Listen, I don’t think I need to say this, as I’m sure some of you already know this, but I’m a Yamaha simp. Always have been. So when the brand rolls out something like this, a full red-and-white throwback livery for Suzuka, you better believe my inner 12-year-old is losing his mind. And judging by the reaction online, I’m not the only one.
Yamaha's racing fans are eating good this year.
To mark its 70th anniversary, Yamaha is rolling into the 2025 Suzuka 8 Hours with a livery that hits all the right nostalgic notes. Both the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and the returning factory Yamaha Racing Team (YRT) will run matching red-and-white YZF-R1s—an homage to the legendary YZF-R7 from 1999 and the earlier racebikes that made this color scheme iconic.