Yamaha Motor Racing

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.^[1]

Yamaha MotoGP Racing

2025 name	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
Base	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan Lesmo, Italy
Principal	Massimo Meregalli
Rider(s)	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' Championships	16 1975 - Giacomo Agostini 1980 - Kenny Roberts 1984, 1986, 1988 - Eddie Lawson 1990, 1991, 1992 - Wayne Rainey 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 - Valentino Rossi 2010, 2012, 2015 - Jorge Lorenzo 2021 - Fabio Quartararo
Teams' Championships	7 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016

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.^[2]

The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.^[3]

Yamaha YZR500 ridden by Max Biaggi in the 2001 season

The early years

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002.

Biaggi achieved a total of 8 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.^[4]

In 2003, Checa was joined by Marco Melandri. The team had an average season with no podium finishes.

The VR46 era

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

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

Rossi and Edwards 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 2009 German Grand Prix

The Rossi-Lorenzo pair

For 2008, 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 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.

After seven years with Yamaha, Rossi left the team to compete with Ducati for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.^[5]

Rossi's second stint

He rejoined Yamaha again for the 2013 MotoGP season.^[6]

Titles after Rossi

They won the 2015 Championship with Jorge Lorenzo^[7] before going on a 6 year wait for their next world championship title with Fabio Quartararo.^[8]

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 July 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.^[9]

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	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos	Pts	Pos
1999	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha Team			MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	AUS
			2	Max Biaggi	Ret	9	2	Ret	2	Ret	5	4	Ret	4	3	7	2	1	2	2	194	4th	280	2nd
			4	Carlos Checa	2	6	10	5	7	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	Ret	4	125	7th
2000					RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS
			4	Max Biaggi	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	9	4	1	4	3	5	3	1	170	3rd	318	1st
			7	Carlos Checa	2	2	5	2	7	2	Ret	5	11	9	11	12	7	15	4	Ret	155	6th
2001					JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO
			3	Max Biaggi	3	8	11	1	3	2	1	2	1	10	5	10	Ret	2	Ret	3	219	2nd	295	2nd
			7	Carlos Checa	10		14	2	Ret	8	Ret	5	2	7	4	4	7	16	10	2	137	6th

MotoGP results

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	No.	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2022	MotoGP	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	20	Fabio Quartararo	20	3	8	1	4	248	2nd
				21	Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0	42	19th
2023				20	Fabio Quartararo	20	0	3	0	0	172	10th
				21	Franco Morbidelli	20	0	0	0	0	102	13th
2024				20	Fabio Quartararo	20	0	0	0	0	113	13th
				42	Álex Rins	17	0	0	0	0	31	18th
				87	Remy Gardner	2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2025				20	Fabio Quartararo	9	0	1	3	0	61*	10th*
				42	Álex Rins	9	0	0	0	0	32*	18th*

