Yamaha Racing Heritage Membership Goes Again to the Future at Mugello 

The Yamaha Racing Heritage Membership loved a spectacular two days at Mugello on the Twenty first-Twenty second of July as a part of the Yamaha Racing Expertise, uniting legendary riders and their modern-day contemporaries on some historic two-stroke equipment.

Do you personal a Yamaha race bike, whether or not on or off-road? Discover out in case you are eligible to develop into a member of the YRHC and begin the registration course of by clicking right here.

Now in its second yr, in 2023, the Yamaha Racing Heritage Membership (YRHC) is honouring the fiftieth anniversary of the revolutionary two-cylinder liquid-cooled TZ350 manufacturing racer that was introduced out in 1973, primarily based on the manufacturing unit YZ634 ridden by Jaarno Saarinen to second within the 1972 FIM 350cc World Championship. 

Plus, 2023 additionally marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the ground-breaking R1 superbike, which has achieved quite a few successes over time since its introduction in 1998, together with two FIM Superbike World Championships (2009 & 2021) and 4 consecutive Suzuka 8 Hours victories (2015-2018).

The Yamaha Racing Expertise (YRE) on the magical Mugello Circuit in Italy offered the right alternative for previous and current stars to return collectively to have fun each of those iconic machines in what proved to be a really memorable event. The YRE is normally an unique occasion solely open to house owners of Yamaha’s flagship R1M, however for the primary time, it was expanded to incorporate invited members of the YRHC to permit them to affix within the enjoyable. 

Over the 2 days, the YRHC members obtained to participate in a number of devoted observe classes alongside two legendary Venezuelan riders whose names are synonymous with the TZ, 1975 FIM 350cc World Champion and 1978 FIM Formulation 750 World Champion Johnny Cecotto and double FIM 250cc World Champion (1983 & 1986) Carlos Lavado.

To finish the connection from the previous to the current, they had been joined by Yamaha’s present crop of driving superstars from the FIM Superbike World Championship and the Endurance World Championship, who all race the R1. 

These included Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Official Staff’s 2021 Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and 2020 Supersport World Champion Andrea Locatelli, GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Staff’s double Supersport World Champion (2021 & 2022) Dominique Aegerter and 2020 Moto2 World Champion Remy Gardner, GMT94 WorldSBK Staff’s 2022 Supersport World Championship runner-up Lorenzo Baldassari, Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Staff’s 2022 British Superbike Champion Bradley Ray, plus Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Staff’s 2017 Endurance World Champion Niccolò Canepa.

Throughout the occasion, the modern-day Yamaha riders obtained to fulfil their childhood desires by making an attempt out some seminal two-stroke machines, together with Eddie Lawson’s 1986 FIM 500cc World Championship-winning YZR500 0W81, Freddie Spencer’s 1993 ROC Yamaha YZR500, Christian Sarron’s 1978 TZ750, plus replicas of the YZR750 0W31s that Steve Baker and Cecotto rode to the FIM Formulation 750 World Championship in 1977 and 1978 respectively.  

Having been given a style of what it was prefer to race on a basic two-stroke, the WorldSBK and EWC riders returned the favour by giving Cecotto and Lavado an opportunity to take to the observe on one thing extra akin to what they experience competitively, a pair of the latest-spec R1Ms. Each units of riders embraced the chance in a joyous celebration of all issues Yamaha, showcasing how racing is actually part of the producer’s DNA.

To finish its second yr, the YRHC will honour Yamaha’s lengthy historical past of success in off-road racing and commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the YZ collection of bikes on the Veterans MX of Nations at Foxhills in England on the Twenty fourth-Twenty eighth of August. The occasion will function three-time 125cc MX World Champion Alessio Chiodi, former Yamaha manufacturing unit motocross workforce supervisor Michele Rinaldi, and a number of other historic YZ machines from all through its fifty years of racing.

As you may see, the YRHC was set as much as safeguard and recognise Yamaha’s wealthy racing legacy by permitting house owners of basic race bikes to develop into members, register their bikes on the official database, obtain superior technical assist, and take part in some very particular occasions.

Paolo Pavesio
Director Advertising and marketing & Motorsport – Yamaha Motor Europe

“What an occasion! It’s the first time we’ve got invited members of the YRHC to the YRE, and it turned out to be a really memorable second. I’ve not often seen so many smiling faces, and to see the YRHC members get to experience on observe alongside Johnny and Carlos, in addition to our stars right this moment from WorldSBK and EWC. It was unbelievable to see the youthful riders check out our legendary two-stroke bikes and for Carlos and Johnny to get the prospect to experience the R1M. It was a beautiful occasion that introduced collectively the previous and current of Yamaha to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of the TZ alongside the twenty fifth anniversary of the R1, and I believe it was one thing extraordinary for the YRHC members to expertise. Know-how might have moved on quite a bit, however racers share an identical ardour regardless of the period they’re from, and it was nice to see that shared with the YRE clients and YRHC members over the 2 unforgettable days in Mugello.”

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