Yamaha Motor Racing

Yamaha MotoGP Racing
2024 name	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
Base	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan; Lesmo, Italy
Principal	Lin Jarvis
Rider(s)	MotoGP:; 20. Fabio Quartararo; 42. Álex Rins; 35. Cal Crutchlow (test rider)
Motorcycle	Yamaha YZR-M1 ; Yamaha YZR500 (to 2002)
Tyres	Michelin
Riders' Championships	16; 1975 - Giacomo Agostini; 1980 - Kenny Roberts; 1984, 1986, 1988 - Eddie Lawson; 1990, 1991, 1992 - Wayne Rainey; 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 - Valentino Rossi; 2010, 2012, 2015 - Jorge Lorenzo; 2021 - Fabio Quartararo
Teams' Championships	7; 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.

Yamaha MotoGP Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP.^[1]

The team was founded in 1999 following the retirement of Wayne Rainey, who had run a factory-supported team in the 500 cc class for the previous two years, with Kenny Roberts and Giacomo Agostini having run their own works supported teams before him.^[2] The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.^[3]

History

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002. Biaggi achieved a total of 8 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.^[4]

In 2003, Checa was joined by Marco Melandri. The team had an average season with no podium finishes. For 2004, Valentino Rossi joined Checa at the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship. Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005, when Rossi once again won the championship, collecting 11 wins. Rossi and Edwards stayed with the team for 2006. Rossi earned 5 wins and finished 2nd in the championship. For the 2007 season, both riders remained with the team riding the new 800cc Yamaha YZR-M1. Rossi had 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall.

For 2008, Yamaha had a unique line-up with Rossi being joined in the team by Jorge Lorenzo. Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Lorenzo continued with Michelin), Yamaha operated as one team and not two separate entities. The title was won dominantly by Rossi who won 9 of the 18 races and finished on the podium in every race except for two. Even though this was the learning year for Lorenzo, he was able to cruise to victory at Estoril and finished 4th in the championship. In 2009, Yamaha dominated MotoGP with Rossi winning the title and Lorenzo finishing second. The pair won 12 out of the 17 races, and Yamaha won the Constructors' Championship.

After seven years with Yamaha, Rossi left the team to compete with Ducati for two seasons.^[5] He rejoined Yamaha again for the 2013 MotoGP season.^[6]

Grand Prix motorcycle results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	Team	No.	Riders	Race																Riders' standings		Manufacturers' standings
Year	Bike	Team	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos	Pts	Pos
1999	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha Team			MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	AUS
			2	Max Biaggi	Ret	9	2	Ret	2	Ret	5	4	Ret	4	3	7	2	1	2	2	194	4th	280	2nd
			4	Carlos Checa	2	6	10	5	7	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	Ret	4	125	7th	280	2nd
2000	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha Team			RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS
			4	Max Biaggi	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	9	4	1	4	3	5	3	1	170	3rd	318	1st
			7	Carlos Checa	2	2	5	2	7	2	Ret	5	11	9	11	12	7	15	4	Ret	155	6th	318	1st
2001	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha Team			JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO
			3	Max Biaggi	3	8	11	1	3	2	1	2	1	10	5	10	Ret	2	Ret	3	219	2nd	295	2nd
			7	Carlos Checa	10		14	2	Ret	8	Ret	5	2	7	4	4	7	16	10	2	137	6th	295	2nd

MotoGP results

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	No.	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2022	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	20	Fabio Quartararo	20	3	8	1	4	248	2nd
2022	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	21	Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0	42	19th
2023	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	20	Fabio Quartararo	20	0	3	0	0	172	10th
2023	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	21	Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0	102	13th
2024	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	20	Fabio Quartararo	7	0	0	0	0	32*	13th*
2024	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	42	Álex Rins	7	0	0	0	0	8*	20th*

By year

(key)

