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Yamaha MotoGP Racing
2024 nameMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
BaseIwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Lesmo, Italy
PrincipalLin Jarvis
Rider(s)MotoGP:
20. Fabio Quartararo
42. Álex Rins
35. Cal Crutchlow (test rider)
MotorcycleYamaha YZR-M1
Yamaha YZR500 (to 2002)
TyresMichelin
Riders' Championships16
1975 - Giacomo Agostini
1980 - Kenny Roberts
1984, 1986, 1988 - Eddie Lawson
1990, 1991, 1992 - Wayne Rainey
2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 - Valentino Rossi
2010, 2012, 2015 - Jorge Lorenzo
2021 - Fabio Quartararo
Teams' Championships7
2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016

Yamaha MotoGP Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP.[1]

History

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The team was founded in 1999 following the retirement of Wayne Rainey, who had run a factory-supported team in the 500 cc class for the previous two years, with Kenny Roberts and Giacomo Agostini having run their own works supported teams before him.[2]

The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.[3]

Yamaha YZR500 ridden by Max Biaggi in the 2001 season

The early years

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Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002.

Biaggi achieved a total of 8 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.[4]

In 2003, Checa was joined by Marco Melandri. The team had an average season with no podium finishes.

The VR46 era

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For 2004, Valentino Rossi joined Checa at the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship.

Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005, when Rossi once again won the championship, collecting 11 wins.

Rossi and Edwards stayed with the team for 2006. Rossi earned 5 wins and finished 2nd in the championship.

For the 2007 season, both riders remained with the team riding the new 800cc Yamaha YZR-M1. Rossi had 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall.

Valentino Rossi leading Jorge Lorenzo at the 2010 French Grand Prix

The Rossi-Lorenzo pair

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For 2008, Yamaha had a unique line-up with Rossi being joined in the team by Jorge Lorenzo. Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Lorenzo continued with Michelin), Yamaha operated as one team and not two separate entities.

The title was won dominantly by Rossi who won 9 of the 18 races and finished on the podium in every race except for two.

Even though this was the learning year for Lorenzo, he was able to cruise to victory at Estoril and finished 4th in the championship.

In 2009, Yamaha dominated MotoGP with Rossi winning the title and Lorenzo finishing second.

The pair won 12 out of the 17 races, and Yamaha won the Constructors' Championship.

After seven years with Yamaha, Rossi left the team to compete with Ducati for two seasons.[5]

Rossi's second stint

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He rejoined Yamaha again for the 2013 MotoGP season.[6]

Titles after Rossi

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They won the 2015 Championship with Jorge Lorenzo[7] before going on a 6 year wait for their next world championship title with Fabio Quartararo.[8]

Grand Prix motorcycle results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike Team No. Riders Race Riders' standings Manufacturers' standings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Pos Pts Pos
1999 Yamaha YZR500 Marlboro Yamaha Team MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO AUS
2 Italy Max Biaggi Ret 9 2 Ret 2 Ret 5 4 Ret 4 3 7 2 1 2 2 194 4th 280 2nd
4 Spain Carlos Checa 2 6 10 5 7 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 4 6 Ret 4 125 7th
2000 RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS
4 Italy Max Biaggi Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 4 9 4 1 4 3 5 3 1 170 3rd 318 1st
7 Spain Carlos Checa 2 2 5 2 7 2 Ret 5 11 9 11 12 7 15 4 Ret 155 6th
2001 JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO
3 Italy Max Biaggi 3 8 11 1 3 2 1 2 1 10 5 10 Ret 2 Ret 3 219 2nd 295 2nd
7 Spain Carlos Checa 10 14 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 2 7 4 4 7 16 10 2 137 6th

MotoGP results

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By rider

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Year Class Team name Bike No. Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2022 MotoGP Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 20 France Fabio Quartararo 20 3 8 1 4 248 2nd
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 20 0 0 0 0 42 19th
2023 20 France Fabio Quartararo 20 0 3 0 0 172 10th
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 20 0 0 0 0 102 13th
2024 20 France Fabio Quartararo 20 0 0 0 0 113 13th
42 Spain Álex Rins 17 0 0 0 0 31 18th
87 Australia Remy Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2025 20 France Fabio Quartararo 0 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
42 Spain Álex Rins 0 0 0 0 0 0* NC*

