Yamaha is back in the World Superbike championship in 2016, . As
such, the Japanese manufacturer has retained the talents of Sylvain Guintoli
(World Superbike Champion, 2014) and Alex Lowes (British Superbike Champion,
2013), with the highly regarded Crescent Racing running the factory-backed team.
“We arrived at the beginning of
last year with a totally new YZF-R1, which we really believed was a
game-changing machine. We went straight into racing activity across the world in
numerous classes and were immediately able to be successful wherever we raced,”
said Yamaha Motor Europe Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Eric de Seynes.
“However, the bike arrived quite late last year so it was
impossible to start immediately WorldSBK without the valuable year of
development, racing data and experience we have built.
“Now we think we cannot wait anymore to bring back YZFR1 to the
challenge it was born for. We know it will be a new and challenging adventure,
and this is the reason why we have carefully selected all the persons and the
partners that will be with us, including the new title sponsor Pata, who make an
important contribution to the project. Working with the PATA Yamaha Official
WorldSBK Team we believe we are ready to make a big push and start fighting from
the first race.”
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