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2008 will be the Yamaha Spain World Supersport Team’s second season in
World Supersport, being a newcomer last year and having successfully contested
the Spanish Supersport Championship for the past five years. David Salom, will
remain with the team and will be joined by highly experienced fellow Spaniard
David de Gea.
Based in Barcelona, the Yamaha Spain World Supersport Team
is managed by the veteran Dani Devahive, who has taken the team to national
championship success three times since 2002 – in 2004, 2005 and 2006, before
finishing 2007 in fourth. Taking into account three second place finishes – in
2002, 2003 and 2004 - the Yamaha Spain squad is the most successful team in the
Spanish Supersport Championship to date. With one season of World Supersport
experience under their belt and a brace of experienced national and
international technicians in the team Dani is confident of making a next step
upwards in their second year in the WSS championship.
The team’s main
objective has always been to nurture young riders in the Spanish Championship
and then launch them onto the world stage; having done this previously with
Cardenas and Tizon, who both went into 250GP, the team is looking to achieve
success with its latest protégé, David Salom. Salom made an impact early on last
year in his rookie season in World Supersport, achieving a sixth at Valencia
followed on by a fifth at Assen. The 23 year-old Spaniard contested in the
national Supersport championship for three years prior to moving to the World
Series in 2007.
30 year-old Jose David de Gea, better known as David,
has raced in World Supersport previously but has focussed on other classes in
the last few years. His career has also seen him participate in 250GP and MotoGP
races, though his best success has been in the Spanish Formula Extreme
Championship, in which he is the current champion and has taken the title a
total of four times since 2003.
The Yamaha Spain World Supersport Team
is the third team to be supported by Yamaha Motor Europe in the championship,
joining YME’s own Yamaha World Supersport Team and the Yamaha Team Italia squad.
Yamaha Spain Team - National Highlights
2007: 4th, Spanish
Supersport Championship
2006: Spanish Supersport Champion
2005: Spanish
Supersport Champion
2004: Spanish Supersport Champion and 2nd, Spanish
Supersport Championship
2003: 2nd, Spanish Supersport Championship
2002:
2nd, Spanish Formula Extreme Championship
David Salom
Date of Birth:
16/10/1984
Nationality: Spanish
Residence: Spain
Career Highlights
2007: 21st, World Supersport Championship
2006: Spanish Supersport
Champion
2005: 2nd, European Suzuki Cup and 4th, Spanish Supersport
Championship
2004: 5th, Spanish Supersport Championship
David De Gea
Date of Birth: 09/12/1977
Nationality: Spanish
Residence: Spain
Career Highlights
2007: Spanish Formula Extreme Champion
2006:
Spanish Formula Extreme Champion and participation in 3 races
250GP World
Championship
2005: Spanish Formula Extreme Champion
2004: 3rd, Spanish
Formula Extreme Championship
2003: Spanish Formula Extreme Champion and
participation in MotoGP
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