TRAININGS REPORT

YAKHNICH MOTORSPORT

ALMERIA 24-27 JANUARY 2012

Satisfation for the good work was the main feeling of the whoole Yakhnich Team at the end of the second training session, held in Almeria from 24 till 27 january. All planned programs was finally did, and, especially for the Supersport bike of Vladimir Leonov whe had the possibility to acquire all the desired datas.

Suspensions, engine and electronic managements of the bike was developed day by day in the right direction, and after the very good results obtained in Jerez last week, we had even in Almeria very good feedback from the rider and from the chrono response.

Already in the first day of training the ritmh was already fixed in 1’39” low. In the second the rider was able to stay for many lpas between 1’38”1 and 1’38”5, and in the thirdh day it was easy for him to fix the best time of 1’37”8.

The last day, the not good weather conditions suggested the team to stop the work in the late morning but it is considerable a good sign that he was able to ride on the rithm of 1’38” low with the asphalt at 5 °C!

Vladimir Leonov: “In this second training we finalized the work on the bike setting, and it was easy to push more and more every session, taking the confidence to ride better and better. Unfortunatly we couldn’t do the long run prevented for the last day, but in this moment I can say that the feeling with the bike and the team is very good. All of us know that now in Australia will be very hard to confirm this results, but we will do our best”.

Sergey Vlasov too confirmed his good mood. In the first two day he worked with the team to find a basic setting with the first suspension set, and run by run his performances increasd, up to reach 1’42” as stable rithm. In the third day we tested a new suspension and immediatly he felt the differences. With this new materials his perfonmances increased again up to signing the best lap in 1’41”9, tyhat is a very good time for a stock 600 in Almeria.

Sergey Vlasov: “I’m happy to see the progression of performances from the bike and from myself, after the knee operation. In this two last training days I had some pain in the neck caming after the crash in jerez last week, but it is good to understand that both, me and the bike, are already about at 80% of top perfromaces. And workinh with the new materials we are sure to obtain better results in the future”

Even the other components of the team made many chilometers in this 4 days. David Leonov is improving quickly riding his Trophy R6. Every session 1 second faster up to sign a promising 1’51”, that is a very good time considering his lack of experience and considering that Almeria is one of the most techincal circuit in Europe.

Nataliya Lyubimova testd some different settings for his Stock R6, and in tyhe last two days her laptimes was stable around 1’51”,- 1’52”. The feeling with the bike increased day by day, and she would have easily broken the 1’50” wall if in the last day we would had better weather conditions.

Nadia Yakhnich did not had meny sessions, as she is recovering the best condition after the terrible accident of last october in Mugello, but it is confortable to see that she is able to do easily good laptimes even staying without riding for many months and still soffering some pain in the left knee that do not give her the best confidence. For sure she will be more aggressive in next training in febraury!

The guest

Even in Almeria we had Dakota Mamola and his father Randy as guest in the box. Dakota fixed bettere and better his friendship with all team components and especially with all the riders.
Russian and americans friend in the name of motorciclysm...Yes, it is possibile and funny, even thank’s to the grat character of the mythic Randy, a very great champion of the past ready to help all of us with his consulting during the practice.
Dakota continued to increase his good performances, and finalized the test with an impressive 1’43”6.

Dakota Mamola: “It was a pleasure for me to join this team, and I hope we could work together in the future in the R6 Trophy, It was lovely to know David, Vladimir, Nadia and Nata, and spend with them this wonderful week. I wonna say thank’s to all of them”.

Randy Mamola: “When my friend Claudio Corsetti invited me and Dakota to this test, to join the Yakhnich team, I was happy to say yes. Claudio is speaking me many times of the great results and programs of this team, And I’m happy that, thank’s to Mr. Yakhnich, the motorciclysm is growing faster and faster in Russia. Our sports need this kind of enthusiasm and this kind of riders. I saw here in fewe days a future champion, like Leonov, and saw here even the future of our sport in a big country, like Russia.”

«Yakhnich Motorsport» - Season 2012

TRAININGS JEREZ 20-22/ jan/ 2012

The whole Yakhnich Team arrived in Jerez for the first team training of the 2012 season. Not so cold temperature but sunny weather conditions allowed to the team to start a good setting program for all riders.

