Yamaha Reveals Colors For Bike Team

Yamaha recently
announced the colors that Italian Marco Melandri and Ulsterman
Eugene Laverty would wear during the 2011 World Superbike
Championship.
The riders will sport the usual Yamaha blue corporate colors, but
there will be no sponsorship logo. Sterilgarda, an Italian dairy
food brand, has sponsored the team for since 2009 when Ben Spies
won the World Superbike Championship.
Laverty has had an active pre-season, as the 24-year-old achieved
the third fastest time during the latest test in Portimao,
Portugal. However, Melandri only came in 15th out of 16. It should
be noted that he has been recovering from shoulder surgery since
December, but plans to be completely healed for the
curtain-raiser.
"It was very important for me so soon after my shoulder operation
to be careful and take it easy on the bike," Melandri told Cycle
News. "I came here to focus on seeing the track and learning it
along with some more time on the bike. We haven't pushed very hard
at all but I'm feeling very comfortable on it despite the
discomfort of the shoulder."
The team will soon travel to Philip Island for the February 21 and
22 test.