Fiat Yamaha colleagues Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, enjoyed a three day visit to Indonesia, a country with a main market for Yamaha. Rossi arrived immediately after testing in Malaysia last week, while Lorenzo came from Spain where he has been recovering following an injury to his hand.

Rossi visited Medan initially which is Indonesia's third biggest city, he was involved in a press conference with Yamaha Motor Indonesia's upper management. The press conference launched the ‘Semakin di Depan' program sponsorship, which will enable Yamaha Motor Indonesia's ‘One Step Ahead' motto to be carried out on the YZR-M1, plus the competitors' leathers this year.

Rossi then arrived at ‘PT.Alfa Scorpii', Indonesia's second biggest Yamaha Dealer, for the opening of its fresh showroom, also there were over 400 clients and media. Following the voyage to Medan, the World Hero arrived at Surabaya, Indonesia's second biggest city.  He greeted PT. Surya Timur Sakti Jatim, Indonesia's Yamaha Main Dealer.  Eventually he also visited the DBL Arena to liaise with approximately 4,000 Yamaha clients.

Lorenzo arrived to Indonesia's ‘Flower City' Bandung, where he participated in a press conference to launch the ‘Semakin di Depan' sponsorship. He also excelled in a warm welcoming at an exclusive fan meeting where he signed many autographs and liaised with local media. Following, he visited Jogjakarta, the place where traditional Indonesian art of batik is used, and met more Yamaha clients there along with enjoying some outdoor activities at the malls in Jogjakarta.

Both competitors will arrive home for two weeks, following the concluding preseason test in Qatar.  Lorenzo hopes to be completely recovered from his injury and Rossi will no doubt continue his dominance to the beginning of the preseason.