Yamaha Race Training announced for Supersport.

Yamaha's European racing head office has reintroduced the Yamaha Race Training (YRT) programme to provide national and international supersport race teams, running the latest 2003 YZF-R6, with the best possible chance of track success this season.

Distributors and teams from all over Europe have been invited to attend the three-day event in March at Almeria Circuit, Spain, to gain as much technical understanding of the new bike and its race potential as possible.

The R6 is the most successful machine ever to compete in the Supersport World Championship, having won three manufacturer world titles in the last four years. Yamaha is expecting the latest version, complete with a new Deltabox III frame and R1-style suction-piston electronic fuel injection, to maintain this achievement.

The first day's technical theory will focus on the optimum usage of racing kit parts supplied by Yamaha Engineering Corporation (YEC). This will be followed by two days on track to test new kit parts and refine engine and chassis settings, with the assistance of Yamaha factory engineers and representatives of the major suspension and tyre brands.

The event will run in overlapping groups from 16th through 21st March and Yamaha Supersport teams wishing to attend are able to register via their national distributor.

World Championship riders from the Yamaha Motor Germany, Yamaha Motor France and Yamaha Belgarda factory supported teams have also been invited to lend their support to the occasion.

The YRT programme is an invaluable source of information sharing for race entries and was last run in the mid nineties to assist teams racing Yamaha's TZ machinery, the YZF600 Thundercat and the YZF750SP Superbike.