More Rumours ? Yamaha pulling out of WSBK 2001

Posted: Tue 24 Oct 2000

There goes that rumour mill again, this time it seems to firm up what we all suspect. Haga wil race 500 GP in 2001 And with him will go his team manager Davide Brivio and some other team members.to make the transition easier.

This means that Yamaha will have nine factory riders at the start of the Suzuka round of the 2001 GP 500 series. It is possible that Haga will join RED BULL team to partner with Garry McCoy, the other world reknowned sideways merchant. (Imagine trying to pass these two going into a corner - their two Yamaha\'s will be 6 bikes wide).

The rumour from Italy is that all Yamaha WSBK Spares are for sale as Yamaha drops out of WSBK to make GP 500 their priority in 2001.

Rumour also has it that James Toseland will join Neil Hodgson to ride in the GSE Racing team in WSBK \'s 2001. Toseland has been in World Supersport and British Superbike teams.