By year

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(key)

Year Moto Team Tyres No. Riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points RC Points TC Points MC
2002 Yamaha YZR-M1 Marlboro Yamaha Team M JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
3 Italy Max Biaggi Ret 9 DSQ 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Ret 1 6 3 215 2nd 356 2nd 272 2nd
7 Spain Carlos Checa 3 5 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 4 5 2 Ret 5 7 11 Ret 141 5th
2003 Fortuna Yamaha Team JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
7 Spain Carlos Checa 10 9 Ret Ret 8 4 4 6 8 4 8 9 Ret 5 8 5 123 7th 188 5th 175 3rd
17 Japan Norifumi Abe 11 8 9 20 (31)[a] 16th
33 Italy Marco Melandri 17 15 11 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 11 5 11 Ret 45 15th
2004 Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL
7 Spain Carlos Checa 10 6 2 Ret 4 9 10 Ret 6 6 5 7 Ret 9 10 14 117 7th 421 1st 328 2nd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 1 4 4 1 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 304 1st
2005 ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL
5 United States Colin Edwards 9 6 8 3 9 7 3 2 4 8 7 6 10 4 6 7 8 179 4th 546 1st 381 1st
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 3 367 1st
2006 Camel Yamaha Team ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
5 United States Colin Edwards 11 9 9 3 6 12 5 13 6 12 9 10 10 Ret 8 4 9 124 7th 371 2nd 289 2nd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 14 1 4 Ret Ret 1 1 8 2 1 Ret 2 1 3 2 2 13 247 2nd
2007 Fiat Yamaha Team QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL
5 United States Colin Edwards 6 3 Ret 11 12 12 10 2 6 4 11 Ret 9 10 14 9 10 13 124 9th 365 4th 283 3rd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 2 1 10 2 6 1 2 4 1 Ret 4 7 Ret 1 13 3 5 Ret 241 3rd
2008 QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE RSM IND JPN AUS MAL VAL
B 46 Italy Valentino Rossi 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 373 1st 563 1st 402 1st
M 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 2 3 1 4 2 Ret WD 6 6 Ret Ret 10 2 3 4 4 Ret 8 190 4th
2009 B QAT JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE IND RSM POR AUS MAL VAL
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 2 2 1 16 3 1 1 2 1 5 1 Ret 1 4 2 3 2 306 1st 567 1st 386 1st
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 3 2 Ret Ret 1 2 1 Ret 4 3 261 2nd
2010 QAT ESP FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE IND RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
8 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa 15 1 22nd 617 1st 404 1st
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 1 3 2 DNS 4 3 5 4 3 6 3 1 3 2 3 233 3rd
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 383 1st
2011 Yamaha Factory Racing B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 2 1 2 4 2 Ret 6 1 2 2 4 4 1 3 2 DNS C 260 2nd 446 2nd 325 2nd
11 United States Ben Spies 6 Ret Ret 6 3 Ret 1 4 5 4 5 3 6 5 6 DNS C 2 176 5th
89 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga 10 10 18th
2012 QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA IND CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL
11 United States Ben Spies 11 11 8 16 10 5 4 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 88 10th 458 2nd 386 2nd
21 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga 2 20 (27)[a] 18th
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 1 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 350 1st
2013 QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 2 6 4 12 Ret 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 4 237 4th 567 2nd 381 2nd
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 1 3 3 7 1 1 5 DNS 6 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 330 2nd
2014 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 2 8 4 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 3 3 1 Ret 3 1 2 2 295 2nd 558 2nd 354 2nd
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ret 10 3 4 6 2 4 13 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 Ret 263 3rd
2015 QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 5 3 2 4 3 4 325 2nd 655 1st 407 1st
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 1 330 1st
2016 M QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 4 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 4 2 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 4 249 2nd 482 1st 353 2nd
