September 30, 2023-Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and VR46 are delighted to announce that 2023 Moto3 World Championship title contender Ayumu Sasaki will be joining the Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp rider line-up in 2024.
Sasaki is well-known as one of the big names in the Moto3 World Championship. Including the 2023 season, he has seven years of experience as a regular rider in this class. I
September 25, 2023—On Sunday, September 24, 2023, Round 7 of the All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. There, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga won his 9th victory of the season in the premier JSB1000 class and in the process secured his third consecutive JSB1000 title since 2021, which was the 12th in total for h
September 19, 2023—On September 16-17 2023, the iconic Bol d’Or race, Round 4 of the Endurance World Championship (EWC), was held. The Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team finished 4th, and in doing so secured the 2023 EWC title, which was the team’s first since 2009 and Yamaha’s first since 2017 when the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team won it.
The 2023 season saw YART take 2nd in the season o
September 5, 2023—Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that six-time FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea will race alongside Andrea Locatelli in the Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Official Team in 2024, having secured a two-year agreement with the Ulsterman.
Rea is the most successful WorldSBK rider of all time, winning six consecutive titles in an incredible period of dominance bet
August 11, 2023—Ahead of his wild card entry at Round 14 of the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, Cal Crutchlowcompleted a successful private test at the Mobility Resort Motegi (formerly known as Twin Ring Motegi) on 8th August 2023.
At the test, the Yamalube RS4GP Racing Team made their first steps towards their mission to accelerate bike development. It also was Crutchlow’s first opportunity to
August 3, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the signing of Alex Rins. He will be joining Yamaha’s factory team rider line-up for the 2024 MotoGP season alongside Fabio Quartararo.
The vastly experienced Spaniard has many premier-class and lower-class race victories (6x MotoGP, 4x Moto2, 8x Moto3, 18 in total) and podiums (18x MotoGP, 17x Moto2, 23x Moto3, 58 in total) to his na
August 3, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces that its partnership with Franco Morbidelli will be discontinued at the end of 2023 when Morbidelli will move on to new racing challenges.
Since Morbidelli joined Yamaha in 2019, the Italian achieved six podiums: three victories, one second, and two third places. He also claimed two pole positions and was MotoGP Vice World Champion in 2020. After
July 25, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Cal Crutchlow will be a wild-card entry in the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Round 14 of the 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship, riding the special livery YAMALUBE RS4GP Racing Team YZR-M1 at the Mobility Resort Motegi (formerly known as Twin Ring Motegi) circuit in the race weekend of 29 Sept - 1 Oct.
As the official Yamaha Factory
July 13, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. will compete in Round 5 of the All Japan Trial Championship on July 16 at Hokkaido’s Wassamu Circuit in the IA Super class with Yamaha Factory Racing Team rider Kenichi Kuroyama aboard the latest model TY-E 2.2 electric trials bike. The TY-E 2.2 is an updated version of the TY-E 2.1 electric trials bike that Yamaha has developed through participation in the All
June 7, 2023—Kohta Nozane was ruled unfit to take part in this weekend’s Gran Premio d’ Italia and the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland. Kasma Daniel bin Kasmayudin will step up as replacement rider for Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, joining Manuel Gonzalez.
Kohta Nozane has been ruled out for this weekend’s Gran Premio d’ Italia and the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland due to the back
June 5, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team currently competing in the Endurance World Championship (EWC) will participate in the 44th “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race from August 4 (Fri.) to August 6 (Sun.), 2023 as Yamaha’s top team for the event.
As indicated by the team’s name, the YZF-R1 machine will feature a speci
May 22, 2023—The 2021 Superbike World Champion, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, will leave the Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Team at the end of the 2023 season as he and Yamaha amicably end their successful four-year relationship together, with the Turkish rider seeking a new challenge for 2024.
Razgatlıoğlu’s potential on two wheels was clear from a young age. He won several national Turkish Motocross C
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