Yamaha Dominates Brazilian Motocross Championship
In the third and fourth stages of the Brazilian Motocross Championship, held in the double round format on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of June, the Official Yamaha Team dominated the competition.
Held on the track built especially for the Interlagos Festival in the City of Sao Paulo - the main event in the motorcycle sector -, the races were electrifying and infected the audience that watched the hegemony of the Yamaha YZ line.
In MX1, the main category of the most important and disputed motocross championship in the country, Yamaha occupied the first three places in the third stage and made the double in the next stage. With that, Fabio Santos from the Monster Energy Generation Yamaha Team opened a 25-point lead over second-placed rider in the Championship, his teammate Paulo Alberto.
Another highlight of MX1 was the participation of Carlos Campano, Spanish rider five times Brazilian motocross champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) who returned to compete in Brazil as a guest and contributed with his teammates, and even answered questions and gave exclusive tips for Yamaha bLU cRU Program riders.
In MX2, Yamaha again leads the Championship with Guilherme Bresolin, who continues with the red number plate on his YZ250F, despite the difficulties faced by the pilot. In race 1 of the third stage, after a bad start and two crashes in race 1, the rider from the Official Yamaha Team won only eighth place, unlike race 2, in which the rider returned to the top of the podium. In Race 2, Yamaha doubled again, with the official Yamaha riders Marcello Leodorico and Guilherme Bresolin in the first two places.
In the MXF, women's category, the Yamaha rider Sarah Raquel, who until then led the championship, made a good start in the first race, but suffered a fall and got her leg trapped under the bike. Persevering, he made a recovery race and finished in 4th place. In the next race, he had problems at the start and after leaving in last place, he again made a recovery race with several overtakes, achieving a great 3rd place, and remaining in the fight for the title, in second place in the championship.
There are 3 stages left for the end of the 2023 season of the Brazilian Motocross Championship. If he wins, it will be Yamaha's 8th title this decade in the main category of the modality.
Laner Azevedo, Yamaha Motor do Brasil (YMDB)