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  • Yamaha and Quartararo Renew Contract for 2023 - 2024

    June 3, 2022 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Fabio Quartararo will stay with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team for a further two years.
    It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirm Fabio Quartararo as a Factory Yamaha rider for the 2023 and 2024 MotoGP season.
    Quartararo has shown great skills, comradery, and consistency so far in his two years wit

  • Field-Born: A Series of Short SDG Documentaries from Yamaha Motor Yamaha Motor Newsletter(May 25, 2022 No. 99)

    Yamaha Motor is undertaking a variety of activities aimed at addressing important societal issues that encompass the environment, natural resources, transportation, and industry, all with approaches unique to the company.
    “Field-Born” is a series of short documentary videos that trains the camera on the passionate people working to resolve these societal issues as they go into the field, search

  • Christian Craig Wins Personal First and Yamaha’s 5th Consecutive Title on YZ250F

    May 10, 2022—On Saturday, May 7, 2022, Round 10 of the 250SX West Supercross Championship (East West Showdown) was held alongside Round 17 of the AMA 450SX Supercross Championship in Salt Lake City. There, the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 250 Team's Christian Craig rode his YZ250F to an 8th place finish, which was enough to win the 2022 250SX West title. The feat brought Yamaha its fifth cons

  • Tomac Clinches 450 Supercross Championship in Denver

    May 10, 2022—At Round 16 of the AMA Supercross Championship held in Denver on Saturday, April 30, 2022, Eli Tomac, riding for the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 450 Team on a YZ450F, took a 5th place finish, clinching the 2022 AMA Supercross title. It was his second time to lift the crown, following a previous win in 2022.
    This is Yamaha’s first title in the 450 class in 13 years, since Jame

  • Seeking to Deliver Fun that Surpasses What Internal Combustion Engines Can Provide Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Apr. 25, 2022 No. 98)

    Yamaha Motor has developed the TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike which approaches achieving carbon neutrality by proposing the new value of EV-powered motorcycling fun. For this issue, we sat down with the project leader directing the development of this updated TY-E and asked about the project’s background and goals, the bike’s key features, and more.
    Also, the TY-E 2.0 is scheduled to participate

  • Accelerating the Future of Smart Factories with Automated Transportation Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Mar. 31, 2022 No. 97)

    Various efforts are underway around the world to make factories “smarter,” but it is said that the automation and efficiency-raising of transportation at facilities is lagging behind advances in production. In response, at the 2022 International Robot Exhibition, Yamaha Motor, which develops both robots and mobility products, integrated concepts and resources from both fields to offer new proposal

  • Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Commence Moto2 World Championship Debut

    February 18, 2022 – Today, the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team showed its official 2022 colours for their Moto2 debut as they enter the level of world championship Grand Prix racing. With Keminth Kubo and Manuel Gonzalez making up the young and determined rider line-up, the team is excited to commence their apprenticeship.
    To give a taster of the upcoming Moto2 season, General Manager of Yamaha’s

  • 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

    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

    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

    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)

    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

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