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Yamaha Racing It is the sports division of the Yamaha Motor motorcycle company.

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Yamaha has engaged in the world of racing since the year of birth, in which the 3rd edition of the prestigious uphill race on the Fuji circuit with the “YA-1” won, the first model built by the house.

La Yamaha RD56

Yamaha’s debut in the World Championship takes place at the 1961 GP GP. In 1964 with the RD56 he obtained his first world laurel, in class 250, especially thanks to Phil Read as the top driver (who was the winner of the Piloti title) and to Mike Duff. The same title Bissò the following year with the RD05 and the same drivers (with Read and Duff in the first and second place in the pilot ranking)

In 1967 and 1968, he conquered with the model GO OUT The first world speeds also in class 125, with Bill Ivy and Phil Read as the top drivers, with the two who exchange the first and second position in the pilot ranking in the two relative seasons. In the same class, the world championship titles also wins 1973 and 1974 with Kent Andersson.

Giacomo Agostini in 2010 posing with the Yzr500 World Champion 1975 with Agostini himself and the YZR-M1 world champion 2010 with Jorge Lorenzo

In the 500 class, after achieving the first success in the Spanish Motorcycle Grand Prix 1972 with Chas Mortimer, the Yamaha drivers obtained 10 world titles: Giacomo Agostini in 1975, Kenny Roberts in 1978, 1979 and 1980, Eddie Lawson in 1984, 1986 and 1988, and finally Wayne Rainey in 1990, 1991 and 1992.

In the 1995 and 1996 seasons, in conjunction with the races in the European territory of the World Championship, the Thunderbike Trophy area, a category reserved for 600 cm³ motorcycles with four -stroke engines with four cylinders. [first] Yamaha, although not hitting the title, gets several podium placements and four overall wins in the individual Gran Presti.

From 2004 to 2009, his rush driver is Valentino Rossi who, riding the M1 and in the new MotoGP which replaced the previous class -class class, obtains the pilot title of the maximum displacement in 2004 and 2005. On this second occasion also the Yamaha The same returns to the throne of the manufacturers.

With the success in the 2008 World Championship, the Yamaha brings to 37 the worldwide world titles conquered, succeeding in the historic feat of surviving the MV Agusta in the manufacturers ranking of all time and placing itself in second place after Honda; The number has further increased with the victory of the title also the following year.

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In the period from 2010 to 2015, the Punta Yamaha pilot is the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, who brings to the team three other world titles, in 2010, 2012 and 2015. With Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha also obtained on the occasion of the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix 2013 the thirteenth century Success in the queen class of the world championship. [2]

Official team [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

La Yzr-M1 2009 at Jorge Lorenzo

It was founded in 1999 following the withdrawal of the Wayne Rainey structure which ran many years with official support. The team seat was in the Netherlands but was moved to Italy in 2005. [3]

In 2001 Yamaha entrusted the heading of the team to Davide Brivio.

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa ran from 1999 to 2002, bringing the manufacturers’ title in 2000 with their performance.

Max Biaggi won 9 games, both with the Yamaha Yzr500 with the Yamaha YZR-M1. In the 2003 CHECA World Chair was backed by Marco Melandri and the season was a failure. In the 2004 World Championship Valentino Rossi was a companion of Carlos Checa and Rossi won the championship.
Colin Edwards replaced Checa in 2005. Rossi won the championship and 11 races. The pilots were confirmed for 2006. Rossi ended up second and won 5 races. Since 2007 he took the name of Fiat Yamaha Team and both drivers were confirmed on the new Yamaha Yzr-M1 800cc, Rossi won 4 races and ended the third season.

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi in Laguna Seca in 2010

The year following Rossi Jorge Lorenzo was flanked, fresh winner of two world titles in class 250, and the curious case of two boxes and two teams of separate mechanics occurred for the two drivers, caused by the two different agreements stipulated with two different Pneumatic suppliers, Bridgestone in the first year with Yamaha and Rossi, Michelin who instead equipped Lorenzo’s bike.
At the end of the season Rossi wins the world championship again.

Also for the 2009 world championship the pilots remained those of the previous year, both of the bridgestone rubberized, and at the end of the season the team wins the 38th world title of its history with Rossi. The same couple played the 2010 season, where Lorenzo graduated world champion, winning 9 races and totaling 383 points, while Rossi, who had to skip 4 great prizes due to a fall during the tests of the Italian Grand Prix (On one of these occasions he was replaced by the Japanese test driver Wataru Yoshikawa), he concluded the season in third place.

On August 15, 2010 at the end of the race on the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic, the passage of Valentino Rossi from Yamaha to Ducati was announced. For the 2011 season, Jorge Lorenzo is confirmed by the American Ben Spies, former SBK world champion in 2009 with Yamaha. The pilot pair is confirmed for 2012. Lin Jarvis replaces Davide Brivio at the helm of the team.

