Sebagai bagian dari perayaan 50th Anniversary of Grand Prix Yamaha, dua pebalap Yamaha Factory Team akan mengenakan seragam putih/merah pada MotoGP Amerika Serikat 2011 di Laguna Seca.
Seragam ini dipakai Jorge Lorenzo dan Ben Spies ketika membalap di MotoGP Belanda 2011 lalu dan akan dipakai kembali pada MotoGP Amerika Serikat pada 24 Juli 2011.
Kemarin sore (waktu setempat), pasangan pebalap dari Monster Yamaha Tech 3 yakni Colin Edwards dan Cal Crutchlow berkunjung ke pit lane sirkuit Laguna Seca.
Kelima bertemu dengan Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey dan Kenny Roberts Sr. Ketiganya merupakan bekas pebalap Yamaha.
Semuanya begaya di depan Yamaha YZR-M1 untuk diabadikan. Kelima pebalap Yamaha berdiskusi dengan para legenda.
Sebelum mereka bertemu, Kenny melakukan persiapan terhadap Yamaha M1 dan Yamaha YZR500. Kenny akan melakukan beberapa putaran di Laguna Seca dalam **** pertunjukkan
Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Free Practice 1 Result:
01. Casey Stoner [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:300s
02. Dani Pedrosa [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:402s
03. Jorge Lorenzo [Yamaha Factory Racing] 1:22:420s
04. Ben Spies [Yamaha Factory Racing] 1:22:806s
05. Andrea Dovizioso [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:911s
06. Marco Simoncelli [San Carlo Honda Gresini] 1:23:210s
07. Nicky Hayden [Ducati Team] 1:23:297s
08. Colin Edwards [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] 1:23:459s
09. Valentino Rossi [Ducati Team] 1:23:467s
10. Alvaro Bautista [Rizla Suzuki MotoGP] 1:23:529s
11. Hector Barbera [Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP] 1:23:596s
12. Randy de Puniet [Pramac Racing Team] 1:23:807s
13. Cal Crutchlow [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] 1:24:018s
14. Toni Elias [LCR Honda] 1:24:324s
15. Loris Capirossi [Pramac Racing Team] 1:24:566s
16. Karel Abraham [Cardion AB Motoracing] 1:24:682s
17. Hiroshi Aoyama [San Carlo Honda Gresini] 1:25:325s
18. Ben Bostrom [LCR Honda] 1:27:286s
Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Free Practice 2 Result:
01. Jorge Lorenzo [Yamaha Factory Racing] 1:22:056s
02. Dani Pedrosa [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:197s
03. Casey Stoner [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:231s
04. Andrea Dovizioso [Repsol Honda Team] 1:22:537s
05. Ben Spies [Yamaha Factory Racing] 1:22:615s
06. Marco Simoncelli [San Carlo Honda Gresini] 1:22:803s
07. Alvaro Bautista [Rizla Suzuki MotoGP] 1:23:056s
08. Randy de Puniet [Pramac Racing Team] 1:23:135s
09. Colin Edwards [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] 1:23:183s
10. Nicky Hayden [Ducati Team] 1:23:195s
11. Valentino Rossi [Ducati Team] 1:23:369s
12. Hector Barbera [Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP] 1:23:424s
13. Cal Crutchlow [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] 1:23:707s
14. Karel Abraham [Cardion AB Motoracing] 1:23:811s
15. Toni Elias [LCR Honda] 1:23:830s
16. Hiroshi Aoyama [San Carlo Honda Gresini] 1:24:590s
17. Loris Capirossi [Pramac Racing Team] 1:24:663s
18. Ben Bostrom [LCR Honda] 1:26:159s