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Yamaha Motor Racing

Official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP

Field	Value
Short_name	Yamaha MotoGP Racing
Logo	Yamaha_motogp_team.png
Last_season	2025
Long_name	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
Base	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Lesmo, Italy
Principal	Massimo Meregalli
Riders	MotoGP:
20. Fabio Quartararo
42. Álex Rins
4. Andrea Dovizioso (test rider)
7. Augusto Fernández (test rider)
35. Cal Crutchlow (test rider)
Motorcycle	Yamaha YZR-M1
Yamaha YZR500 (to 2002)
Tyres	Michelin
Riders_champ	{{nowrap	16
- Giacomo Agostini
- Kenny Roberts
, , - Eddie Lawson
, , - Wayne Rainey
, , , - Valentino Rossi

Teams_champ	7
2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016

Lesmo, Italy 20. Fabio Quartararo 42. Álex Rins 4. Andrea Dovizioso (test rider) 7. Augusto Fernández (test rider) 35. Cal Crutchlow (test rider) Yamaha YZR500 (to 2002)

Giacomo Agostini
Kenny Roberts , , - Eddie Lawson , , - Wayne Rainey , , , - Valentino Rossi

, , - Jorge Lorenzo}}

Fabio Quartararo 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, currently competing as Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team.

History

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.

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

The early years

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to .

Biaggi achieved a total of 8 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.

In , Checa was joined by Marco Melandri. The team had an average season with no podium finishes.

The VR46 era

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

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

Rossi and Edwards stayed with the team for . Rossi earned 5 wins and finished 2nd in the championship.

For the season, both riders remained with the team riding the new 800cc Yamaha YZR-M1. Rossi had 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall.

The Rossi-Lorenzo pair

For , 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 , 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 the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Rossi's second stint

He rejoined Yamaha again for the 2013 MotoGP season.

Titles after Rossi

They won the 2015 Championship with Jorge Lorenzo before going on a 6 year wait for their next world championship title with Fabio Quartararo.

The V4 engine era

Yamaha fielded a total of 5 bikes in the private test in Brno Circuit and one of them was the V4 engine tested by Andrea Dovizioso. This was the first time the Italian test rider had tested the new engine and underwent a fairly closed test on the circuit that had just been resurfaced on 1 and 2 July 2025. Dovi was not allowed to comment on his experience. In addition, it is not certain from the time records which bike the 39-year-old rider tested because all of them were recorded as Yamaha test bikes.

The V4 will make its full debut in 2026 with all 4 (Factory and Pramac Racing) Yamaha bikes set to use the V4 Spec.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha Team			MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	AUS
2	ITA Max Biaggi	Ret	9	2	Ret	2	Ret	5	4	Ret	4	3	7	2	1	2	2
4	ESP Carlos Checa	2	6	10	5	7	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	Ret	4
		RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	9	4	1	4	3	5	3	1
7	ESP Carlos Checa	2	2	5	2	7	2	Ret	5	11	9	11	12	7	15	4	Ret
		JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO
3	ITA Max Biaggi	3	8	11	1	3	2	1	2	1	10	5	10	Ret	2	Ret	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	10		14	2	Ret	8	Ret	5	2	7	4	4	7	16	10	2

MotoGP results

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	No.	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	20	3	8	1	4
21	ITA Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	20	0	3	0	0
21	ITA Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	20	0	0	0	0
42	ESP Álex Rins	17	0	0	0	0
87	AUS Remy Gardner	2	0	0	0	0
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	22	0	1	5	0
42	ESP Álex Rins	22	0	0	0	0

