The Iwata Based factory set their sights on 2025 success with four YZR-M1s.

The past two seasons haven’t been a lot to shout about for Yamaha having not taken a victory since the 2022 German Grand Prix. For 2025 they will have an extra two bikes with world championship winning team Pramac Racing to help them develop the M1 to return to the top step of the podium.


Fabio Quartararo will begin his seventh season for the Japanese manufacturer and his fifth for the factory team. 2024 saw little success for the former world champion not taking a single podium in the Grand Prix or Tissot Sprints. He did finish in third place in the Tissot Sprint at Jerez but was given a penalty for tyre pressures so that was taken away from him. The Frenchman has put a lot of faith in Yamaha and 2025 he will be wanting and needing to see the success and that staying with the team was the right decision.

Alex Rins stays with Yamaha for a second season. Since the 2023 Italian Grand Prix the Spaniard’s career has been plagued with injuries so he has not been able to put a consistent run together, although there were some glimpses of speed from the number 42 last season. With a year of experience under his belt with the M1 Rins will try to be the second rider to win on three different manufacturers having won with Suzuki and being the last rider to win on a Honda.


Prima Pramac Racing fresh from winning the MotoGP World Championship with Jorge Martin make the switch from Ducati to Yamaha and also now have the backing from Formula One team Alpine. They are bringing in two riders who have a wealth of experience and talent that can aid the development of the M1 and bring it back to the top step: Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira. Miller returns to the Pramac team in which he was with from 2018 to 2020 scoring multiple podiums and his historic first pole at Termas De Rio Honda in 2018. The Australian had a though 2024 with KTM but proved to be a great development rider, but he is only signed for one year with the team so he has to prove himself and everyone else that he deserves to be on the grid. 

Miguel Oliveira also had a quiet 2024 but he did achieve a front row and Tissot Sprint podium at the Sachsenring. The Portuguese rider hasn’t tasted victory since his battle with now team-mate Miller at the 2022 Thailand Grand Prix. The Dentist has proven he’s a great talent but just struggled to make the RS-GP24 Aprilia work last season and like Miller is out to prove he should be racing in MotoGP.

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