WORLDSBK MEDIA CENTRE

GBRacing’s products form a crucial role in engine use management, as regulations restrict the maximum quantity available per rider. And, like many parts that make up our 330kph Yamaha R1 WorldSBK, there’s more to it than meets the eye!

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team got their 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship preparations underway in the post-season test at Jerez and accomplished a significant amount of work. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu ended the test second fastest overall as Andrea Locatelli showed early promise in his Superbike career, quickly adapting to his Yamaha R1 across the two days.

Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to confirm a one-year contract extension with Pata Snack, seeing them return to the FIM Superbike World Championship with the Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team for a sixth season.

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla’s 2021 rider Andrea Locatelli got his first taste of the Yamaha R1 at the Circuito Estoril, and despite weather conditions cutting short his running, the Italian was quickly up to speed and well-integrated into the team.

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark celebrated an historic Yamaha podium lockout, alongside GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team’s Garrett Gerloff, in the FIM Superbike World Championship Tissot Superpole Race at Estoril today – the first time in WorldSBK history that Yamaha has taken all three podium positions.

Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to confirm that the reigning FIM Supersport World Champion Andrea Locatelli will join Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team for the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship campaign. Yamaha will field one of the youngest rider line-ups in the championship! Locatelli has enjoyed a stellar maiden WorldSSP season with the Evan Bros Yamaha...

As businesses around the world were suddenly “locked down” due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Crescent Racing-operated Yamaha WorldSBK project, and the series itself, faced the same restrictions. To protect the staff and the overall project itself was the immediate concern, and like many businesses our first call was to our long-term insurance partner, Tysers.