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  • Tapping the Potential Within 100% Hydrogen-Powered Engines   Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Feb. 17, 2022 No. 96)

    Tapping the Potential Within 100% Hydrogen-Powered Engines Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Feb. 17, 2022 No. 96)

    Yamaha Motor has been commissioned by Toyota Motor Corporation to develop a 5.0-liter V8 engine for automobiles that is fueled entirely by hydrogen. In Japan, Toyota and other automotive-related companies are about to begin a collaborative effort to expand the range of fuel options for internal combustion engines.
     
    As Yamaha “Motor,” the Internal Combustion Engine Is Dear to Us
    The Toyot

  • Introducing Yamaha’s Factory and Supported Teams and Riders for 2022

    Introducing Yamaha’s Factory and Supported Teams and Riders for 2022

    February 8, 2022—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. engages in racing efforts around the world in road racing, motocross, trials and more, including the MotoGP World Championship, World Superbike Championship and the All Japan Road Race, Motocross and Trials championships. These efforts have three main goals: enhancing the value of the Yamaha brand, developing advanced technologies for our production machines

  • WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Reveals 2022 Livery and Programs

    WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Reveals 2022 Livery and Programs

    February 4, 2022 – WithU Yamaha RNF New look and line-up for WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team presented during a special event in Verona, Italy.
    There could not have been a more iconic and original stage than the Philharmonic Theater in Verona, where WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team unveiled the new livery of the Yamaha YZR-M1 for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship, but also the one dedicated to MotoE.

  • Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Ready for 2022 Title Quest

    Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Ready for 2022 Title Quest

    February 4, 2022 – Today, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team held their Online Team Presentation to officially open their 2022 campaign. Spearheaded by two young and competitive riders, Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli, the team is eager for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship kick-off in Qatar in March.
    To set the tone for the upcoming MotoGP season, newly-appointed General Manager Mot

  • A Laser-Guided Eye in the Sky Digitally Mapping Japan’s Forests Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Jan. 31, 2022 No. 95)

    A Laser-Guided Eye in the Sky Digitally Mapping Japan’s Forests Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Jan. 31, 2022 No. 95)

    Yamaha Motor’s industrial-use unmanned helicopters are offering new solutions in a wide range of fields, from raising productivity in agriculture and providing aerial transport of goods and materials to observation, disaster readiness and prevention, and surveillance.
    Aerial forestry surveys are yet another service solution Yamaha is offering with its unmanned helicopters, which are fitted with

  • Prep through Play for Disaster Readiness   Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Jan. 12, 2022 No. 94)

    Prep through Play for Disaster Readiness Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Jan. 12, 2022 No. 94)

    Japan is a country frequently hit by natural disasters—from daily earthquakes to seasonal typhoons—and in order to ensure government functions remain in place should disaster strike, the importance of both individuals and communities taking the initiative to prepare for them has come under the spotlight.
    However, it is often the case that when an emergency situation actually does arise, the equ

  • Razgatlıoğlu Crowned 2021 WorldSBK Champion in Indonesia!

    Razgatlıoğlu Crowned 2021 WorldSBK Champion in Indonesia!

    November 22, 2021 –Toprak Razgatlıoğlu was crowned the 2021 FIM Superbike World Champion at a dramatic Indonesian finale, with Yamaha and Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK winning the Manufactures’ and Teams’ titles.
    Heading into the day with a 30-point advantage in the championship, Razgatlıoğlu sealed the title in this morning’s first race at the Mandalika International Street Circuit, finishin

  • Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team to Make Moto2 World Championship Debut in 2022

    Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team to Make Moto2 World Championship Debut in 2022

    November 19, 2021 –Following the great success of the biannual Yamaha VR46 Master Camp training programme in Tavullia and VR46 Master Camp Team’s five years of FIM CEV experience, the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp project will be taken to a new level in 2022 as part of a collaboration between Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Yamaha Motor Europe N.V., and VR46. Next year the Yamaha VR

  • Innovation From the Factory Floor: Yamaha Motor’s SpinForged Wheels    Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Nov. 11, 2021 No. 93)

    Innovation From the Factory Floor: Yamaha Motor’s SpinForged Wheels Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Nov. 11, 2021 No. 93)

    Developed for the all-new 2021 MT-09 motorcycle, Yamaha’s SpinForged Wheels established a new and innovative way to reduce weight through the flow forming process they are manufactured with. One of the key drivers that led to the successful application of this method with a mass-production motorcycle for the first time in the world was the development of a special aluminum alloy tailored specifica

  • Maxime Renaux Crowned MX2 World Champion after Stunning Grand Prix of Garda Victory

    Maxime Renaux Crowned MX2 World Champion after Stunning Grand Prix of Garda Victory

    November 2, 2021 –Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Maxime Renaux has been crowned 2021 MX2 World Champion at the 16th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Pietramurata, Italy, after celebrating a phenomenal Grand Prix win with a thrilling race victory – his eighth of the season.
    An incredible 12 podiums from 16 rounds, eight race wins, five Grand Prix wins and 20 top-three finish

  • Fabio Quartararo’s Road to MotoGP Success

    Fabio Quartararo’s Road to MotoGP Success

    October 25, 2021 –From tipped ’title threat‘ when he debuted in the Moto3 class in 2015, to 2021 MotoGP World Champion in his first year with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team: Fabio Quartararo is a remarkable talent with an inspiring success story.
    In his very first year with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team, Fabio Quartararo showed incredible speed, maturity, and heroic perseverance

  • New for 2022: WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team is born

    New for 2022: WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team is born

    October 25, 2021 –RNF Racing presents WithU as title partner and Yamaha backing for the MotoGP satellite team with riders Andrea Dovizioso and Darryn Binder.
    RNF Racing is pleased to confirm that for the 2022 season it will be joined by title partner WithU, and with Yamaha support, will be present in the MotoGP World Championship premier class as WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team.
    WithU was one o

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