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2014 International Racing Season
Main Yamaha Teams and Rider Profiles

February 4, 2014

Main Yamaha Teams for International Racing

racing (MotoGP and GP500 combined). This year, Yamaha will again be competing to win the MotoGP title with four riders from two teams. The Yamaha Factory Racing team will again field Jorge Lorenzo, who ranked 2nd last year with the most season wins at eight, and Valentino Rossi, who ranked 4th with one win and six podium finishes.
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 satellite team will field Bradley Smith, in his second year with the team after ranking 10th in his first full season of MotoGP competition last year, and Pol Espargaro, who comes to the team as the reigning Moto2 World Champion. The machine for all four riders is the “YZR-M1,” winner of six MotoGP rider championship titles.
In the FIM Motocross World Championships, the Yamaha Factory Racing team will compete in the pinnacle MXGP class with rider Jeremy Van Horebeek, who ranked 7th last season in the MX1 class. In the MX2 class, Yamaha Factory Racing will enter last year’s 4th-ranked Christophe Charlier. The machine to be used in the MXGP class is the “YZ450FM” factory-tuned version of the “YZ450F” production motocrosser, while the “YZ250FM” factory-tuned version of the “YZ250F” production motocrosser will be used in the MX2 class.

Main Yamaha Race Teams for 2014

Road Racing

Rider Team Machine
World Championships MotoGP
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing YZR-M1
Valentino Rossi
Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Pol Espargaro

Motocross

Rider Team Machine
World Championships MXGP
Jeremy Van Horebeek Yamaha Factory Racing YZ450FM
World Championships MX2
Christophe Charlier Yamaha Factory Racing YZ250FM

Rider Profiles

Road Racing

Jorge Lorenzo

Profile
Nationality Spanish
Born May 4, 1987
Racing team Yamaha Factory Racing
Racing career
2002 21st in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2003 12th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2004 4th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2005 5th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 250cc class
2006 Champion of FIM Grand Prix World Championships 250cc class
2007 Champion of FIM Grand Prix World Championships 250cc class
2008 4th in MotoGP World Championship
2009 2nd in MotoGP World Championship
2010 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2011 2nd in MotoGP World Championship
2012 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2013 2nd in MotoGP World Championship

Valentino Rossi

Profile
Nationality Italian
Born Feb. 16, 1979
Racing team Yamaha Factory Racing
Racing career
1996 9th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
1997 Champion of FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
1998 2nd in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 250cc class
1999 Champion of FIM Grand Prix World Championships 250cc class
2000 2nd in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 500cc class
2001 Champion of FIM Grand Prix World Championships 500cc class
2002 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2003 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2004 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2005 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2006 2nd in MotoGP World Championship
2007 3rd in MotoGP World Championship
2008 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2009 Champion of MotoGP World Championship
2010 3rd in MotoGP World Championship
2011 7th in MotoGP World Championship
2012 6th in MotoGP World Championship
2013 4th in MotoGP World Championship

Bradley Smith

Profile
Nationality British
Born Nov. 28, 1990
Racing team Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Racing career
2006 19th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2007 10th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2008 6th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2009 2nd in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2010 4th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2011 7th in Moto2 World Championship
2012 9th in Moto2 World Championship
2013 10th in MotoGP World Championship

Pol Espargaro

Profile
Nationality Spanish
Born June 10, 1991
Racing team Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Racing career
2006 20th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2007 9th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2008 9th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2009 4th in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2010 3rd in FIM Grand Prix World Championships 125cc class
2011 13th in Moto2 World Championship
2012 2nd in Moto2 World Championship
2013 Champion of Moto2 World Championship

Motocross

Jeremy Van Horebeek

Profile
Nationality Belgian
Born Nov. 28, 1989
Racing team Yamaha Factory Racing
Racing career
2007 16th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2008 8th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2009 11th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2010 9th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2011 17th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2012 3rd in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2013 7th in Motocross MX1 World Championship

Christophe Charlier

Profile
Nationality French
Born July 20, 1991
Racing team Yamaha Factory Racing
Racing career
2008 8th in MX2 European Championship
2009 Champion of MX2 European Championship
2010 12th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2011 13th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2012 19th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
2013 4th in Motocross MX2 World Championship
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