The Latest Breaking News from Yamaha

Morbidelli blames "dangerous" MotoGP first laps on tyres

Morbidelli was involved in a red flag incident on the first lap of the sprint race at Jerez at Turn 2 when he made contact with Alex Marquez, with Marco Bezzecchi also involved.

Autosport · May 2, 2023

Yamaha Officially Names Valentino Rossi As Brand Ambassador

Yamaha officially names nine-time Grand Prix World Champion Valentino Rossi as a brand ambassador on April 29, 2023.

RideApart · May 1, 2023

10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix

Francesco Bagnaia bounced back to prove critics wrong with victory in the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix.

Autosport · May 1, 2023

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi becomes Yamaha brand ambassador

The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion joined Yamaha in 2004 and helped transform the Japanese marque’s form, winning back-to-back titles.

Autosport · Apr 30, 2023

Morbidelli: Nakagami “deserves nice present” for not hitting me in Jerez MotoGP crash

The Yamaha rider made contact with Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez at Turn 2 on the first lap of the sprint race on Saturday.

Autosport · Apr 29, 2023

Yamaha is “sleeping” on its troubled MotoGP bike, says Quartararo

Quartararo has spent the entirety of the Jerez weekend expressing his unhappiness at the 2023 Yamaha package, which he said on Friday had steadily lost all of its strong points at the Spanish GP venue over the last four years.

Autosport · Apr 29, 2023

MotoGP Spanish GP: Binder wins wild sprint from Bagnaia

Binder locked horns with team-mate Jack Miller for victory in the sprint race, making a decisive move on the penultimate tour before scampering 0.428 seconds clear to the chequered flag.

Autosport · Apr 29, 2023

MotoGP Spanish GP: Espargaro takes pole as Quartararo only 16th

Light rain prior to the start of the Q2 session turned qualifying on its head, with the sprinkling continuing as the riders headed out on track for the pole shootout.

Autosport · Apr 29, 2023

MotoGP Spanish GP: Espargaro tops FP2, Bagnaia and Quartararo into Q1

The one-hour afternoon session at Jerez saw little in the way of overall lap time improvements until the closing stages, when FP2 exploded into a frantic time attack.

Autosport · Apr 28, 2023

The expensive truth behind a free piano: 3 reasons they’re usually too good to be true

We explore whether a free piano from classifieds ads - Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, Craigslist et al - is really a great opportunity to bag a new instrument, or more hassle than it’s worth

MusicRadar · Apr 28, 2023