In 2013 there was the return to Valentino Rossi’s team that replaced Spies; The Lorenzo-Rossi couple also remains unchanged for the years 2014, 2015 (the year in which Lorenzo obtains the world championship title, preceding his teammate) and 2016. [4]

For the 2017 season, following the passage of Jorge Lorenzo to Ducati, the Spaniard Maverick Viñales is hired alongside the confirmed Rossi. [5] The season ends with the second place in the manufacturers’ standings and in the team standings with four victoriesː three obtained from Viñales and one from Rossi. In 2018 the same couple of pilots of the previous season was confirmed. At the end of the season Yamaha stands third among the manufacturers and the official team is third in the team ranking. The only seasonal success is achieved by Maverick Viñales on the occasion of the Australia Grand Prix. [6] In 2019 Yamaha obtained two wins, in Holland and Malaysia, confirming himself in second place among the manufacturers. The private driver Fabio Quartararo also obtains considerable performance, in force at the Petronas Yamaha Srt team, capable of signing six pole position and obtaining seven podium placings by winning the title of Rookie of the Year. [7] In 2020, while winning seven of the fifteen races on the calendar, due to a sanction, Yamaha ranks second among the manufacturers. [8] For the 2021 season, the team group up as drivers Maverick Viñales and Fabio Quartararo, with Franco Morbidelli who took over from Viñales starting from the San Marino Grand Prix. On the occasion of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Quartararo wins the world championship with two races in advance, the first for a French pilot in the Regina class. [9]

In 2022 the confirmed Quartoraro and Morbidelli compete. Quartararo, with three wins and a series of placings, manages to remain in the running for the world bis up to the Valencia Grand Prix, [ten] Except then close to second place. Morbidelli closes nineteenth, the team ranking sees Yamaha in fifth place. [11]

MotoGP results [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The points and the final result are the sum of the points obtained by both drivers (unlike the manufacturers ranking) and the final result refers to the team and not to the manufacturer.

Legend 1st 2nd 3rd post Points Without points Bold – Pole position
Italic – fastest lap
Not valid race Not any./non part. Withdrawn/not class. Disqualified ‘-‘ Data does not have.

Superbike world [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In the Superbike World Championship he participated with an internal team until 2000. Since 2005 he also returned to this category officially supporting the “Yamaha Motor Italia” team, which obtained second place with Noriyuki Haga in 2007. Always in 2007, thanks above all At the contribution of the two pilots of the Yamaha Motor Italia Noriyuki Haga (second in the World Cup) and Troy Corser, obtaining the manufacturers’ title in the Superbike World Cup, noding 4 pole position 6 wins and 24 podiums in the same year all obtained by the Haga-Corser duo duo . [twelfth]

In 2009 the American newcomer Ben Spies won the World Cup obtaining the most victories and superpolies, supervising the last race the Japanese Noriyuki Haga who had passed with the official Ducati team. [13] In 2011 he sided Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty. Both pilots win races, in particular Melandri, at the agreement in the category, graduated world vice -champion behind the Ducatist Carlos Checa. At the end of the season Yamaha retires from the category, [14] However, continuing to compete in Supersport.
In 2016 Yamaha returned to the Superbike World Cup officially supporting the Crescent Racing team that deploys the new YZF-R1 entrusting it to the Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli and the British Alex Lowes, two other bikes, are entrusted to the Tóth team. On the occasion of the final race of the Superbike World Cup, on the Losail circuit, with the third place obtained in race 1, Guintoli reports the Yamaha on the podium of category after five years. [15]

In 2017, Yamaha increased his commitment in standard derived motorcycles. In the Superbike World Cup confirmed the collaboration with Crescent Racing as an official team. The Dutch Michael Van Der Mark is joined to the confirmed Lowes, coming from Honda. [16] Another bike is entrusted to the Guandalini team. In 2018 three motorcycles were lined up again, managed by the team of the previous season themselves. On the occasion of the Great Britain Grand Prix in Donington, the Dutch driver Michael Van Der Mark reports Yamaha on the top step of the podium, where he was missing from the 2011 season. [17] The season ends in third place in the manufacturers’ standings with three games won. In 2019, in addition to the official team, which deploys the pilots of the previous year, the Italian team made made in this category. [18] The Team Ten Kate with the Loris Baz driver also returns to the ongoing season. [19] Yamaha closes in third place among the manufacturers by winning a Grand Prix in Jerez with Van Der Mark. In 2020 Yamaha confirms himself to third place among the manufacturers going to win four great prizes. On the occasion of the Superpole Race at the Estoril Grand Prix, monopolize the podium, conquering the first three positions. [20] In 2021 the confirmed Razgatlıoğlu was joined by the reigning champion of Supersportː Andrea Locatelli. Yamaha returns to conquer the pilot title with the Turkish, [21] Eleven years after the only title won by Ben Spies. Locatelli, who is fourth in the World Cup, helps the Team to win the manufacturers’ title that was missing from the 2007 season. To confirm the absolute goodness of the R1 in the season, the title of the independent trophy with Garrett Gerloff also arrives. In 2022 Yamaha closes in second place in the manufacturers standings [22] With Razgatlıoğlu keeping the race open up to the Indonesia Grand Prix.

