NEW YAMAHA 2012 MOTOGP

 

Yamaha Team is preparing for a new structure of his team to face the MotoGP 2012. After he resigned after Valentino Rossi Valencia GP last weekend, the Japanese manufacturer is directly preparing a new composition and direct them to announce it.

Rookie of the Year 2010 Ben Spies MotoGP, Rossi has been filling the place. Together with the United States rider who, for the former world superbike champion, there is Tom Houseworth who became boss of his crew, where they were inseparable since 2002.

Besides Houseworth, Spies crew also includes Gregory Wood (mechanic for Team Yamaha Tech3 2010), Jurij Pellegrini (mechanic from Team Yamaha World Superbike 2009) and mechanical YMR Mattia Bonera. Then, Data Engineer Erkki Olivier Boutron Siukola and mechanical equip the team, and they will begin work with Yamaha in January 2012.

Kubu Jorge Lorenzo has not changed. Yamaha is still confident with the performance of the team that successfully brought the Spanish rider in the MotoGP world champion 2010.

But there is a change in the management of Yamaha Factory Racing Team for 2012. New team director and team manager Massimo Meregalli now, Wilco Zeelenberg, sharing responsibility for management tasks the whole team.

During race weekend, Zeelenberg will remain focused as a crew manager Lorenzo, while Meregalli will take a similar role for Spies and his crew.