Showing posts with label Yamaha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yamaha. Show all posts

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Spies Akui Dapat Ancaman dari "Petinggi" Yamaha

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AFP/MIRCO LAZZARI Pebalap Yamaha, Ben Spies (depan), ketika bersaing dengan pebalap Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa, di GP Indianapolis, Minggu (19/8/2012). Spies gagal lanjutkan lomba karena mengalami kegagalan mesin, sedangkan Pedrosa jadi juara.

KOMPAS.com — Ben Spies menolak untuk menjelaskan hubungan tak sedap antara dirinya dan sosok tertentu di dalam tim Yamaha. Padahal, saat GP Amerika Serikat di Laguna Seca akhir bulan lalu, dia sempat membeberkan bagaimana tensi di tubuh tim "Garpu Tala" itu.

Di Laguna Seca, juara dunia World Superbike 2009 ini mengonfirmasi lewat Twitter bahwa dia meninggalkan tim Jepang tersebut pada akhir musim 2012 ini. Tetapi, dalam kesempatan itu, Spies juga mengatakan bahwa dirinya diberitahu oleh seseorang berlevel tinggi di tim bahwa lebih baik tidak usah ke GP Amerika Serikat jika tidak melakukan persiapan 100 persen.

Komentar bernada ancaman itu datang setelah Spies kembali mengalami nasib sial di Indianapolis akibat kegagalan mesin. Padahal, dia sedang bertarung di barisan terdepan dengan pebalap Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa, yang memenangkan balapan 28 lap tersebut. Ini adalah kegagalan kedua di tanah kelahirannya, setelah di Laguna Seca pun dia gagal melanjutkan lomba lantaran lengan ayun YZR-M1 tunggangannya patah.

"Saya diberitahu oleh seseorang di Yamaha bahwa jika tidak membalap 100 persen di Laguna (Seca), maka tidak usah tampil. Saya datang ke Laguna, dan berusaha semampu saya untuk melakukan yang terbaik," ujar Spies dalam sebuah wawancara yang dirilis Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"Motor mengalami kegagalan. Kemudian kami datang ke sini dengan 100 persen dan melakukan yang terbaik lagi, dan kami kembali mengalami masalah mekanik pada motor. Saya sudah memberikan 100 persen."

"Saya tidak akan menyebut sejumlah nama, tetapi ya, dia adalah seorang dengan level tinggi."

Ditanya tentang rasa frustrasinya lantaran selalu dihinggapi nasib sial selama musim ini, Spies menjawab, "Tentu frustrasi, tetapi apa yang terjadi membuat saya tertawa. Saya sama sekali tidak marah."

"Terjadi banyak hal, satu setelah yang lain. Anda tidak tahu bagaimana meresponsnya. Jadi, apa yang dikatakan setelah Mugello dan apa yang terjadi, serta kemudian usaha yang sudah saya lakukan dalam dua akhir pekan terakhir, saya pikir tidak terlalu fair."

Namun, dalam wawancara yang sama, Spies tak ragu jika kru Yamaha tetap berada di belakangnya.

"Saya tahu tim saya, juga kru. Itu sudah diperlihatkan," jelas Spies ketika menjawab bahwa Yamaha di belakangnya 100 persen. "Motor bagus dalam dua akhir pekan terakhir. Saya hanya tidak respek dengan apa yang dikatakan kepada saya, dan apa yang sudah kami coba lakukan tahun ini."

"Saya sama sekali tidak mengatakan bahwa itu kesalahan Yamaha. Ini juga hanyalah ketidakberuntungan. Mengapa itu terjadi pada saya, saya tidak tahu."

Pada Senin (20/8/2012) malam, Spies kembali mengungkapkan di Twitter mengenai pandangan itu. Dia juga menepis spekulasi bahwa komentarnya tersebut ditujukan kepada bos racing Yamaha, Lin Jarvis.

