With the divorce papers already filed between BE1 ParkinGO Racing and Triumph we can officially announce that the Italian team’s new squeeze, guess what, will be Yamaha.

Yamaha will be returning to the grid with BE1 Racing after their factory team Yamaha World Supersport Team
pulled out at the end of 2009 after winning the WSS title with Cal Crutchlow due to lack of budget.

Yamaha had been in talks to both Parkalgar Honda and Triumph BE1 team to take over their effort before the pullout, and now one season later, BE1 Racing has taken up the offer with just 10 days of negotiations.

The mutual press release states the following:

Continue reading: BE1 Racing to race 'refreshed' 2009 Yamaha R6's

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Just yesterday we informed you of the rumor floating around that World Supersport team BE1 Racing and Triumph were on the outs, which was confirmed by the provisional 2011 entry list that already had riders Luca Scassa and Chaz Davies listed as riding Yamaha’s R6’s.

The official press release announcing the mutual divorce, is as usual in these cases clouded with very careful wording stating that both parties just couldn’t reach an agreement.

Press release after the jump

Continue reading: Divorce Finalized between Triumph and BE1 Racing

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The latest hot rumor going around is that World Supersport BE1 Racing team could be dropping their Triumph Daytona 675’s that they’ve been fielding since 2008, for Yamaha R6’s this upcoming season.

If Luca Scassa and Chaz Davies are going to be riding R6’s, the talk, mostly from the Italian media, that Scassa would be involved in the development of a superbike for the English manufacturer, ready for the 2012 championship, goes down the proverbial drain.

Apparently an announcement of the switch should be coming this week.

Source | bikesportnews

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