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.
On June 30 2026 it was announced that both Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins would depart the team at the end of the 2026 season. A day later on July 1 it was announced that Yamaha had signed 2024 World Champion Jorge Martín and Ai Ogura from the Aprilia stable to ride for the team from 2027.
Grand Prix motorcycle results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike Team No. RidersRaceRiders' standingsManufacturers' standings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Pos Pts Pos 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 2 6 10 5 7 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 4 6 Ret 4 125 7th 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 2 2 5 2 7 2 Ret 5 11 9 11 12 7 15 4 Ret 155 6th 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 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. 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 20 Fabio Quartararo 20 0 3 0 0 172 10th 21 Franco Morbidelli 20 0 0 0 0 102 13th 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 20 Fabio Quartararo 22 0 1 5 0 201 9th 42 Álex Rins 22 0 0 0 0 68 19th 20 Fabio Quartararo 7 0 0 0 0 37* 15th* 42 Álex Rins 7 0 0 0 0 9* 19th*
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 Points Points Yamaha YZR-M1 Marlboro Yamaha Team 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 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) 16th 33 Marco Melandri 17 15 11 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 11 5 11 Ret 45 15th 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 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 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 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 QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE RSM IND JPN AUS MAL VAL 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 48 Jorge Lorenzo 2 3 1 4 2 Ret WD 6 6 Ret Ret 10 2 3 4 4 Ret 8 190 4th 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 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 Yamaha Factory Racing 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 10 10 18th 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) 18th 99 Jorge Lorenzo 1 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 350 1st 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 6th 204 2nd 31 Garrett Gerloff WD 0 NC 46 Valentino Rossi Ret 3 5 5 9 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 12 66 15th 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) 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) 17th 35 Cal Crutchlow 17 16 0 (0) 28th QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL20 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 2nd21 Franco Morbidelli 11 7 Ret 16 13 15 15 17 13 13 Ret 15 Ret Ret 17 14 13 Ret 11 14 42 19th 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 10th 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 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 THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL20 Fabio Quartararo 157 14 106 75 2 Ret4 Ret7 Ret 14 10 43 65 15 10 52 8 86 7 117 55 64 Ret7 201 9th 269 6th 247 5th42 Álex Rins 17 11 11 12 13 128 13 11 15 13 10 15 16 13 Ret Ret 18 10 7 13 13 14 68 19th THA BRA USA SPA FRA CAT ITA HUN CZE NED GER GBR ARA RSM AUT JPN INA AUS MAL QAT POR VAL 20 Fabio Quartararo 14 166 17 147 65 5 18 37* 15th* 46* 9th* 41* 5th* 42 Álex Rins 15 14 18 16 12 14 Ret 9* 19th*
See also Monster Energy Yamaha Factory
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