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YZ65 Cup back for 2019

Following the hugely successful debut season of the bLU cRU YZ65 Cup, Yamaha Motor Australia is excited to announce the return of the popular junior category for 2019. A three-round Cup series will feature as a support category at selected rounds of the MX National series. Read More
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Top Timesheets on Day 2 in Sepang

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP‘s Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi enjoyed a positive second day of testing at the Sepang International Circuit. Despite the soaring hot track conditions, the team-mates put in numerous laps and took first and sixth place respectively in today‘s timesheets. Read More
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Start Their 2019 Test Campaign

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team had been looking forward to this day for months. They got to show off their 2019 team colours in action on the first of three testing days at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi spent the day working through a number of items and secured third and sixth place respectively in today‘s results. Read More
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Turn Their 'Beast Mode On' In Indonesia

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team unveiled its 2019 colour scheme and structure today at the Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta, Indonesia, causing great excitement. The launch event’s theme “Beast Mode On” echoes the new title sponsorship deal between Yamaha and Monster Energy, as well as the team’s mindset ahead of the official 2019 IRTA MotoGP preseason test in Sepang, Malaysia, held in two days’ time. Read More
What's blue to do at WSBK

Victoria’s Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit is ready to burst into life for the Yamaha Financial Services sponsored opening round of the 2019 World SBK championship on 22-24 February. To celebrate the new season, Yamaha Motor Australia will have a swag of trackside entertainment for race fans to enjoy right across the three-day event. Read More
Yamaha Motor Europe Confirm Extended WorldSBK Line Up For 2019

Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce its official line up for the 2019 FIM Superbike World Championship. The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team will once again lead the way as Yamaha's reference team, but this year they'll be joined on the grid by the GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK Team, who step up to the premier production class for the 2019 season. Read More
Positive End To Xavier De Soultrait's 2019 Dakar Rally Campaign

Bringing their participation in the 2019 Dakar Rally to a close on Thursday, the Yamalube Yamaha Rally team saw WR450F Rally mounted Xavier de Soultrait secure a highly positive sixth place result in the rally's overall standings. Read More
Yamalube Yamaha Rally Endure Mixed Fortunes On Penultimate Dakar Stage

Stage nine of this year's Dakar brought mixed emotions to the Yamalube Yamaha Rally crew. With Xavier de Soultrait putting in another solid stage performance to secure a spot inside the top five in the provisional overall standings, Adrien Van Beveren lost more than three hours battling with a small technical issue and was unable to finish the stage. Read More
Yamalube Yamaha Rally Riders Battle Through Challenging Stage Eight Of Dakar

Battling through a physically demanding stage eight of the Dakar Rally, both Yamalube Yamaha Rally team riders have reached the Pisco bivouac and now look ahead to the last two days of racing in the Peruvian countryside. With Adrien Van Beveren currently sitting fifth overall, Xavier de Soultrait has moved up two spots and is now placed eighth in the provisional overall rankings. Read More
Van Beveren Climbs To Second Overall After Dakar's Stage Seven

Putting in yet another solid stage performance today in Peru, Yamalube Yamaha Rally team rider Adrien Van Beveren has managed to move up three spots in the provisional overall standings. Currently holding the runner-up spot in the overall standings, the WR450F Rally mounted racer is less than eight minutes behind the provisional race leader with just three more stages to go. Read More