Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Explained

Short Name:	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory
Last Season:	2021
Base:	Gerno di Lesmo, Italy^[1]
Riders:	MotoGP Fabio Quartararo Franco Morbidelli (from mid-2021) Maverick Viñales (to mid-2021) Motocross MXGP Jeremy Seewer Glenn Coldenhoff Ben Watson Motocross MX2 Jago Geerts Maxime Renaux Thibault Benistant
Motorcycle:	Yamaha
Tyres:	various

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory is the factory team of Yamaha active in the MotoGP World Championship, the Motocross World Championship, the FIM Endurance World Championship, the Superbike World Championship and Rally Dakar, supported by sponsor, drinks manufacturer Monster Energy.^[2]

MotoGP

See main article: Yamaha Motor Racing. In the MotoGP World Championship the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory team takes the official name of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team.^[3] The Monster Energy brand is sponsor of the official team starting from the 2019 season.^[4]

Riders

2023

• Fabio Quartararo
• Franco Morbidelli

2022

• Fabio Quartararo
• Franco Morbidelli

2021

• Fabio Quartararo
• Franco Morbidelli
• Maverick Viñales

2020

• Maverick Vinales
• Garrett Gerloff
• Valentino Rossi

2019

• Maverick Vinales
• Valentino Rossi

Results

(key)

Year	Motorcycle	Tyres	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Points
	Yamaha YZR-M1				QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
			12	Maverick Vinales	7	Ret	11	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	2	10	5	3	3	4	3	4	Ret	1	6	211	3rd
			46	Valentino Rossi	5	2	2	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	4	4	4	8	8	Ret	8	4	8	174	7th
	Yamaha YZR-M1				SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
			12	Maverick Vinales	2	2	14	10	Ret	6	1	9	10	4	7	13	10	11						132	6th
			31	Garrett Gerloff												WD								0	NC
			46	Valentino Rossi	Ret	3	5	5	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	12	12						66	15th
	Yamaha YZR-M1				QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
			12	Maverick Viñales	1	5	11	7	10	8	5	19	2											95 (106)	10th
			20		5	1	1	13	3	1	6	3	1	3	7	1	8	2	2	4	Ret	5		278	1st

Rally raid

The so-called "Dakar team" is made up of the following three official drivers.^[5]

• Adrien Van Beveren
• Andrew Short
• Ross Branch

See also

• Yamaha Motor Racing
• Monster Energy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP - Contact us. yamahamotogp.com. 12 August 2021.
2. Web site: Monster Energy Yamaha Factory. yamaha-racing.com. 12 August 2021.
3. Web site: Il Team Monster Energy Yamaha Factory fa il punto di metà stagione. moto.it. it. 31 July 2021. 13 August 2021.
4. Web site: Monster Energy Sports - MotoGP. monsterenergy.com. 13 August 2021.
5. Web site: Monster Energy Yamaha Factory - Teams. yamaha-racing.com. 12 August 2021.