Yamaha Motor Racing

Yamaha Motor Racing
File:Yamaha factory racing.gif
2015 name	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
Base	Lesmo, Italy
Principal	Lin Jarvis
Rider(s)	46. Valentino Rossi 99. Jorge Lorenzo
Motorcycle	Yamaha YZR-M1
Tyres	Michelin
Riders' Championships	6 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Valentino Rossi 2010, 2012 2015 Jorge Lorenzo

Yamaha Motor Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italo-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP.

History

It 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. The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.

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Yamaha YZR500 ridden by Max Biaggi in the 2001 season

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002. Max Biaggi achieved a total of 9 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.

In 2003, Checa was joined by Marco Melandri. The team had an average season with no wins or podiums.

For 2004 Valentino Rossi joined Carlos Checa at the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship.

Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005. Rossi once again won the championship, collecting 11 wins.

Both riders 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.

Valentino Rossi leading Jorge Lorenzo at the 2010 French Grand Prix

For 2008, Yamaha had a unique line-up with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Valentino Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Jorge Lorenzo continued with Michelin), Yamaha operated as one brand and not two separate manufacturers. The title was won dominantly by the returning hero 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 Jorge Lorenzo, the Spanish star 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.

MotoGP results

(key)

Year	Moto	Team	Tyres	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts	Final Pos
2002	Yamaha YZR-M1	Marlboro Yamaha Team	M		JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			356	2nd
				Max Biaggi	Ret	9	DSQ	3	2	4	4	2	2	1	6	2	Ret	1	6	3
				Carlos Checa	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	4	5	2	Ret	5	7	11	Ret
2003	Yamaha YZR-M1	FortunaYamaha Team	M		JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			188	5th
				Carlos Checa	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5
				Marco Melandri			17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret
				Norifumi Abe	11	8														9
2004	Yamaha YZR-M1	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	M		SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL			421	1st
				Carlos Checa	10	6	2	Ret	4	9	10	Ret	6	6	5	7	Ret	9	10	14
				Valentino Rossi	1	4	4	1	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	1	1
2005	Yamaha YZR-M1	GauloisesYamaha Team	M		ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		546	1st
				Colin Edwards	9	6	8	3	9	7	3	2	4	8	7	6	10	4	6	7	8
				Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3
2006	Yamaha YZR-M1	CamelYamaha Team	M		ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL		371	2nd
				Colin Edwards	11	9	9	3	6	12	5	13	6	12	9	10	10	Ret	8	4	9
				Valentino Rossi	14	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	8	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	13
2007	Yamaha YZR-M1	FiatYamaha Team	M		QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	365	4th
				Colin Edwards	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13
				Valentino Rossi	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret
2008	Yamaha YZR-M1	FiatYamaha Team			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	563	1st
			B	Valentino Rossi	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
			M	Jorge Lorenzo	2	3	1	4	2	Ret		6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2	3	4	4	Ret	8
2009	Yamaha YZR-M1	FiatYamaha Team	B		QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL		567	1st
				Valentino Rossi	2	2	1	16	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	1	4	2	3	2
				Jorge Lorenzo	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	3
2010	Yamaha YZR-M1	FiatYamaha Team	B		QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL	617	1st
				Valentino Rossi	1	3	2	DNS				4	3	5	4	3	6	3	1	3	2	3
				Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1
				Wataru Yoshikawa							15
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	446	2nd
				Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	2	4	2	Ret	6	1	2	2	4	4	1	3	2	DNS	C
				Ben Spies	6	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	1	4	5	4	5	3	6	5	6	DNS	C	2
				Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		10
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	458	2nd
				Jorge Lorenzo	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret
				Ben Spies	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret
				Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		2
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	567	2nd
				Valentino Rossi	2	6	4	12	Ret	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	6	4
				Jorge Lorenzo	1	3	3	7	1	1	5	DNS	6	3	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	1
2014	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	B		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	ESP	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	558	2nd
				Valentino Rossi	2	8	4	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	1	Ret	3	1	2	2
				Jorge Lorenzo	Ret	10	3	4	6	2	4	13	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret
2015	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	B		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	ESP	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	581*	1st
				Valentino Rossi	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	4
				Jorge Lorenzo	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	4	Ret	1	3	2

• * Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website