Yamaha Racing - WSS Channel

Foret wins in style at Monza

Sat, 11 May 2008 01:00:00 PM

Both Fabien Foret and Broc Parkes posted heroic performances in race conditions at Monza, with Foret taking his first win of the 2008 season, by 1.199 seconds, and Parkes finishing third. Parkes was unsure if he could even ride at all on Wednesday, so his podium finish, his second of the year, was an impressive performanc

Parkes takes pole at Monza

Sat, 10 May 2008 01:00:00 PM

Yamaha World Supersport Team riders Broc Parkes and Fabien Foret earned front row starts for Sunday’s Monza WSS race, with Parkes taking pole and a new track record of 1’49.868 on his Yamaha YZF-R6. It was Parkes’ second pole in succession and the third Yamaha pole of the 2008 season. It was also his sixth career pole win

Foret and Parkes well placed after day one at Monza

Fri, 9 May 2008 01:00:00 PM

Yamaha World Supersport Team riders Fabian Foret and Broc Parkes finished second and third respectively after the first day of qualifying at Monza, after a busy period of action at the classic Italian parkland venue. Air temperatures hit 28°C during the qualifying session, in which 37 riders attempted to qualify

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Wed, 7 May 2008 00:01:00

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Foret and Parkes Almost There At Assen

Sat, 27 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PM

Fabien Foret and Broc Parkes, both from the Yamaha World Supersport Team, were tantalisingly close to a podium finish apiece at Assen, after a classic high-speed multi-rider battle for the win, which finally went to Andrew Pitt. Foret was only 0.201 seconds from victory itself, in fourth place after 21-laps. He had fought

Parkes Takes Pole With New Track Best

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PM

Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) set a new track best at the 4.555km Assen circuit to take his first pole of the year, despite riding with a broken metacarpal bone in his left hand, sustained after a first day practice crash. Parkes set a 1’40.895 in what was a close final qualifying session, with a further 10 r

Parkes fastest despite first day fall

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PM

Yamaha World Supersport Team rider Broc Parkes secured provisional pole at the fast and flowing Assen circuit, despite a heavy high-speed fall in the free practice session earlier in the day, at the double right corner before the final high speed section of the 4.555km circuit. The 26-year-old Australian rider secured a t

Yamaha World Supersport Team round up Assen tests

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:01:00

A two day test for the Yamaha World Supersport Team at the Dutch TT-Assen circuit proved to be a useful operation for the team on their way to the fourth round of the World Supersport Championship to be held at that same venue next week. During the private tests - last week Thursday and today - the team had the opportunit

Sixth Yamaha Race Training sees biggest turn-out yet in Valencia

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:01:00

Last week at a sunny Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia on Spain’s east coast, a gathering of Yamaha racing teams and riders from thirteen countries occupied thirty-one pit-boxes at the MotoGP venue to take part in the sixth edition of the distinguished YRT (Yamaha Race Training) programme.

Parkes takes top four on the Valencia grid

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PM

Yamaha World Supersport Team rider Broc Parkes secured an important front row start for tomorrow’s 23-lap Valencia race, while the good news for his team-mate Fabien Foret is that not only was he able to ride today, but he came also close to taking a second row start.

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