November 6, 2024 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Yuki Okamoto, whowon his first All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 title this season, will enter the FIMSupersport World Championship (WorldSSP) for the 2025 season, riding Yamaha’s new YZFR9supersport model. He will ride for the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing WorldSSP SupportedTeam with teammate Stefano Manzi, who finished ru
October 28, 2024 – On Sunday, October 27, 2024, Round 8 of the All Japan Road Race Championship, the MFJ Grand Prix, was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture. Yamaha Factory Racing Team rider Yuki Okamoto, competing in the JSB1000 class aboard a YZF-R1, finished 2nd in Race 1 and 3rd in Race 2, winning his first title in JSB1000, Japan’s premier class of road racing.
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November 5, 2019—The final round of the All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 3, 2019 as the 51st Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). In the premier JSB1000 class, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga rode his YZF-R1 to victory in Race 1 and finished 2nd in Race 2 to seal a second consecutive title win and bring h
November 5, 2018—Round 9 of the All Japan Road Race Championship’s JSB1000 class was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 4, 2018. It was a special round, as it marked the 50th holding of the Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who contests the championship aboard a YZF-R1, took 2nd in Race 1 and in doing so sec
August 9, 2018—Yamalube Racing Team rider Keisuke Maeda, who competes in the premier JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championship, will withdraw from Round 6 (August 18–19 at Twin Ring Motegi), Round 7 (September 1–2 at the Autopolis International Racing Course) and Round 8 (September 29–30 at Okayama International Circuit) of the series due to injury. In line with this, Thai rider Anu