By year

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

Year	Bike	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Yamaha YZR-M1	Marlboro Yamaha Team				JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Ret	9	DSQ	3	2	4	4	2	2	1	6	2	Ret	1	6	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	4	5	2	Ret	5	7	11	Ret
Fortuna Yamaha Team			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
7	ESP Carlos Checa	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	11	8														9
33	ITA Marco Melandri			17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha			SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL
7	ESP Carlos Checa	10	6	2	Ret	4	9	10	Ret	6	6	5	7	Ret	9	10	14
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	1	4	4	1	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	1	1
		ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL
5	USA Colin Edwards	9	6	8	3	9	7	3	2	4	8	7	6	10	4	6	7	8
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3
Camel Yamaha Team			ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL
5	USA Colin Edwards	11	9	9	3	6	12	5	13	6	12	9	10	10	Ret	8	4	9
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	14	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	8	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	13
Fiat Yamaha Team			QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
5	USA Colin Edwards	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret
			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
	46	ITA Valentino Rossi	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
	48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	2	3	1	4	2	Ret	WD	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2	3	4	4	Ret	8
			QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	2	2	1	16	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	1	4	2	3	2
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	3
		QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL
8	JPN Wataru Yoshikawa							15
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	1	3	2	DNS				4	3	5	4	3	6	3	1	3	2	3					233	3rd
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1					383	1st
Yamaha Factory Racing				QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
1	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	2	4	2	Ret	6	1	2	2	4	4	1	3	2	DNS	C
11	USA Ben Spies	6	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	1	4	5	4	5	3	6	5	6	DNS	C	2
89	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		10
		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
11	USA Ben Spies	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret
21	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		2
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret
		QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	2	6	4	12	Ret	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	6	4
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	1	3	3	7	1	1	5	DNS	6	3	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	1
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	2	8	4	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	1	Ret	3	1	2	2
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Ret	10	3	4	6	2	4	13	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret
		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	4	3	4
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	4	Ret	1	3	2	2	1
			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	4	2	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	8	4	2	3	2	3	Ret	2	2	4
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	1	Ret	2	2	1	1	Ret	10	15	3	17	8	3	2	Ret	6	3	1
		QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
25	ESP Maverick Viñales	1	1	Ret	6	1	2	10	Ret	4	3	6	2	4	4	9	3	9	12
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	3	2	2	10	Ret	4	8	1	5	4	7	3		5	Ret	2	7	5
		QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
25	ESP Maverick Viñales	6	5	2	7	7	8	6	3	3	Ret	12	C	5	10	3	7	1	4	Ret
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	3	19	4	5	3	3	3	5	2	4	6	C	7	8	4	4	6	18	13
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
12	ESP Maverick Viñales	7	Ret	11	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	2	10	5	3	3	4	3	4	Ret	1	6
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	5	2	2	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	4	4	4	8	8	Ret	8	4	8
		SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
12	ESP Maverick Viñales	2	2	14	10	Ret	6	1	9	10	4	7	13	10	11
31	USA Garrett Gerloff												WD
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Ret	3	5	5	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	12	12
		QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
12	ESP Maverick Viñales	1	5	11	7	10	8	5	19	2	NC
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	5	1	1	13	3	1	6	3	1	3	7	1	8	2	2	4	Ret	5
21	ITA Franco Morbidelli														18	19	14	17	11
35	GBR Cal Crutchlow												17	16
		QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	9	2	8	7	1	2	4	2	1	1	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	8	17	Ret	3	4
21	ITA Franco Morbidelli	11	7	Ret	16	13	15	15	17	13	13	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	17	14	13	Ret	11	14
		POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	8	79	3	10	7	11	13	Ret3	15	8	7	13	36	10	35	14	5	5	7	11
21	ITA Franco Morbidelli	14	44	8	11	10	10	12	9	14	119	14	15	7	17	14	17	11	7	16	7
		QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	11	79	12	155	Ret	9	18	127	11	11	18	Ret	79	77	7	12	9	16	65	11
42	ESP Álex Rins	16	13	Ret	13	15	20	15	Ret		DNS	16	9	19	DNS	11	16	13	Ret	8	21
87	AUS Remy Gardner									19	18
		THA	ARG	AME	QAT	SPA	FRA	GBR	ARA	ITA	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	HUN	CAT	RSM	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo	157	14	106	75	2	Ret4	Ret7	Ret	14	10	43	65	15	10	52	8	86	7	117	55	64	Ret7
42	ESP Álex Rins	17	11	11	12	13	128	13	11	15	13	10	15	16	13	Ret	Ret	18	10	7	13	13	14
		THA	BRA	AME	QAT	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	HUN	CZE	NED	GER	GBR	ARA	RSM	AUT	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL
20	FRA Fabio Quartararo
42	ESP Álex Rins

Notes

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"Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP - Contact us". yamahamotogp.com.
"MotoGP - FIAT Yamaha Team -". Yamaha Racing.
"Monster Energy Yamaha Factory". yamaha-racing.com.
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