Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Fired Up for 2022 WorldSBK Title Defence Campaign

The two formal Yamaha riders line up for their next season jointly as a formidable pair aboard the R1 WorldSBK. For Razgatlıoğlu, it will be his third calendar year in Yamaha blue just after a sensational 2021 time which noticed the Turkish ace gain 13 races, collect 29 podiums, a few pole positions and 7 swiftest lap awards on his way to the Riders’ Championship title. The 25-calendar year-outdated will contend with the coveted #1 on his R1 WorldSBK, also disclosed for its inaugural outing currently. 

It will be a tough act to comply with a person of the most thrilling WorldSBK seasons of the sport’s record, but Yamaha Motor Study & Enhancement Europe and the Crescent team have still left no stone unturned throughout the winter in get to give the most effective probability to defend the Riders’, Manufacturers’ and Teams’ Championships. A raft of upgrades released throughout motor and chassis parts, as perfectly as key electronics developments, will bolster the R1 WorldSBK’s effectively-rounded race bundle.

Launched in its new colors with accents to mirror the most up-to-date production-based Yamaha R1, the 2022 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK device presents its riders improved total functionality when compared to the 2021 title-winning racer. 

Actively playing a key section in the team’s future achievements is 2021 Rookie of the Year Locatelli, who out-done seasoned stalwarts of the sequence to end fourth in general in the Riders’ Championship with extraordinary regularity all over his initially 12 months in the leading course. The 25-12 months-outdated Italian achieved 4 podiums in complete last calendar year and is keen to provide additional – such as obstacle for his initially WorldSBK race victory in 2022. 

Pata Snack, a title that has develop into synonymous with Yamaha since its return to WorldSBK level of competition in 2016, continues for a seventh consecutive yr as title sponsor, joined by economical forecasting program business Brixx shown in its striking red. Motorbike incident administration experts, McAMS has also grow to be a Primary Companion of the team to additional fortify its title defence campaign. 

The crew would also like to welcome back and thank BMP Tappi, Semakin di Depan, Yamalube, Akrapovic, Hel General performance, Corpay and Breeze Motor Team, and prolong a warm welcome to new essential companions Professional-Bolt, field leaders in quality fasteners, and OUTDO large overall performance bike batteries. 

Eventually, Yamaha admirers will not require to hold out significantly lengthier to see their favourite protagonists flip a wheel in anger, with the to start with spherical of the season just all over the corner in two weeks’ time from 8-10 April at MotorLand Aragon, next the official pre-period test at the exact same venue on 4-5 April.  

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