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  • Andrea Dovizioso To Retire from MotoGP after 2022 San Marino GP

    August 5, 2022—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirm MotoGP star Andrea Dovizioso’s decision to retire from his 20-year Grand Prix racing career at the 2022 Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini, exactly one year after joining Yamaha’s MotoGP program.
    Dovizioso and Yamaha have maintained a warm relationship since he completed a successful season with the Tech3 Yamaha satellite team in 20

  • Yamaha Motor’s Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters at Work in Australia’s Skies   Yamaha Motor Newsletter(July 25, 2022 No. 101)

    Yamaha Motor’s Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters at Work in Australia’s Skies Yamaha Motor Newsletter(July 25, 2022 No. 101)

    Various parts of Australia are facing damage to local biodiversity and agriculture due to invasive ants introduced from overseas, and Norfolk Island, a small but beautiful island located in the South Pacific Ocean, is one of these places.
    Argentine ant colonies throughout the island are not only threatening its endemic ecosystems but also raising concerns about health hazards. This is what led

  • Four Types of Kando Found Under Japan’s Blue Skies   Yamaha Motor Newsletter(June 27, 2022 No. 100)

    Four Types of Kando Found Under Japan’s Blue Skies Yamaha Motor Newsletter(June 27, 2022 No. 100)

    Yamaha Motor’s Parent-Child Motorcycle Class has been held unabated in Japan since the late-1980s and is aimed at giving young children their first experience of riding a motorcycle.
    Under the guidance of experienced instructors, the class teaches children—and their parents—basic motorcycle operation and traffic safety knowledge using the PW50 model for kids. The class is held in locations nati

  • 11th Yamaha VR46 Master Camp is a Go Next Week

    11th Yamaha VR46 Master Camp is a Go Next Week

    June 7, 2022—The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp training programme is back for the eleventh edition of its training programme, staged at Valentino Rossi‘s VR46 Motor Ranch and other VR46 Rider Academy training locations from 6 - 11 June 2022.
    The five selected talented riders are all currently competing in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. The new Master Camp students include Passkon Sanluang (ag

  • Monster Energy Company and Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team Announce Multi-Year Title Sponsor Renewal

    Monster Energy Company and Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team Announce Multi-Year Title Sponsor Renewal

    June 4, 2022—Monster Energy Company and Yamaha Motor continue their global alliance by confirming a second consecutive multi-year agreement. Monster Energy will continue as the Title Sponsor of the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team.
    Yamaha is pleased to announce that Monster Energy Company will remain the Title Sponsor of the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team and will therefore continue to race

  • Yamaha and Quartararo Renew Contract for 2023 - 2024

    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)

    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

    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

    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)

    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)

    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

    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

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