The Fiat Yamaha Team will carry a special livery in Laguna Seca this weekend to celebrate the upcoming launch of the modern-generation Fiat 500 in the USA. The team unveiled their one-off Laguna Seca livery this afternoon, with both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo present.

Global fans of Fiat and Yamaha were given the chance to submit their photos to be pictured on the fairings of the M1s of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo for this race, with 500 spots available on each bike. It took less than 30 minutes to fill the fairings when the special website was opened for the submission of photos.

Laguna Seca is situated near the town of Monterey in California, just a few kilometres from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the shortest lap distances on the calendar and because of this the riders will face the most laps in any race this season, when they tackle 32 circulations of this very demanding circuit.

The action begins at Laguna on Friday with an hour of practice in the afternoon, followed by a further hour in preparation for the race on Saturday morning. The afternoon will see qualifying take place as the riders battle it out for the best grid position for Sunday’s main event, which will get underway at 14.00hrs local time (21.00hrs GMT).

Photo : Fiat Yamaha Team

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