Monster Energy Yamaha Factory
BaseGerno di Lesmo, Italy[1]
Rider(s)MotoGP

Motocross MXGP

Motocross MX2

MotorcycleYamaha
Tyresvarious

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory is the factory team of Yamaha active in the MotoGP World Championship, the Motocross World Championship, the FIM Endurance World Championship, the Superbike World Championship and Rally Dakar, supported by sponsor, drinks manufacturer Monster Energy.[2]

MotoGP

Main article: Yamaha Motor Racing

In the MotoGP World Championship the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory team takes the official name of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team.[3] The Monster Energy brand is sponsor of the official team starting from the 2019 season.[4]

Riders

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

Results

(key)

Year Motorcycle Tyres No. Riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Points RC
2019 Yamaha YZR-M1 M QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
12 Spain Maverick Vinales 7 Ret 11 3 Ret 6 Ret 1 2 10 5 3 3 4 3 4 Ret 1 6 211 3rd
46 Italy Valentino Rossi 5 2 2 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 4 4 4 8 8 Ret 8 4 8 174 7th
2020 Yamaha YZR-M1 M SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR
12 Spain Maverick Vinales 2 2 14 10 Ret 6 1 9 10 4 7 13 10 11 132 6th
31 United States Garrett Gerloff WD
[note 1] 		0 NC
46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ret 3 5 5 9 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 12 66 15th
2021 Yamaha YZR-M1 M QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL
12 Spain Maverick Viñales 1 5 11 7 10 8 5 19 2 95
(106) 		10th
20 France Fabio Quartararo 5 1 1 13 3 1 6 3 1 3 7 1 8 2 2 4 Ret 5 278 1st

Rally raid

Xavier de Soultrait past official team driver in rally raids.

The so-called "Dakar team" is made up of the following three official drivers.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Garrett Gerloff initially replaced Valentino Rossi during round 12 and competed in the two Friday practice sessions while Rossi was waiting for his COVID-19 test results, but was withdrawn from the race when Rossi was declared fit to race after testing negative for COVID-19.

References

  1. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP - Contact us". yamahamotogp.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha Factory". yamaha-racing.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Il Team Monster Energy Yamaha Factory fa il punto di metà stagione" (in Italian). moto.it. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Monster Energy Sports - MotoGP". monsterenergy.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha Factory - Teams". yamaha-racing.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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