MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP ® RIDERS PULL OFF SUPERB DOUBLE PODIUM AT THE SACHSENRING Movistar Yamaha MotoGP ® ‘s Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales had completely opposite races on Sunday, with Rossi showing fast race pace in the early stages and Viñales making a great comeback towards the end of the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland. However, both riders were successful. The pair secured 2 nd and 3 rd place respectively – the team‘s first double podium of the season. YAMAHA RACER MIKE KLIPPENSTEIN PILOTS FX ® WAVERUNNER ® TO 2018 LONG BEACH CATALINA CHAMPIONSHIP! Yamaha dominated the world’s premier off-shore personal watercraft race, the Long Beach to Catalina (LB2CAT), for the 3 rd year in a row with Yamaha racers taking the top two spots. Yamaha’s Mike Klippenstein took the title aboard a Yamaha FX WaveRunner while Cyrille Lemoine finished 2 nd aboard a GP1800 ® WaveRunner. The Long Beach to Catalina race is a grueling 52-mile open ocean sprint that requires racers to navigate treacherous and unpredictable weather and water conditions. Lemoine finished 1 st in last year’s LB2CAT, and Mike took the title the year before, sealing up three consecutive years for Yamaha on top of the podium of this world renowned off-shore event. COMPETITION COMMUNIQUE ONE YAMAHA | VOL. 17 JULY 2018 Valentino Rossi Maverick Viñales