Yamaha Motor Racing

Yamaha Motor Racing

2008 name	FIAT Yamaha Team
Base	Gerno di Lesmo, Italy
Principal	Davide Brivio
Riders	46 Valentino Rossi 48 Jorge Lorenzo
Motorcycle	Yamaha YZR-M1
Tyres	Bridgestone Michelin
Riders' Championships	2 2004 Valentino Rossi 2005 Valentino Rossi

Yamaha Motor Racing is the official factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP. The team currently compete under the name of Fiat Yamaha. It 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.^[1] The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002.

Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002. Max Biaggi achieved a total of 9 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002.

In 2003, Checa was joined by Marco Melandri, the team had an average season with no wins or podiums.

For 2004 Valentino Rossi joined Carlos Checa in the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship.

Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005. Rossi once again won the championship and got 11 wins.

Both riders stayed with the team for 2006. Rossi got 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 got 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall.

For 2008, multi Moto GP world champion Valentino Rossi is joined by double 250cc champion Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi will be fighting for the 2008 title with Bridgestone tyres while Jorge Lorenzo will be using Michelin. Yamaha have also confirmed that they will be using different pit boxes in order to secure the use of both tyre manufactures in the same garage, although the team will be operating as one. This is the first time Yamaha team will be operating from different pit boxes

Year	Moto	Tyres	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts	Final Pos
2005	Yamaha YZR-M1	M		ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		546	1st
			Colin Edwards	9	6	8	3	9	7	3	2	4	8	7	6	10	4	6	7	8
			Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3
2006	Yamaha YZR-M1	M		ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL		371	2nd
			Colin Edwards	11	9	9	3	6	12	5	13	6	12	9	10	10	Ret	8	4	9
			Valentino Rossi	14	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	8	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	13
2007	Yamaha YZR-M1	M		QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	365	4th
			Colin Edwards	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13
			Valentino Rossi	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret
2008	Yamaha YZR-M1			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	402	TBD
		B	Valentino Rossi	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1
		M	Jorge Lorenzo	2	3	1	4	2	Ret	Inj	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2