World Supersport [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Yamaha begins in this category going to win the first race of the 1997 season with the Italian driver Massimo Meregalli. [23] The first title in this category is the title manufacturers conquered in the 1999 season. In 2000 the double-pilot-carriage title with the German driver Jörg Teuchert arrives. Over the following decade, the Honda CBR600RR is the bike to beat in this category. To break the Honda domain is the British Cal Crutchlow that reports the Piloti title to Yamaha in the 2009 season. In 2011 it is Chaz Davies to obtain the category title, this season Yamaha also wins the manufacturers. In 2013 to win the title of world champion of Supersport riding a Yamaha is Sam Lowes.

In 2017, the new version of the Yamaha Yzf-R6 was deployed, entrusting its management to the Gt team, with Federico Costa and Lucas Mahias at the helm. At the end of this season Yamaha obtains the double title pilots and manufacturers in the Supersport class with the French driver Lucas Mahias and placing his own bike on the podium in every race on the calendar. [24] In 2018 the new R6 was provided to several teams. The German Sandro Cortese who won the title in his debut season in this category. [25] At the end of this season Yamaha also dominates the manufacturers ranking by going to obtain pole position and victory in all the races on the calendar. In 2019, Yamaha obtained both world titles for the third consecutive year, the Swiss Randy Krummenacher will appear among the drivers. [26] In 2020 it is the turn of the Italian Andrea Locatelli who won the title with over one hundred points ahead of the second classified. [27] In addition to the Yamaha manufacturers title, the World SuperSport Challenge ranking also wins the event, an event that replaces the European Cup, with another Italianː Kevin Manfredi. In 2021 Yamaha won all the races disputed except one, confirming himself in the pilot world championː with the Swiss Dominique Aegerter, [28] and manufacturers. Second consecutive center in the challenge for Manfredi.

In 2022, while confronting it with top -cylinder motorcycles, [29] Yamaha wins twenty -four races played by winning, in advance on the end of the championship, the manufacturers’ end. Among the Dominique Aegerter drivers, of the Ten Kate team, wins seventeen races (of which nine consecutive in the top ten) and regains the title with a granded in advance on the end of the championship. [30]

World Supersport 300 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Yamaha participates in the newly formed SuperSport 300 category starting from the inaugural seasonː 2017. It provides its YZF-R3 with countless teams. After winning four of the nine Grand Prizes on the calendar, Yamaha aggregated the title manufacturers and the pilot title with the Spaniard Marc García. [thirty first] In 2018 Yamaha wins two great prizes in this category and stands second in the manufacturers’ standings. In 2019 Yamaha closes second among the manufacturers obtaining a victory in the Great Britain Grand Prix with Kevin Sabatucci. [32] In 2020 he closed again in second place among the manufacturers, going to win three great prizes. In 2021 he confirmed himself in second place among the manufacturers going to conquer two great prizes with Bahattin Sofuoğlu.

In 2022 Yamaha returned to conquer both titles that were missing from the debut season of the category. To excel among the pilots is the Spanish Álvaro Díaz which closes the season with a margin of almost eighty points on the second classified. [33] Among the Yamaha manufacturers prevails over Kawasaki thanks to the best placements having obtained the same number of victories in the season.

Superstock 1000 FIM Cup [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Yamaha’s debut in this championship dates back to the inaugural season in 1999 in which the Italian pilot Dario Tosolini places himself third in the pilot standings. The commitment in this category remains almost constant in the years until the final season: 2018. During this twenty years Yamaha wins the pilot title in the two -year period 2004/2005 with the drivers Lorenzo Alfonsi and Didier Van Keymeulen as well as the manufacturers in the seasons in the seasons 2005 and 2007. At the end of the last season Yamaha turns out to be the fourth manufacturer for the number of great prizes won in Superstock 1000 Fim Cup with 29 successes achieved. [34]

Europeo Superstock 600 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Yamaha participates in all the editions of the European Superstock 600 championship obtaining the title in five of the eleven editions disputedː in 2005 with Claudio Corti, in 2007 with Maxime Berger, in 2008 with Loris Baz, in 2010 with Jérémy Guarnoni, and in 2011 with Jed Metcher . At the end of this championship in 2015, Yamaha appears to be by far the most winning motorcyclist house in the category with 46 active victories. [35]

In 2005 the Yamaha won the Motocross World Championship, winning the MX1 and MX2 World Championships with the drivers Stefan Everts and Antonio Cairoli, while in 2015 the Rookie Romain Febvre won the MXGP pilots World Cup riding a YZ450F of the official team Yamaha.
In 2021 the French Maxime Renaux won the MX2 World Cup.

Also in the enduro he obtained appreciable results: he won the World Championship in the E1 class with the Australian pilot Stefan Merriman in 2004 and always with the same pilot he obtained the second square the following year.

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