Label: yamaha

Dec122023 by Aleksander MiličNo Comments

Rins: Aerodynamics make the biggest difference, not the engine

According to Alex Rins, aerodynamics now have a greater influence on the behavior of MotoGP bikes than the difference between a V4 or Inline4 engine design. The Spanish star has ridden both types of engine in recent seasons, winning five races with the inline-drive Suzuki from 2017 to 2022, before taking a shock win at COTA this year with the Honda V4 LCR. Still recovering from a broken leg at Mugello, the 27-year-old now returns to Inline4 and joins the Monster Yamaha team. But while key design elements of the GSX-RR and YZR-M1 may look similar on paper, Rins described the Yamaha as "a very different bike compared to the Suzuki. I can go into a corner with more front brake [for example] and that's good , because you can gain a little bit of lap time." Rins then explained: ''I think the moment

Dec122023 by Aleksander MiličNo Comments

Which engines will the VR46 use: Ducati, Yamaha…or MV Agusta?

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VR46 has been using Ducati motorcycles since entering MotoGP in 2022. The contract with the manufacturer runs until the end of the upcoming season and may not be renewed, with Yamaha believed to be the main alternative. There are currently eight Ducatis on the grid, something the manufacturer has admitted it doesn't intend to keep up for long. While the Desmosedici GP provides competitive bikes, supplying three teams is not necessarily financially advantageous for Ducati. Each manufacturer receives three million euros from Dorna for at least one satellite team. Yamaha is the only manufacturer that only has its own factory team and aims to have a satellite team again by 2025. Director Lin Jarvis acknowledged VR46 as a potential option. Although the YZR-M1 is currently one of the less competitive motorcycles, it is not the most attractive one possible

Dec22023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Meregalli: We are on the right track

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The 2023 season is extremely challenging for Yamaha, which they ended without a win in the penultimate place in the constructors' standings. Despite many problems last season, team principal Massimo Meregalli believes that better times are ahead for Yamaha. After the end of the test day in Valencia, where Alex Rins tested their motorcycle for the first time, Meregalli spoke to the press about the work done by the team. "We have a long and tiring season behind us, but Tuesday's test was still very important for us. The wind was quite a bit of a problem for us, but we made good use of the 7 hours we were given. Fabio and I mostly focused on three things. The biggest emphasis was on aerodynamics. Secondly, we focused on the powertrain for next season and the new chassis. Alex got used to the bike so quickly that here

Dec12023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Crutchlow is not interested in more wildcard appearances: Yamaha's biggest problem is the lack of motorcycles

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Cal Crutchlow gave his view on the current situation at Yamaha and the benefits that are expected under the new concession system. At Yamaha, they should not make use of the three additional (total of six) wildcard appearances brought by the D category of the new concession rules. As the Brit pointed out, they have already planned that he will appear as a wildcard racer only three times in the coming season. "Now there are many innovations. With the new concession rules, there are many possibilities and opportunities. But we have already agreed that I will only compete three times as a wildcard driver next season, even if the rules allow more." "For two races I already know in which I will participate, for the third one is still being negotiated, because I don't want that at all." At the end of the 2022 season, Yamaha was left without a satellite team,

Dec12023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rins: A Yamaha motorcycle is not like a Suzuki

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After the first test of the Yamaha motorcycle, Alex Rins denied that it was similar to the Suzuki. The Spaniard competed for the Suzuki team from his debut in the elite class in 2017 until the end of last season, when the Japanese manufacturer decided to leave MotoGP. This season he played for the LCR Honda team. Despite the fact that he took care of Honda's only victory of the season in Austin, he decided to terminate his two-year contract and transferred to Yamaha. At the first test in Valencia, he completed 54 laps with the new motorcycle and was 1,3 seconds behind the fastest in nineteenth place. Most expected that he would quickly get used to the new motorcycle, as it was supposed to be very similar to the Suzuki, which also used an in-line engine. "This motorcycle is very different from the Suzuki

Nov272023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Quartararo: The decision about my future will be known at the beginning of the season

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Fabio Quartararo called the last season, which he finished in tenth place without a win, the most difficult in his career. The French racer became world champion in 2021 and finished second the following year after being completely powerless against Francesco Bagnaia in the second part of the season. The lag in Yamaha's development was even more pronounced this year. With a few exceptions, he was far from the top places in most races. "Already at the beginning of the year I expected a very difficult season, but I didn't think it would be this bad," said Quartararo, who did not win this year for the first time since his debut season in 2019. "The first part of the season was especially difficult , because we were even worse than I initially expected. In addition, I did not manage to squeeze the maximum out of the motorcycle. This season was definitely n

Nov232023 by PRNo Comments

Valentino Rossi back to Yamaha

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According to some German media, Valentino Rossi is said to have reached an agreement that his VR46 team will race with Yamaha motorcycles from 2025 onwards, thus at least indirectly returning the once successful relationship to the track. Rossi's Mooney VR46 team has been competing with Ducati bikes since entering the MotoGP class in 2022, and from 2025 they are expected to use Yamaha engines. According to German Speedweek speculation, one of the team's riders would get a fully factory-backed motorcycle, and for the first time in two seasons without a semi-factory team, Yamaha will have four motorcycles in the MotoGP races. The VR46 team has linked up with Indonesian lubricant manufacturers, Pertamina Lubricants, who will be their main sponsor for at least the next three seasons from 2024.

Nov142023 by PRNo Comments

Quartararo: Yamaha must cash in on the concessions

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While it is increasingly clear that a new system of development concessions will come into effect in the 2024 MotoGP season, Fabio Quartararo warns that it will probably be a system that will make it easier for manufacturers to gain, and also lose, development concessions, so Yamaha will have to offer make good use of it. All the manufacturers in the MotoGP class have finished the race at least once on the podium this year, so under the current conditions for obtaining concessions only these would not belong to any of them. But due to the addition of sprint races, the teams have less free practice sessions during the season where they could try new things, and at the same time there is a fear that especially Yamaha and Honda will have a hard time finding their way back to the top. Yamaha, not having its own semi-factory team, is at a huge disadvantage compared to D

Nov122023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ducati is set for a big hit in the 2024 season, rivals want more

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Motorcycle manufacturers involved in the MotoGP championship were briefed on Friday on the first draft of measures to help Yamaha and Honda catch up with European manufacturers. This foresees restrictions on tires, engines, wildcard appearances, but Ducati's rivals want even more severe restrictions. The teams of Japanese manufacturers occupy the last places in the championship, so they are planning changes to the concession system in MotoGP before the 2024 season. The first draft of the new system that was presented, according to colleagues at Motorsport.com, was supported by Ducati, and includes restrictions on tire consumption, restrictions on testing and consumption of power units, and the exclusion of wildcard appearances. The new system will be based on the number of points collected during the season. Ducati currently leads the 2023 championship with 626 points, KTM has collected them

October202023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Disappointed Quartararo: The situation is worse than expected

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Fabio Quartararo was very disappointed after Friday's events in Australia. After being among the fastest during the entire last weekend in Mandalika, he ended today's training only in seventeenth place overall. At the end of the second practice, the French racer was hindered by Augusto Fernandez, who earned a three-start penalty for his mistake. Nevertheless, this is not the reason for the poor ranking of the Yamaha racer. He was almost a second behind the fastest Binder. "Driving through the corner we have much more problems than we had last year. I'm behind the fastest by a full second. My teammate also has similar problems. Today was much worse than we expected." "My time was half a second better than last year, but I'm still seventeenth. In Indonesia, we have a lot