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    samedi 20 avril 2013

    Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience: racing to promote social integration / Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience : quand compétition rime avec insertion


    After three complete seasons in the Endurance World Championship (EWC), Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience has taken on a fresh dimension this year as Yamaha’s official representative in the Superstock class. Viltaïs is also a charity which works to help the integration of young people in difficulty and has succeeded in combing its work with its passion for bike racing.
    Engagé depuis trois saisons en Championnat du monde d’Endurance (EWC), l’équipe Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience prend une autre dimension cette saison en devenant le team officiel Yamaha en catégorie Superstock. Association sociale favorisant l’intégration des jeunes en difficulté, Viltaïs a réussi le pari ambitieux d’associer insertion et compétition.
    The adventure began in 2000 under the leadership of team manager Yannick Lucot who is also the charity’s general manager. In 2001, the young residents of a home took the initiative of organising a racing bike show in Moulins, France. The operation was a success and was repeated until 2003. Meanwhile, 10 youngsters were recruited by Team Daffix to work at the Bol d’Or in 2001 and 2002.
    In 2003, the charity took its concept a step further by setting up a team to enter the French 50cc championship. It went on to harvest four titles.
    Christian Sarron became involved in 2008 as technical and sporting director and Viltaïs added French Supersport crowns to its record in 2008 and 2009.
    In 2010, the team broke new ground with an entry for the 6 Hours of Albacete, round two of that year’s FIM Endurance World Championship. Its reward was a more than honourable ninth place in its class!
    The following year, Viltaïs entered the championship with the support of numerous private companies and public bodies. Its 2012 programme only included the calendar’s two 24-hour races but it came fourth in its class at Le Mans. It has since changed its name to Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience, with backing from Yamaha France and Michelin.
    “We share the same values as the team in terms of performance and corporate responsibility,” notes Michelin Motorsport Director Pascal Couasnon. “Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience is both a sporting operation and a social project through its integration work. We have signed a three-year partnership with the team and we will continue to help them progress and try to battle for the Superstock victory.”
    This year, Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience is once again an EWC-registered team and plans to contest three rounds of the series in the Superstock class. “Our aim is to win the Superstock World Cup within the next three years,” says Yannick Lucot.
    The riders of the N°333 Yamaha-Michelin at the Bol d’Or are Loïc Bardet, Dimitri Berthomé and Fred Besnard who are targeting a top-three finish on Sunday afternoon.
    Since it was founded, the charity has worked with more than 100 young people in difficulty from a wide variety of social and cultural backgrounds. They now all have a common passion: motorbikes.
    L’aventure a débuté en 2000 sous l’impulsion de Yannick Lucot, directeur général de l’association et team-manager. En 2001, les jeunes résidents du foyer organisent le premier salon de la moto de compétition à Moulins (03). Le succès est au rendez-vous et la manifestation est reconduite jusqu’en 2003. En 2001 et 2002, dix jeunes sont intégrés au team Daffix pour disputer le Bol d’Or.
    Dès 2003, l’association passe à la vitesse supérieure en engageant sa propre structure en Championnat de France d’endurance 50 cc. L’équipe est titrée à quatre reprises. Christian Sarron rejoint l’aventure en 2008 comme directeur technique et sportif. Viltaïs ajoute deux nouveaux titres de Champion de France d’endurance Supersport à son palmarès en 2008 et 2009 avant de franchir un nouveau cap en 2010 en s’alignant aux 6 Heures d’Albacete, seconde manche du Championnat du monde d’endurance. L’expérience est concluante, le team termine à une honorable neuvième position.
    Le team s’engage alors en 2011 comme équipe permanente en Championnat du monde d’Endurance avec le soutien entre autre du Conseil Général de l’Allier, du Ministère de la Jeunesse et de la Vie Associative et de nombreux partenaires privés et publics. Seules les deux courses de 24 heures sont au programme en 2012. En terminant quatrième des dernières 24 Heures Moto, Viltaïs va prendre une autre dimension et changer de nom en devenant Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience soutenu par Yamaha France et Michelin.
    « Nous partageons les mêmes valeurs en termes de performance et responsabilité » assure Pascal Couasnon, directeur Michelin Compétition. « Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience porte à la fois un projet sportif et social à travers son travail d’insertion. Nous avons signé un partenariat de trois ans. Nous allons continuer à les faire progresser et tenter de grimper sur la plus haute marche du podium ».
    Cette saison, Yamaha Viltaïs Expérience est nouveau team permanent et participera aux trois courses inscrites au calendrier pour la catégorie Superstock. En progression constante depuis ses débuts, l’équipe se fixe un nouvel objectif « remporter la Coupe du monde d’Endurance, réservée aux équipes Superstock, d’ici trois ans » révèle Yannick Lucot.
    Loïc Bardet, Dimitri Berthomé et Fred Besnard se partageront la Yamaha-Michelin frappée du numéro 333 au Bol d’Or et tenteront de la hisser sur le podium.
    Depuis sa création, l’association a permis de réunir plus d’une centaine de jeunes d’âges et d’origines sociales et culturelles différents autour d’une passion commune, la moto.
    from motoracinglive

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    from twowheelsblog
    Following this morning’s first free pratice at the Austin circuit there was unanimous complaint from the riders regarding the track surface - that it was dangerous. The total lack of grip and the problem of keeping heat in the tires - that some riders described that it was like riding in the rain - and the result was that lap times were more than five seconds slower than the best lap set during the test in March.
    The second free practice with higher temperatures and more rubber on the track saw lap times start dropping after just 10 minutes into the session, with Jorge Lorenzo the first rider to break this morning’s 2.08 barrier, but the leader then became Stefan Bradl for a short while until Lorenzo regained the top of the timesheets.
    Watching Marc Marquez following Valentino Rossi you could see where the rookie was making tighter lines and where he was gaining the most time compared to the veteran rider, but it Marquez’lap with 18 minutes left in the practice that set fire to the session, when he blazed through the track dropping more than 1.8 seconds from Lorenzo who was leading up to that moment and then he went on to better himself again by another 0.050s to stop the clock in 2.05.055 and in the finale his best lap was in 2.05.031, with no rivals.
    Dani Pedrosa was second fastest and he was a little more than half a second from his team mate, while Stefan Brad in his last flying lap put himself in third and 1.1 seconds from the Repsol Honda rookie, demoting Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, to fourth and fifth, and at 1.606 and 1.837 respectively. Cal Crutchlow was sixth, and just 0.031s from the Italian Yamaha rider and he didn’t test at Austin.

    Andrea Dovizioso was forced to park his Ducati at turn 11 after his machine suffered a technical issue, but he returned to track with his spare bike and finished seventh and 2.2 seconds from Marquez and he was followed by Alvaro Bautista, Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies who closed out the top ten.
    Aleix Espargaro was the fastest CRT rider in 11th and he was 0.265s from the Pramac Ducati rider, while his team mate Randy de Puniet suffered a small highside at turn 18 and both rider and bike slid off track only his ART scuttled back on track. The French man would finish 14th.
    2013 Austin GP FP2 results:
    01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 2’05.031
    02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.554
    03- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.142
    04- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.606
    05- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.837
    06- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.868
    07- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 2.205
    08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 2.225
    09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 2.668
    10- Ben Spies – Ignite Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 3.003