August 2, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Álex Rins will be staying on as a rider with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team in 2025 and 2026 alongside Fabio Quartararo.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Álex Rins has signed on with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team for the 2025 and 2026 MotoGP season.
The vastly experienced Spaniard is a househ
July 22, 2024 – On Sunday, July 21, 2024, the 45th “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race (Suzuka 8 Hours) was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan. The Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team (YART), contested the event as Yamaha’s top team, riding YZF-R1 machinery. The team completed a record 220 laps (on the same lap as the leaders) to take the checkered flag in 2nd place, ach
July 2, 2024 –Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and the VR46 Riders Academy are gearing up for the 13th Yamaha VR46 Master Camp training week which will be held in Tavullia from 6 - 13 August 2024. Six new students have been selected: Gonzalo Sanchez Melendez (age 15, Spain), Takumi Takahashi (age 16, Japan), Dorian Joulin (age 17, France), Aymon Bocanegra (age 13, Peru), Wahyu Nugroho (age 21, Indonesia), a
July 1, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Yamaha Corporation aim to create new harmonies between their companies. With Yamaha Corporation all set as an Official Sponsor of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team, they will collaborate throughout the remainder of the 2024 season.
Today, the 1st of July, 2024, marks Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s 69th anniversary. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd is delighted to use
July 1, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce that Prima Pramac Racing will be Yamaha's 'second Factory Team' from 2025 onwards, while remaining an independently owned team. The multi-year programme foresees a close cooperation with Yamaha which includes the provision of same spec Factory YZR-M1 bikes, riders directly contracted by Yamaha, and MotoGP engineering staff contracted by Y
June 27, 2024—Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP aim to spearhead MotoGP's 40% non-fossil racing fuel for 2024-2026 with the help of the team's new Official Fuel Supplier, TotalEnergies.
Yamaha is delighted to confirm it has signed a multi-year agreement with TotalEnergies, making the global multi-energy company the Official Fuel Supplier of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team.
With the new agre
June 10, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co, Ltd. is proud to announce that the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team that currently competes in the Endurance World Championship (EWC) will participate in the 45th "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race between Friday, July 19 and Sunday, July 21, 2024 as Yamaha’s top team in the event.
In addition to providing technical support for the YZF-R1, Yamah
May 13, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that for Round 1 of the 2024 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship, the Taisei Rotec TrialGP of Japan at Mobility Resort Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture on May 18-19, three electric TYE 2.2 electric trials bikes will compete in the Trial2 World Championship.
The three riders will be regular All Japan IA Super competitors Kenichi Kuroyama ridi
April 18, 2024—The Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Asia-Pacific Championship (R3 APC) was newly established for this season by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and major subsidiary Thai Yamaha Motor Co, Ltd. with the goal of discovering and support talented young riders in the Asia-Pacific region. The opening round of the season was held on April 5-7, 2024 at Chang International Circuit in Thailand.
The R3 APC is an
April 17, 2024—The sixth and final round of the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Asia-Pacific Championship (R3 APC) on November 8-10, 2024, will be held at The Bend Motorsport Park in Australia in conjunction with the final round of the 2024 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK).
With this addition, the R3 APC will now consist of six rounds round with a total
April 5, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Fabio Quartararo will stay with the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for a further two years.
It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirm Fabio Quartararo as a Factory Yamaha rider for the 2025 and 2026 MotoGP season.
Keeping the exceptionally talented Frenchman in the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team was top pri
February 7, 2024 – For 2024, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. will continue our racing program in line with our basic policy of enhancing the value of the Yamaha brand, developing advanced technologies to feed back to our production machines, and promoting the healthy growth of motorsports.
This year brings changes to our rider lineup in categories from MotoGP to the World Superbike Championship and else
February 5, 2024 — Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Yamaha Motor Racing showed their desire for renewed success today at the Sepang International Circuit as the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team opened their garage doors to a select group of media representatives.
The colour scheme of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1, the pit box, the riders' leathers, and the team clothing had stayed the same
December 28, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. together with Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. are launching the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Asia-Pacific Championship in the 2024 season with the aim of discovering and supporting talented young riders in the Asia-Pacific region.The Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Asia-Pacific Championship is an expansion of the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Thailand Cup, which was held in Thailand in 2023. Races
December 4, 2023—Soichiro Minamimoto competed in Round 6 of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) that was held in Thailand from December 1 to 3, where he raced a YZF-R6 for the Yamaha GEN BLU Racing Team ASEAN in the Supersports 600 (SS600) class. He won Race 1 on Saturday, December 2 to take over the championship lead. He followed that up with a 2nd place finish in Race 2 on Sunday, December
November 27, 2023—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and VR46 are delighted to announce that Jeremy Alcoba will be joining the Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp squad in 2024, lining up beside Ayumu Sasaki.
The talent and ambition of the 22-year-old Alcoba make him an ideal addition to the Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp 2024 line-up. The team debuted in the Moto2 World Championship in 2022 a
October 9, 2023—On Sunday, October 8, 2023, at HSR Kyushu in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, Jay Wilson, who is competing in JMX's premier IA1 class for the Yamaha Factory Innovation Team on a YZ450FM, won both motos and secured the 2023 title, continuing a string of 17 moto wins in the process. It is Wilson’s second year in a row to lift the championship laurels after winning the IA2 title in 2022. T
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
