{"id":180754,"date":"2021-02-16T22:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=99114"},"modified":"2021-02-16T22:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:17:49","slug":"monster-energy-yamaha-motogp-are-inittowinit-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/monster-energy-yamaha-motogp-are-inittowinit-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are #InItToWinIt in 2021\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
\n

16 February 2021: The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP<\/strong> team recently broadcast a virtual reality team<\/a>presentation to officially open their 2021 campaign. The launch event\u2019s theme #InItToWinIt is a team\u2019s mindset now spearheaded by two young and competitive riders; Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Fabio Quartararo.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year marks Yamaha\u2019s sixtieth anniversary of its first-ever Grand Prix. The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team is raring to start the 2021 World Championship action \u2013 scheduled to be in Qatar in March. <\/span><\/p>\n

Using the latest technology, the team gave a <\/span>virtual reality presentation<\/span><\/a> to show off their fresh rider line up. The presentation included the 2021 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1s and its close relationship with title sponsor Monster Energy<\/span><\/p>\n

The team launch was led by presenter Federica Masolin. She invited Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.\u2019s MotoGP Group Leader Takahiro Sumi, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Principal & Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Director Massimo Meregalli, Factory Yamaha riders Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Fabio Quartararo, and Monster Energy\u2019s Senior Vice President of Sports Marketing Mitch Covington to share their thoughts on the upcoming MotoGP action before the 2021 Yamaha YZR-M1s were unveiled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maverick Vi\u00f1ales joined the Factory Yamaha team in 2017 and immediately took two back-to-back GP victories. He went on to third place in the rider standings that year. Though the following season proved to be tough, the Spaniard kept his motivation high and won Phillip Island\u2019s race. He finished 2018 in fourth place overall. In 2019, he scored two further Grand Prix victories, one in Assen and one in Sepang, and collected the overall bronze medal once more at the end of the season. 2020 was another challenging year. Though the Spaniard was in contention for the championship title until two races before the end, he ultimately finished in sixth place.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Vi\u00f1ales said: <\/span>\u201cLast year was a crazy year for all of us. We have left that behind us now, and we\u2019ll focus on what\u2019s to come. With the two tests in Sepang cancelled I will have to wait a bit longer to ride my YZR-M1 again. It\u2019s a long winter break, so I\u2019m feeling impatient to get to work, but in a good way. After having enjoyed some time of rest during the off-season, we are all excited to start work again. We don\u2019t have a lot of testing opportunities \u2013 just the Qatar Test \u2013 so we will have to be on our A-game straight away.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Fabio Quartararo is a new entry to the Yamaha Factory team. Still, he is already a household name amongst MotoGP fans thanks to his successful years as part of the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team. In his MotoGP debut year in 2019, he scored seven podiums in total (five second places and two third places), to end his first season on a YZR-M1 in fifth place. This earned him the Rookie of the Year title. The young Frenchman started 2020 with a bang too, securing his first premier class win at Round 1 in Jerez. He repeated his dominant performance the very next week at the same track. His third victory came in Catalunya, but he could not put his mark on the end of the season. He finished eighth in the overall 2020 standings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quartararo said: <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m excited to start the new season, especially because I\u2019m in a new team. It\u2019s exciting to work with different people and learn new things. I\u2019m looking forward to the Qatar Test \u2013 it can\u2019t come soon enough! I\u2019ll finally get to try my Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1 for the first time. I\u2019ve seen quite a lot of photoshopped versions of my number on the Factory Yamaha bike on social media, but \u2013 however well they are made \u2013 nothing compares to the feeling I got when I saw the real thing for the first time. I can\u2019t wait to start riding!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP bike\u2019s colour scheme remains the same for 2021, with the team\u2019s YZR-M1, the pit box, and the riders\u2019 leathers sporting a \u2018Monster Energy black\u2019 to \u2018Yamaha Factory Racing blue\u2019 gradient. The perfect blend between Yamaha\u2019s aesthetic and Monster Energy\u2019s instantly recognisable claw branding is also represented in the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team logo and on the team uniforms. Yamaha has a long-term global alliance with the team\u2019s title sponsor, Monster Energy Company, based on their mutual passion for racing.<\/span><\/p>\n

A multiple-year title sponsor agreement with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team was signed in the summer of 2018. It came naturally, as Monster Energy Company sponsors multiple Yamaha teams (among them the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP team since 2013) and riders (including Vi\u00f1ales and Quartararo) in various racing classes. The team is also pleased to announce that throughout the 2021 racing season the bike will continue to feature the slogans of Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., PT Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing, and Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. This starts from the extended Qatar Official Test held from 6th-7th March and 10th-12th March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newly confirmed Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team rider Cal Crutchlow will be joining Vi\u00f1ales and Quartararo at the Losail International Circuit. After a seven-year interval, the vastly experienced premier class rider will return to riding the YZR-M1 on 5th March 2021 in the Shakedown Test.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP\u2019s Team Principal, Lin Jarvis, said: <\/span>\u201cThis year we are entering our ninth year with Monster Energy Company as our sponsor, and our third year with them as our title sponsor. We take great pride in the team\u2019s long-term partnership with them and the strong global alliance between Yamaha and Monster Energy that forms an instant connection between the two brands. This bond cannot only be seen on track, through branding, but it\u2019s also there behind the scenes and off track. The team wants to sincerely thank Monster Energy for their continuous support and commitment and their deep-rooted interest and passion for the sport. We greatly miss having our sponsors, partners, and the media and the fans, attend events such as today\u2019s press launch. However, we hope that the virtual reality experience made them feel \u2018close to us\u2019 again. The use of this state-of-the-art technology is also a reflection of our current mindset. This season, we are not leaving any stones unturned to get the job done. Last year, Yamaha was the most successful manufacturer in terms of GP wins, with seven victories in total. Still, we missed out on the Championship Title. Our goal for this year is to win the MotoGP World Championship. With the arrival of Fabio paired with Maverick, we have two title contenders on board. So we know what we need to do \u2013 win races and maintain consistency all season long. With the improvements on the bike and the changes within our team, we are ready to do just that. Let\u2019s go racing!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More Info on Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are #InItToWinIt in 2021  here:<\/strong>
Twitter<\/strong>:
Facebook<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16 February 2021: The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team recently broadcast a virtual reality teampresentation to officially open their 2021 campaign. The launch event\u2019s theme #InItToWinIt is a team\u2019s mindset now spearheaded by two young and competitive riders; Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Fabio Quartararo. This year marks Yamaha\u2019s sixtieth anniversary of its first-ever Grand Prix. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3331,18,3332,9021,3330,3336,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-180754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-town","8":"category-durban","9":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","10":"category-mypr","11":"category-port-elizabeth","12":"category-pretoria-south-africa","13":"category-south-africa","14":"tag-mypr","15":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/monster-energy-yamaha-motogp-are-inittowinit-in-2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}