Year	Moto	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
2002	Yamaha YZR-M1	Marlboro Yamaha Team	M			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				3	Max Biaggi	Ret	9	DSQ	3	2	4	4	2	2	1	6	2	Ret	1	6	3					215	2nd	356	2nd	272	2nd
				7	Carlos Checa	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	4	5	2	Ret	5	7	11	Ret					141	5th	356	2nd	272	2nd
2003	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fortuna Yamaha Team	M			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				7	Carlos Checa	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5					123	7th	188	5th	175	3rd
				17	Norifumi Abe	11	8														9					20 (31)^[a]	16th
				33	Marco Melandri			17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret						45	15th
2004	Yamaha YZR-M1	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	M			SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL
				7	Carlos Checa	10	6	2	Ret	4	9	10	Ret	6	6	5	7	Ret	9	10	14					117	7th	421	1st	328	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	4	4	1	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	1	1					304	1st	421	1st	328	2nd
2005	Yamaha YZR-M1	Gauloises Yamaha Team	M			ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	9	6	8	3	9	7	3	2	4	8	7	6	10	4	6	7	8				179	4th	546	1st	381	1st
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3				367	1st	546	1st	381	1st
2006	Yamaha YZR-M1	Camel Yamaha Team	M			ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	11	9	9	3	6	12	5	13	6	12	9	10	10	Ret	8	4	9				124	7th	371	2nd	289	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	14	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	8	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	13				247	2nd	371	2nd	289	2nd
2007	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	M			QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13			124	9th	365	4th	283	3rd
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret			241	3rd	365	4th	283	3rd
2008	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team				QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
			B	46	Valentino Rossi	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3			373	1st	563	1st	402	1st
			M	48	Jorge Lorenzo	2	3	1	4	2	Ret	WD	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2	3	4	4	Ret	8			190	4th	563	1st	402	1st
2009	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	B			QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	2	1	16	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	1	4	2	3	2				306	1st	567	1st	386	1st
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	3				261	2nd	567	1st	386	1st
2010	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	B			QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL
				8	Wataru Yoshikawa							15														1	22nd	617	1st	404	1st
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	3	2	DNS				4	3	5	4	3	6	3	1	3	2	3			233	3rd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1			383	1st
2011	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				1	Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	2	4	2	Ret	6	1	2	2	4	4	1	3	2	DNS	C				260	2nd	446	2nd	325	2nd
				11	Ben Spies	6	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	1	4	5	4	5	3	6	5	6	DNS	C	2			176	5th
				89	Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		10			10	18th
2012	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
				11	Ben Spies	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret					88	10th	458	2nd	386	2nd
				21	Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		2			20 (27)^[a]	18th
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret			350	1st
2013	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	B			QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	6	4	12	Ret	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	6	4			237	4th	567	2nd	381	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	3	3	7	1	1	5	DNS	6	3	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	1			330	2nd	567	2nd	381	2nd
2014	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	8	4	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	1	Ret	3	1	2	2			295	2nd	558	2nd	354	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ret	10	3	4	6	2	4	13	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret			263	3rd	558	2nd	354	2nd
2015	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	4	3	4			325	2nd	655	1st	407	1st
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	4	Ret	1	3	2	2	1			330	1st	655	1st	407	1st
2016	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	4	2	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	8	4	2	3	2	3	Ret	2	2	4			249	2nd	482	1st	353	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	Ret	2	2	1	1	Ret	10	15	3	17	8	3	2	Ret	6	3	1			233	3rd	482	1st	353	2nd
2017	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				25	Maverick Viñales	1	1	Ret	6	1	2	10	Ret	4	3	6	2	4	4	9	3	9	12			230	3rd	438	2nd	321	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	3	2	2	10	Ret	4	8	1	5	4	7	3		5	Ret	2	7	5			208	5th	438	2nd	321	2nd
2018	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				25	Maverick Viñales	6	5	2	7	7	8	6	3	3	Ret	12	C	5	10	3	7	1	4	Ret		193	4th	391	3rd	281	3rd
				46	Valentino Rossi	3	19	4	5	3	3	3	5	2	4	6	C	7	8	4	4	6	18	13		198	3rd	391	3rd	281	3rd
2019	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				12	Maverick Viñales	7	Ret	11	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	2	10	5	3	3	4	3	4	Ret	1	6		211	3rd	385	3rd	321	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	5	2	2	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	4	4	4	8	8	Ret	8	4	8		174	7th	385	3rd	321	2nd
2020	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
				12	Maverick Viñales	2	2	14	10	Ret	6	1	9	10	4	7	13	10	11							132	6th	178^[b]	6th	204^[c]	2nd
				31	Garrett Gerloff												WD^[d]									0	NC
				46	Valentino Rossi	Ret	3	5	5	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	12	12							66	15th
2021	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
				12	Maverick Viñales	1	5	11	7	10	8	5	19	2	NC											95 (106)^[a]	10th	380	2nd	309	2nd
				20	Fabio Quartararo	5	1	1	13	3	1	6	3	1	3	7	1	8	2	2	4	Ret	5			278	1st
				21	Franco Morbidelli														18	19	14	17	11			7 (47)^[a]	17th
				35	Cal Crutchlow												17	16								0 (0)^[a]	28th
2022	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
				20	Fabio Quartararo	9	2	8	7	1	2	4	2	1	1	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	8	17	Ret	3	4	248	2nd	290	5th	256	2nd
				21	Franco Morbidelli	11	7	Ret	16	13	15	15	17	13	13	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	17	14	13	Ret	11	14	42	19th	290	5th	256	2nd
2023	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL
				20	Fabio Quartararo	8	7⁹	3	10	7	11	13	Ret³	15	8	7	13	3⁶	10	3⁵	14	5	5	7	11	172	9th	274	7th	196	4th
				21	Franco Morbidelli	14	4⁴	8	11	10	10	12	9	14	11⁹	14	15	7	17	14	17	11	7	16	7	102	13th
2024	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	M			QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	KAZ	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL
				20	Fabio Quartararo	11	7⁹	12	15⁵	Ret	9	18														32*	13th*					40*	9th*	36*	4th*
				42	Álex Rins	16	13	Ret	13	15	20	15														8*	20th*

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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