Yamaha Motor Racing
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| 2008 name | FIAT Yamaha Team |
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| Base |  Gerno di Lesmo, Italy |
| Principal | Davide Brivio |
| Riders | 46 Valentino Rossi 48 Jorge Lorenzo |
| Motorcycle | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| Tyres | Bridgestone Michelin |
| Riders' Championships | 2 2004 Valentino Rossi 2005 Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha Motor Racing is the official factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP. The team currently compete under the name of Fiat Yamaha. 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.[1] The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.
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 in the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship.
Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005. Rossi once again won the championship and got 11 wins.
Both riders stayed with the team for 2006. Rossi got 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 got 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall.
For 2008, multi Moto GP world champion Valentino Rossi is joined by double 250cc champion Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi will be fighting for the 2008 title with Bridgestone tyres while Jorge Lorenzo will be using Michelin. Yamaha have also confirmed that they will be using different pit boxes in order to secure the use of both tyre manufactures in the same garage, although the team will be operating as one. This is the first time Yamaha team will be operating from different pit boxes
[edit] MotoGP results (2005 onwards)
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| Year | Moto | Tyres | Riders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pts | Final Pos |
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| 2005 | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 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 | 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 | M | QAT | ESP | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | 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 | QAT | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | IND | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 67 | TBD | ||
| B | Valentino Rossi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| M | Jorge Lorenzo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- yamaha-racing.com/motogp Official website
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