November 2, 2020—This weekend’s MFJ Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit marked the final round of the 2020 All Japan Road Race Championship season, and the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Kohta Nozane took 2nd in Race 1 on his YZF-R1 to clinch his first-ever JSB1000 championship crown, sealing the third consecutive title for Yamaha in the class following Katsuyuki Nakasuga’s 2018 and 2019 titles. With th
October 19, 2020—Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (YMUS), is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing team to field their campaign in both the 450 and 250 classes of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross and Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships. The Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 450 team will be spearheaded by Aaron Plessinger and newly-crowned 2020
IWATA, October 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective October 15, 2020
1. Personnel Changes in General Managers
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
OHASHI,
Takeshi
General Manager of General Affairs
Division, Human Resources &
General Affairs Cente
October 12, 2020—Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to confirm that the reigning FIM Supersport World Champion Andrea Locatelli will join Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team for the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship campaign. With Garrett Gerloff remaining at the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team for 2021, where he will be joined by Japanese ace Kohta Nozane, it means
October 12, 2020—On October 10, 2020, at Round 9, the final round of the AMA Motocross Championship held at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, the Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing team’s Dylan Ferrandis, who competed in this season’s 250MX class on the YZ250F, took 2nd/5th for 3rd overall in the event to win his first ever AMA Motocross championship title. It was his second title of the year aft
IWATA, October 8, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. (hereinafter “YMENV”), a subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) that sells products in Europe, began consultations with the European Works Council (EWC) concerning its intent to transfer all issued shares of Motori Minarelli S.P.A. (hereinafter “MM”), a YMENV group company manufacturing motorcycle engines in Italy, to Fantic Motor S.
IWATA, September 30, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its electric personal mobility concept model TRITOWN has been given the title “Winner” in the Excellent Product Design category of the “German Design Award 2021.” This is the first time that TRITOWN has won a design award.
TRITOWN is a compact electric two-front-wheeled stand-up riding mobility style unit
September 27, 2020 –Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a one-year renewal agreement with Grand Prix racing legend Valentino Rossi. Fans all over the world will be delighted to know that the nine-time World Champion will be participating in the 2021 MotoGP World Championship as a fully supported Factory Yamaha rider for the PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team.
Due to
IWATA, September 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective September 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in General Managers
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
MATSUMOTO,
Kazuyuki
General Manager of Production
Control Division, Manufacturing
Strategy S
IWATA, September 4, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the Wolverine RMAX-1000 in North American markets from September. The unit features both two and four-up versions equipped with a 1000cc engine - a first in the company’s recreational category of its key ROV (Recreational Off-highway Vehicles) product range in the RV1 business segment.
Manufa
IWATA, August 26, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that Siam Yamaha Motor Robotics Co., Ltd. (SYMR), a joint-venture company in which subsidiary Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is a part owner, will launch a pesticide spraying service in Thailand using Yamaha Motor’s FAZER R industrial unmanned helicopter, on August 2020.
SYMR will deploy the
FAZER R to deliver spr
IWATA, August 7, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective August 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in Group Companies
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
AJIMA,
Yuhichi
Managing Director of Yamaha Motor
Electronics India Private Limited
Yamaha Motor Electronics Ind
