by Mark Appleton
Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi made their first appearance together as reunited teammates in Jakarta, Indonesia today.
The Yamaha Factory Racing riders have two days attending various functions, the first of which was to reveal the new logo for Yamaha Motor Indonesia, Semakin di Depan.
Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis joined the teammates to reveal the logo before they went on to spend the afternoon filming a television commercial for Yamaha Motor Indonesia.
“I like the new Semakin Di Depan logo” said Lorenzo, “I think it’s quite special and even better than the one before. I love coming here to Indonesia, the weather is spectacular and it’s very warm. The people are also very sweet and warm; it relaxes me to be in the country. I’m feeling very positive about the 2013 season, I think the arrival of Valentino is good and we have a very strong team now. I know he is a very talented rider. We will start trying the new bike in Sepang at the next test; I think we have a great chance to be World Champion again. It is going to be very difficult as always, it’s the toughest category. We are confident with our possibilities though and we are one of the favourites.”
“I am so proud to wear the new logo and am very happy to be back in the family! I cannot wait for another opportunity to ride the M1” said an enthusiastic Valentino Rossi. “I think the Yamaha Factory Team will be very strong this year with myself and Jorge. For me at this moment I have to be a little quiet and try to understand what my level is with the bike after the first test. My last Grand Prix victory was in 2010 so my first goal is to come back onto the podium as soon as possible, and to try to win a race.”
“It’s really nice to be here in Indonesia and seeing so many friends of Yamaha and supporters of the team” said Lin Jarvis. “This year of course we have assembled our new team for the challenge of the 2013 MotoGP season with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi back together again in Yamaha’s ‘super’ team. This is a wonderful occasion for us to be here for with our riders together for the first time this season and also to have the fantastic new Semakin Di Depan logo, I love the new styling.”