"Saya membuat sebuah pernyataan akhir pekan ini tentang sejumlah ketegangan di tim kami dan apa yang orang katakan kepada saya. Orang selalu mengisi ruang dengan omong kosong," ujar Spies melalui akun Twitter-nya.

"Saya memiliki banyak orang di belakang saya, termasuk bos saya tuan Jarvis, yang mana sudah berada di belakang saya sepanjang waktu dia menginginkan Jorge dan saya di Yamaha."

Friday, August 17, 2012

Stoner: Rossi due back to Yamaha

MOTORCYCLENEWS Ducati Racers, Valentino Rossi (left), and Repsol Honda racers, Casey Stoner.

KOMPAS.com -Casey Stoner had criticism to Valentino Rossi, who decided to back joining Yamaha. According to the racers, Australia is responsible with what Rossi who had sounded, that he will bring the Ducati team champion.

Last weekend, Rossi made sure that he became tandem Jorge Lorenzo in the factory Yamaha team in MotoGP season 2013. "The Doctor" chose to exit the Ducati, after suffering disappointing results since joining the team, based in Bologna was in the early season 2011.

Action-winning nine World Championships grand prix this inviting sense concerned against Ducati Casey Stoner. As the racers who had success when it became a world champion in 2007 with the team, assess Rossi just ruin the Stoner's State team with a variety of komplainnya.

"I think she was eating enough pie cool at the moment," said Stoner to MCN, before there was confirmation that Rossi back to Yamaha.

"I just felt very concerned with Ducati since he went there and didn't do anything other than complain about motorcycles, and of course they now have a motor that works quite well, because he always lost to Nicky Hayden and Hector (Barbera), and nobody seemed to be proud of.

"We are listening to all this about how he went to lead Ducati reached an greatness and we do not see the results."

Indeed, Rossi reached the lowest point in her achievements in motor racing during the arena joining Ducati. Of the 27 appearance, racers aged 33 years this podium only twice and never be a winner. Ducati could not rise again since the 2007 world champion Casey Stoner.

However, Stoner became the only successful tame Ducati racers. The reason, several top racers such as Loris Capirossi, Marco Melandri, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner was unable to approach the achievement, which recorded 24 victories during the four years of joining.

In fact, Rossi, who touted could beat Stoner's achievements, rather helpless. Seven times MotoGP World champion is instead taking a step out of the Ducati and Yamaha, returning to the team that had brought him to grab success by grabbing four World Championships and recorded 46 victories from the period 2004-2010, though have to join again with Lorenzo, who had become "the enemy" even though they are one team (2008-2010).

In fact, Rossi and Jeremy Burgess, crew boss, never revealed their belief that the problems existing front end into a "disease" can overcome old Desmosedici. At that time, according to Rossi and Burgess, Stoner was too much complaining about the motor already took her first degree merengkuh in MotoGP.

"They've been eating his own words since day one. Jerry says that he only takes 80 seconds to overcome the problems of motor and it is an easy problem. In fact, now that they've spent nearly two years but no one was successful, "said Stoner.

"Achieving the best results in the Valentino Grand Prix in his first half dry series along with the condition of the shoulder injury the Ducati, and I don't see any change over the past two years and this is disappointing.

"I feel sorry for the people who were in the back of the motor. Valentino definitely did not want to push to the limit and driving a motor it is not perfect. He's already admitted it. If earlier he has been great in the Yamaha, and he didn't push it when the motor is not perfect, God knows how good motor.

"Obviously, he does not want to strive together with Ducati. Of course disappointing for those who've been trying he is able to, and he didn't even try to grab the best. "

Stoner added that with his attitude like that, not worthy of being a leader Rossi Ducati. The reason, former speedway rider Honda is only wanted for a good motor victory.

"It is evident that he could not win with Ducati and make it competitive, so he's looking out for the premier choice. He says want to end his career with them, but now she's even moving. "