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Andros - Dayraut résiste à Rivière à Andorre

Jean-Philippe Dayraut conserve la tête du Championnat à Andorre.
© DPPI / François Flamand

Benjamin Rivière a répondu à Jean-Philippe Dayraut à Andorre. Le pilote de la Citroën DS3 suit de près le leader du Championnat.

Jean-Philippe Dayraut est parvenu à assurer sa place de leader du Championnat en remportant les qualifications et l'une des deux finales de la Course 1 à Andorre, lui offrant le maximum de points et le confortant dans sa place de leader du Championnat. Avec une deuxième place en qualifications et une victoire en finale, Olivier Panis a pris la deuxième place devant la DS3 de Benjamin Rivière, le Countryman de Bertrand Balas et la Clio 3 de Jean-Baptiste Dubourg complétant le top cinq.

Benjamin Rivière a en revanche été le plus efficace dans la Course 2 en décrochant la pole et la victoire en Finale. Le pilote Citroën a devancé Bertrand Balas et Olivier Panis, Jean-Philippe Dayraut ne prenant que la quatrième position à l'issue des qualifications. Le leader du Championnat est parvenu à accrocher la victoire en finale devant Bertrand Balas et Jean-Baptiste Dubourg, mais la victoire de Benjamin Rivière en seconde finale lui permet de pointer à seulement sept points du leader en repartant d'Andorre. Olivier Panis est également en bonne position avec seulement 11 unités de retard.

BY Jacques-Armand Dupuis(AUTOhebdo)

Andorre - Classement Course 2

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2013 SeDUCATIve vs MANigale calendar on sale

Earlier this yearMotoCorsa, North America’s Italian motorcycle headquarters did a photo shoot featuring model Kylie Shea Lewallen drapped over and around aDucati 1199 Panigaleand aptly dubbed itSeDUCATIve.

A little later they did another photoshoot, this time much more fun and entertaining and called itMANigale where the Motocorsa guys (not exactly Magic Mike look-alikes) dressed (including heels) and posed exactly like Kylie, and this series of pics became an instant success across the world and Motocorsa received kudos for their originality.

Strong on this success the company has decided to release the “SeDUCATIve vs. MANigale” 2013 calendar. Besided the wonderful photos this 13 month, the 16×16inch calendar features notable Ducati dates and history on each page and costs $16 with free shipping in the US (elsewhere charges apply).

If you’re interested hit this Motocorsa link to order.

via | MotoCorsa.com

Furusawa reveals that Yamaha Racing had doubts on Valentino Rossi's return

from TWOWHEELSBLOG

Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha was not as seamless as it was made out to be. Besides Rossi, two other riders

were gunning for Ben Spies M1, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow who both thought they deserved the ride much more than the unlucky Spies and certainly more than Rossi, after his two highly disappointing and disastrous years in Ducati.

Masao Furusawa has always been one of Valentino Rossi’s staunchest supporters, but the former engineer in an interview in Italy’s latest edition of Motosprint, revealed that Yamaha’sRacing

department were very reluctant on the Italian’s return, but it was the marketing and PR departments who threw him the much needed lifeline, knowing full well that despite his winless years, Rossi is still highly popular and what he can still bring to the table just in terms of pubblicity (the number of journalists and photographers in front of the Yamaha garage during the Valencia post season test proved it).

“Given the doubts of the racing department, Yamaha’s marketing and communication departments became the greatest movers behind Valentino’s return,” said Furusawa.

The Japanese engineer who retired from Yamaha at the end of 2010, also said that if Yamaha or Valentino should happen to need him at some point during the season he would be available and he also believes that Rossi will be competitive on the M1.