Yamaha Confirmed, Yoshikawa As Replacement For Rossi

Finally Yamaha Motor racing have confirmed that their experienced test driver Wataru Yoshikawa will replaced Rossi position for the Gran Premio Aperol de Catalunya on July 4th. Yoshikawa will riding in place of injuried Valentino Rossi until the Doctor is back to full condition following his broken legs.

Yoshikawa, a Japanese superbike champion, will riding the YZR-M1 which is Rossi’s motorcycle for the Italian side of the Fiat Yamaha garage and is expeted to be with the team for about three races as is expected about ROssi’s return dates.

Lin Jarvis said,

“We have considered many different scenarios and candidate riders to fill the temporary vacant seat in the Fiat Yamaha Team. We had always planned to use a rider from within the Yamaha Motor & Tech 3 family but for each rider we considered who is in active competition, their move to the Fiat Yamaha Team would have created another problem for their own racing programme or for the teams in which they are engaged.”

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