuki garage to have the latest updates for your Suzuki GSV-R, a result of the now landing some of Loris Capirossi in the Pramac Ducati for next season.

Suzuki, short and focuses on the young Spaniard, the more season this weekend at the Aragon Motorland where it will be the only driver of house by an accomplice to Hamamatsu Capirossi’s injury resolved the right hand in Misano Adriatico.

A responsibility that does not scare the former 125cc World Champion, in fact, he feels ready to face this unprecedented challenge in MotoGP.

“I’m sorry that Capirossi is there, “says Alvaro Bautista,”I have more responsibility than usual, but I am determined to give my best to ensure the team a good result. I’ve tried to Motorland Aragon earlier in the season, is a great circuit and I think all in all leave on par with the other drivers. “

Misano was a great disappointment for Casey Stoner. Party with big ambitions found himself away from the podium, even on the fifth goal with great detachment not only against Pedrosa and Lorenzo, but also by Rossi and Dovizioso.

Motorland Aragon thus represents an important opportunity for redemption, in a circuit where completely unknown, unlike several of his colleagues, had no way of proving in recent weeks.

“I’m happy to go to Aragon. The last two races have been difficult for us and run on a new track is definitely challenging. We will tackle the weekend with optimistic spirit, hoping that the track is beautiful and suits the Ducati, but also trying to be realistic that we must strive to find something extra.

The team and all the technicians are doing a fantastic job we only have to dig deeper and think of something new to try to improve the feeling with the bike, bend it better and to find more grip. And above all we are to overcome these last two weekends. “

Following the dual listing of Yamaha and Ducati and the letter “farewell” to the house of the Three Diapason, Valentino Rossi has decided to publish on its official website (valentinorossi.it) a video addressed to their fans, trying to explain reasons for this change. An intervention to 2 minutes which essentially reproduces the same issues raised in the letter to all staff Yamaha MotoGP.

“Finally it was discovered what I will do in the coming years, “said Rossi. “Certainly for the next two years, then we will see for the future, will ride with the Ducati was a difficult choice because these years with Yamaha have been fantastic, unforgettable seven years, won so much, I made some great races, large scale but above all I enjoyed it very much.

I have to thank everyone at Yamaha for this great time, but it was time to change air, do something different at my age are very important reasons. I along with my team we got the M1 was a bit unlucky … a motorcycle, we reach the top, now is the fastest bike and coveted: our work here is done.

We needed new ideas, adventure Ducati seemed to us at once more beautiful, more fun, it will be interesting to try to start over with Ducati do what good we did with the Yamaha. From next year there will be many changes, it will be certainly more interesting and fun … keep cheering!”.