
The aim is to discover talent capable of competing on the world stage and to develop top Japanese riders. In road racing, the top-ranked Yamaha riders in the JP250 Cup held alongside All Japan events will be sent to the R3 bLU cRU European Championship put on by Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. We will also continue to strengthen bLU cRU activities in Japan. Yamaha will work to strengthen our unique step-up structure to develop promising young riders-in both on and off-road disciplines-in regions and countries around the world. In 2023 the program continues to grow, with more than 600 young riders set to race as part of the bLU cRU throughout Europe. The same season also saw the first bLU cRU rider crowned World Champion, with young Spanish rider Alvaro Diaz clinching the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship title at the final round in Portimao.

The European bLU cRU program enjoyed significant success in 2022, winning the prestigious Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Award for the Future. and other companies will also be involved in coordinating and running bLU cRU activities. Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy will once again hold Master Camp events in conjunction with Yamaha Motor subsidiaries with the goal of discovering and developing the next generation of road racers. This move sets a great example for up-and-coming Yamaha riders in Asia, giving them motivation and showing that it is possible to move from regional competitions to the world stage. Yamaha’s bLU cRU program, which has been underway for several years now, will again be run this year as a way to promote the spread of racing and develop young riders.įormer World Superbike rider Kohta Nozane will ride for the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team, which has been competing in the Moto2 World Championship since last season. Work on Yamaha’s Electric Power Steering (EPS)-which has been undergoing development in the All Japan Motocross Championship-is also set to continue with a new development team assembled for this year to work hard on creating new value through this electric steering system. In the All Japan Road Race Championship, the YZF-R1 will be equipped with new performance parts intended for subsequent general sale, which will be further developed as we compete for victories. Through its development, our goal is to acquire technology that will lead to the production of electric motorcycles, and toward developing electric motorcycles that improve on internal combustion engined motorcycles in terms of performance and fun.
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More specifically, the TY-E 2.0 that debuted last year has been updated to the new TY-E 2.1 and will be ridden by Kenichi Kuroyama full time in the All Japan Trials Championship’s premier IA Super class.
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We will strive to create new value through the development of advanced technologies, placing a particular focus on All Japan series motorsports. In 2023, we are aiming for better results than last year, even as the times change and we ramp up efforts around the world toward achieving carbon neutrality. Australian Jay Wilson handily won the 250cc IA2 title as well, delivering Yamaha a double crown in domestic motocross. In the All Japan Road Race Championship, Katsuyuki Nakasuga took his 11th career JSB1000 title, while in the All Japan Motocross Championship, Toshiki Tomita brought Yamaha our first IA1 premier class title since 2011.

It was also a fifth straight title for Yamaha in 250SX West, in addition to titles in the World Supersport Championship and in MotoAmerica.

However, Yamaha did win several titles around the world, including the AMA Supercross Championship, where Eli Tomac delivered Yamaha our first premier 450SX class title in 13 years, before going on to win the AMA Motocross Championship title as well. In the MotoGP World Championship, Fabio Quartararo finished 2nd overall Toprak Razgatlıoğlu also took 2nd in the World Superbike Championship and Yamaha riders finished as the runner-up in the Motocross World Championship’s MXGP and MX2 classes.

In 2022, Yamaha riders fought hard but narrowly missed out on title wins in several categories. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.’s racing program in 2023 is based on three main goals: enhancing the value of the Yamaha brand, developing advanced technologies for our production machines, and promoting the healthy growth of motorsports.
