Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider, Michael van der Mark, stepped onto the top step of the podium for the first time in 2019 today, after a superlative performance saw the 26-year-old take a resounding victory in WorldSBK Race 2 in Jerez. The race win, the first...
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Michael van der Mark has scored a superb second place in the first WorldSBK race at Jerez in Spain. As Championship leader Alvaro Bautista escaped at the front of the race, both Pata Yamaha riders – Michael and Alex Lowes - spent the early stages...
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Michael van der Mark led the way for Yamaha on the opening day Jerez, with the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider topping the timesheet in FP1 before finally finishing in second place, just two-tenths off the time of provisional pole sitter, Alvaro Bautista. Van der Mark...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark head into Round 6 of the FIM Superbike World Championship in Jerez this weekend with his sights set firmly on the podium, following a positive two-day test in Misano last week. The Misano test was an important...
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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce its line-up of teams for this year’s 42nd “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, set to take place from July 25th to 28th at the legendary Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan. The #21 Yamaha Factory Racing...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark showed improved pace in today's Superpole Sprint Race in Imola, which he finished in fourth. Changes to the set-up of his R1 paid dividends for van der Mark in the sprint race, with the Pata Yamaha rider...
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Michael van der Mark scythed his way through the pack to finish fourth in a thrilling WorldSBK Race 1 in Imola today, with only a spirited ride by Toprak Razgatlioglu in the closing stages denying the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider his third podium finish of...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark has made a solid start on the opening day of proceedings at Round 5 of the FIM Superbike World Championship in Imola. Van der Mark was quick to find a set-up on his R1 to suit the...
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WorldSBK return to action this weekend at the historic Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, the venue for Round 5 of the 2019 FIM Superbike World Championship. Pata Yamaha's Michael van der Mark heads to Italy looking to build on the success of...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark ended his 2019 podium drought emphatically today in Assen, finishing third in the rescheduled WorldSBK Race 1 this morning and then going one better to thrill his home crowd with second place in Race 2 this afternoon. Van...
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Pata Yamaha's Michael van der Mark had lined up on the front row of the grid for Race 1 at Assen this afternoon, having qualified second in a red flagged Superpole session earlier in the day, when snow forced the riders back to their pit...
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Less than a second separated the top 12 riders on the timesheet after a bitterly cold opening day at the TT Circuit Assen. Michael van der Mark ended the day fifth fastest only 0.03 seconds from P1. Van der Mark kept his home crowd entertained...
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