Season1980-1989
View an archive by title of races Yamaha competed in between 1980 and 1989.
- 1980 Roberts makes it three in a row
- 1981 Barry Sheene grabs title in final race
- 1982 Graeme Crosby rank highest of Yamaha riders despite no wins
- 1983 Roberts misses title by small margin in final round
- 1984 Eddie Lawson and Christian Sarron win titles at 500cc and 250cc
- 1985 Eddie Lawson and Christian Sarron finish season 2nd and 3rd
- 1986 Lawson wins his second championship
- 1987 Yamaha takes the constructor's title for second year in a row
- 1988 Yamaha takes third consecutive manufacture's title
- 1989 Rainey and Sarron finish 2nd and 3rd in the championship