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 10 15 3 17 8 3 2 Ret 6 3 1 233 3rd
2017 QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
25 Spain Maverick Viñales 1 1 Ret 6 1 2 10 Ret 4 3 6 2 4 4 9 3 9 12 230 3rd 438 2nd 321 2nd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 3 2 2 10 Ret 4 8 1 5 4 7 3 5 Ret 2 7 5 208 5th
2018 QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
25 Spain Maverick Viñales 6 5 2 7 7 8 6 3 3 Ret 12 C 5 10 3 7 1 4 Ret 193 4th 391 3rd 281 3rd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 3 19 4 5 3 3 3 5 2 4 6 C 7 8 4 4 6 18 13 198 3rd
2019 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
12 Spain Maverick Viñales 7 Ret 11 3 Ret 6 Ret 1 2 10 5 3 3 4 3 4 Ret 1 6 211 3rd 385 3rd 321 2nd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 5 2 2 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 4 4 4 8 8 Ret 8 4 8 174 7th
2020 SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR
12 Spain Maverick Viñales 2 2 14 10 Ret 6 1 9 10 4 7 13 10 11 132 6th 178[b] 6th 204[c] 2nd
31 United States Garrett Gerloff WD[d] 0 NC
46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ret 3 5 5 9 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 12 66 15th
2021 QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL
12 Spain Maverick Viñales 1 5 11 7 10 8 5 19 2 NC 95 (106)[a] 10th 380 2nd 309 2nd
20 France Fabio Quartararo 5 1 1 13 3 1 6 3 1 3 7 1 8 2 2 4 Ret 5 278 1st
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 18 19 14 17 11 7 (47)[a] 17th
35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow 17 16 0 (0)[a] 28th
2022 QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL
20 France Fabio Quartararo 9 2 8 7 1 2 4 2 1 1 Ret 8 2 5 Ret 8 17 Ret 3 4 248 2nd 290 5th 256 2nd
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 11 7 Ret 16 13 15 15 17 13 13 Ret 15 Ret Ret 17 14 13 Ret 11 14 42 19th
2023 POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL
20 France Fabio Quartararo 8 79 3 10 7 11 13 Ret3 15 8 7 13 36 10 35 14 5 5 7 11 172 9th 274 7th 196 4th
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 14 44 8 11 10 10 12 9 14 119 14 15 7 17 14 17 11 7 16 7 102 13th
2024 QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT CAT RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD
20 France Fabio Quartararo 11 79 12 155 Ret 9 18 127 11 11 18 Ret 79 77 7 12 9 16 65 11 113 13th 144 8th 124 4th
42 Spain Álex Rins 16 13 Ret 13 15 20 15 Ret DNS 16 9 19 DNS 11 16 13 Ret 8 21 31 18th
87 Australia Remy Gardner 19 18 0 26th
2025 THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL
20 France Fabio Quartararo 0* NC* 0* NC* 0* NC*
42 Spain Álex Rins 0* NC*

* Season still in progress.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
  2. ^ Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 198 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[9]
  3. ^ Yamaha scored 254 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[9]
  4. ^ Garrett Gerloff initially replaced Valentino Rossi during round 12 and competed in the two Friday practice sessions while Rossi was waiting for his COVID-19 test results, but was withdrawn from the race when Rossi was declared fit to race after testing negative for COVID-19.

References

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  1. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP - Contact us". yamahamotogp.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "MotoGP - FIAT Yamaha Team -". Yamaha Racing. Archived from the original on 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  3. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha Factory". yamaha-racing.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · MotoGP Teams". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "Rossi seals Ducati deal". 16 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Valentino Rossi to leave Ducati and rejoin Yamaha". 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Jorge Lorenzo wins the 2015 MotoGP World Championship". www.motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  8. ^ "Fabio Quartararo: the 2021 World Champion collection". The Official Home of MotoGP. 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  9. ^ a b "Yamaha handed penalties, no effect on rider points". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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