Sep
22
Jorge Navarro Joined By Sena Yamada As Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Take On Aragon Grand Prix
Jorge Navarro, having further recovered from injury, will participate in the Moto3 round at Alcañiz. Estrella Galicia 0,0 Junior Team rider, competing in the FIM CEV Sena Yamada, will replace Fabio Quartararo.
With Estrella Galicia 0,0 rider Fabio Quartararo recovering from injury to his right foot, caused by a crash during the second free practice of the San Marino GP, the team will run a stand-in for the Aragon Grand Prix. Japanese rider Sena Yamada will be participating on the Frenchman’s Honda.
After the difficult San Marino Grand Prix, Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 head to their designated test track, where a few weeks ago they undertook a successful private test. MotorLand Aragon is also a track well known by Jorge Navarro and Sena Yamada, as besides being part of the World Championship calendar it is also a venue in the FIM CEV Spanish championship (in which Navarro is the reigning runner-up and Yamada a current competitor).
Last year, Aragon saw a second place finish for Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 rider Alex Marquez, providing the seventh podium of the ten he managed all season. Teammate Alex Rins took pole with a time of 1:58.318.
This year, Navarro and Yamada will be the men fighting to get the best results possible right from the first practice session, which will be held on Friday at 9am.
Sena Yamada (02/17/1994, Oyama, Japan):
Sena Yamada currently competes for Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 in the FIM CEV, in the Moto3 Junior World Championship class. The Japanese rider was previously twice consecutive champion in the Japanese national competition “All Japan Road Race” in the Moto3 class. This season he rides alongside Aron Canet and Jaume Masia under the Monlau Competition Technical School banner. Sena has 34 points in the overall FIM CEV standings, putting him in tenth position.
Honours:
2014: 1st All Japan Road Race Moto3 W Japanese GP wild card
2013: 1st All Japan Road Race Moto3 Japanese GP wild card
2012: 3rd All Japan Road Race GP125cc
2011: 5th All Japan Road Race GP125cc
2010: 20th All Japan Road Race GP125cc
2009: 20th All Japan Road Race GP125cc
2008: 13th All Japan Road GP 125cc
Team Estrella Galicia 00
MotorLand Aragon
Did you know…?
As is the case in the region of Sachsenring (Germany) or in Brno (Czech Republic), at MotorLand Aragón there is a long tradition of racing on street circuits. The Alcañiz street circuit held car races from 1963 to 2003. Later, for safety reasons, it was decided to build the circuit we know today, inaugurated in 2010.
The Aragonese track, designed by German Hermann Tilke, is 5.07km long, has 7 right hand corners and 10 left hand corners. It is a fast circuit that has several changes in elevation, most notably the ‘inverted corkscrew’ of Turns 7 and 8, which many compare with the American track at Laguna Seca.
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