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	21	22	Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
2002	Yamaha YZR-M1	Marlboro Yamaha Team	M			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				3	Max Biaggi	Ret	9	DSQ	3	2	4	4	2	2	1	6	2	Ret	1	6	3							215	2nd	356	2nd	272	2nd
				7	Carlos Checa	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	4	5	2	Ret	5	7	11	Ret							141	5th
2003		Fortuna Yamaha Team				JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				7	Carlos Checa	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5							123	7th	188	5th	175	3rd
				17	Norifumi Abe	11	8														9							20 (31)[a]	16th
				33	Marco Melandri			17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret								45	15th
2004		Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha				SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL
				7	Carlos Checa	10	6	2	Ret	4	9	10	Ret	6	6	5	7	Ret	9	10	14							117	7th	421	1st	328	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	4	4	1	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	1	1							304	1st
2005						ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	9	6	8	3	9	7	3	2	4	8	7	6	10	4	6	7	8						179	4th	546	1st	381	1st
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3						367	1st
2006		Camel Yamaha Team				ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	11	9	9	3	6	12	5	13	6	12	9	10	10	Ret	8	4	9						124	7th	371	2nd	289	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	14	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	8	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	13						247	2nd
2007		Fiat Yamaha Team				QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				5	Colin Edwards	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13					124	9th	365	4th	283	3rd
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret					241	3rd
2008						QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
			B	46	Valentino Rossi	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3					373	1st	563	1st	402	1st
			M	48	Jorge Lorenzo	2	3	1	4	2	Ret	WD	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2	3	4	4	Ret	8					190	4th
2009			B			QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	2	1	16	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	1	4	2	3	2						306	1st	567	1st	386	1st
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	3						261	2nd
2010						QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL
				8	Wataru Yoshikawa							15																1	22nd	617	1st	404	1st
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	3	2	DNS				4	3	5	4	3	6	3	1	3	2	3					233	3rd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1					383	1st
2011		Yamaha Factory Racing	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				1	Jorge Lorenzo	2	1	2	4	2	Ret	6	1	2	2	4	4	1	3	2	DNS	C						260	2nd	446	2nd	325	2nd
				11	Ben Spies	6	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	1	4	5	4	5	3	6	5	6	DNS	C	2					176	5th
				89	Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		10					10	18th
2012						QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
				11	Ben Spies	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret							88	10th	458	2nd	386	2nd
				21	Katsuyuki Nakasuga																		2					20 (27)[a]	18th
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret					350	1st
2013						QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	6	4	12	Ret	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	6	4					237	4th	567	2nd	381	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	3	3	7	1	1	5	DNS	6	3	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	1					330	2nd
2014		Movistar Yamaha MotoGP				QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	2	8	4	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	1	Ret	3	1	2	2					295	2nd	558	2nd	354	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ret	10	3	4	6	2	4	13	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret					263	3rd
2015						QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	4	3	4					325	2nd	655	1st	407	1st
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	4	Ret	1	3	2	2	1					330	1st
2016			M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	4	2	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	8	4	2	3	2	3	Ret	2	2	4					249	2nd	482	1st	353	2nd
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	1	Ret	2	2	1	1	Ret	10	15	3	17	8	3	2	Ret	6	3	1					233	3rd
2017						QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				25	Maverick Viñales	1	1	Ret	6	1	2	10	Ret	4	3	6	2	4	4	9	3	9	12					230	3rd	438	2nd	321	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	3	2	2	10	Ret	4	8	1	5	4	7	3		5	Ret	2	7	5					208	5th
2018						QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				25	Maverick Viñales	6	5	2	7	7	8	6	3	3	Ret	12	C	5	10	3	7	1	4	Ret				193	4th	391	3rd	281	3rd
				46	Valentino Rossi	3	19	4	5	3	3	3	5	2	4	6	C	7	8	4	4	6	18	13				198	3rd
2019		Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP				QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				12	Maverick Viñales	7	Ret	11	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	2	10	5	3	3	4	3	4	Ret	1	6				211	3rd	385	3rd	321	2nd
				46	Valentino Rossi	5	2	2	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	4	4	4	8	8	Ret	8	4	8				174	7th
2020						SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
				12	Maverick Viñales	2	2	14	10	Ret	6	1	9	10	4	7	13	10	11									132	6th	178[b]	6th	204[c]	2nd
				31	Garrett Gerloff												WD[d]											0	NC
				46	Valentino Rossi	Ret	3	5	5	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	12	12									66	15th
2021						QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
				12	Maverick Viñales	1	5	11	7	10	8	5	19	2	NC													95 (106)[a]	10th	380	2nd	309	2nd
	20			Fabio Quartararo	5	1	1	13	3	1	6	3	1	3	7	1	8	2	2	4	Ret	5					278	1st
	21			Franco Morbidelli														18	19	14	17	11					7 (47)[a]	17th
	35			Cal Crutchlow												17	16										0 (0)[a]	28th
2022					QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
	20			Fabio Quartararo	9	2	8	7	1	2	4	2	1	1	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	8	17	Ret	3	4			248	2nd	290	5th	256	2nd
	21			Franco Morbidelli	11	7	Ret	16	13	15	15	17	13	13	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	17	14	13	Ret	11	14			42	19th
2023					POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL
	20			Fabio Quartararo	8	79	3	10	7	11	13	Ret3	15	8	7	13	36	10	35	14	5	5	7	11			172	9th	274	7th	196	4th
	21			Franco Morbidelli	14	44	8	11	10	10	12	9	14	119	14	15	7	17	14	17	11	7	16	7			102	13th
2024					QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD
	20			Fabio Quartararo	11	79	12	155	Ret	9	18	127	11	11	18	Ret	79	77	7	12	9	16	65	11			113	13th	144	8th	124	4th
	42			Álex Rins	16	13	Ret	13	15	20	15	Ret		DNS	16	9	19	DNS	11	16	13	Ret	8	21			31	18th
	87			Remy Gardner									19	18													0	26th
2025					THA	ARG	AME	QAT	SPA	FRA	GBR	ARA	ITA	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	HUN	CAT	RSM	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL
	20			Fabio Quartararo	157	14	106	75	2	Ret4	Ret7	Ret	14														61*	10th*	93*	7th*	92*	5th*
	42			Álex Rins	17	11	11	12	13	128	13	11	15														32*	18th*

* Season still in progress.

See also

• Monster Energy Yamaha Factory

Notes

1. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
2. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 198 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[10]
3. Yamaha scored 254 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[10]
4. 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.