Italian professional road racer Nicola Canepa takes us for a quick blast around the Oschersleben Motorsport Arena on his Factory GMT94 Yamaha R1 + Big crash
Our man Al is around double the age and weight of an average 300SSP rider – how would he get on with the new pocket rocket on the roads and track at Valencia?
WE'RE AT the Yamaha press conference in Milan, for all the new 2019 bikes. We'll be keeping you up to date in this update story, then rounding up the main news in separate stories as we go along...