Vladimir Leonov started to work with is mechanics to finalize the choose beetween two different suspensions sets, and beetween two differents engine configurations.

Immediatly from friday the 20.th the feeling of the rider with the bike started to be good, and we saw it on the crono: just after a couple of “warm up” runs, the laptimes started to be interesting: 1’46, then 1’45, the, in the begining of the afternoon even an astonishing 1’44”9... just the tenth of second to the official Supersport record of the Jerez circuit (setted in 1’44”6).

Really not bad start of the season for Yakhnich team especially if we consider that we are working with not perfect asphalt condition and with the Pirelli SC2 in front and rear, abosolutely not the best compound for laptime attack.

Saturday and Sunday we continued on that direction. The testing program was a little bit stopped in saturday afternoon, due to some electric and engine problems, so the program was deleted of some sessions. Sunday the weather in the middle of the day was sliglty wormer, and the program was completed, improving still the already good performances. Infact, as on friday the rithm was setted around 1’45”, on sunday Leonov was able to ride for many laps under that limit, and fixing the best lap in 1’44”7, just 1 thenth of second to the record!

During the days Vladimir had the possibility to discuss about lines and riding style with our “special” trainer Randy Mamola, and he was happy to apply immediatly some suggestion to improve hi performances from friday till sunday.

Vladimir Leonov: “I’m happy with the feeling with both bikes we tested. They have different riding caractheristic, but what is good is that both was fast in the same way. I hade to change my riding in some points passing from one suspensions configuration to the other, but at least we had good informations to go on with the development in next training in Almeria”.

On the other side of the box Sergey Vlasov started with a calm rithm to came back to riding after this winter operation to the knee. He is testing is Stock 600 R6 that will be used in Coppa Dei Due Paesi Trophy.

It was a very good beginnig even for him, as, after roling up the new engine for a couple of session, he started to push, up to arrive to 1’51”4, close to confirm his personal record of 1’51”0 in this circuit setted last year after a thre days training.

Vlasov is working with a new mechanich group and the day was used even to create the good feeling in the box, with all staff smiling at the end of the day!

Unfortunatly the saturday training was stopped by a crash at the second corner. IN any case on sunday rider and bike was ready to restart the program, and, lap by lap, the performances became more and more interesting, up to reach easily a stable rithm of 1’49” and a best lap of 1’49”2!

Nadia Yakhnich was not so lucky in her caming back after the terribile accident of last october in Mugello. Her new engine had a problem after 2 laps, so mechanich lost all morning to change the engine. By the way her desire to ride was stronger then the bad luck, and so, in the afternoon, in only two session, she started to keep a good rithm , setting 1’58”3 as best lap and 1’56”5 as ideal time!
Saturday a dangerous contact with another rider during the early session let her increase her bad feeling with thi training, so she decided to stop, waiting for a better luck in Almeria.

Last, but not least, David Leonov entered officialy the Yakhnich Team for 2012 Season riding his R6 trophy bike to take as much experience as possibile during winter.
His improving process never stops, so, after a quite start, he took the rithm always following Claudio Corsetti on the circuit, and signed a best perfomance of 2’06”... “Not bad”, as his brother Vladimir would say, for a rider that is here for the first time in his career... And improving the riding every day, at least he stopped the crono in 2’01”, absolutely respectable for a rookye in Jerez.

THE GUESTS

Special Guest in our box two foreigner riders: Rebecca Bianchi andDakota Mamola, son of the famous Randy.

Both of them are young riders with some experiences, but not so much in this class. Especially Dakota, at his second abosolute riding on a four stroke 600 bike... nevertheless, the good blood of the father confirmed the talent: OK, he know Jerez As he rode here with the 125 Gp bike, but sign 1’51”2 is a wonderful and promising beginnig of the season for this young rider. He shared the same Bike with Rebecca, and even the young italian lady, for the first time of his career out of the italian borders, signed a promising 1’55”4 that let us understand her possibilities in 2012 season, even when she will fight with the man in R6 trophy.