Motogp Team Petronas

The move will see rossi join the satellite team in what will be only their third season in the motogp category after the malaysian squad made their debut at the qatar gp in 2019.

Motogp team petronas. 29 00 yamaha petronas srt cap 041 20py team bbc motogp store petronas yamaha srt yamaha petronas srt cap. It shook up the order in its debut season in 2019 by taking honour of top independent team and fourth in the motogp world championship. Petronas yamaha has announced its first rider signing for the 2021 motogp season and it isn t valentino rossi instead countryman franco morbidelli has been confirmed as remaining with the. That first season in the premier class saw petronas yamaha rack up six pole positions and seven podiums and win the independent teams championship.

The team s beginnings in the world championship go back to its first moto3 entry in 2015 with expansion to moto2 in 2017 and finally a motogp entry in 2019. With such a strong team and debut year behind them the petronas yamaha sepang racing team are sure to be fighting at the sharp end from the first race with one of the best rider pairings on the grid. Valentino rossi s deal to join the petronas srt yamaha squad in 2021 and extend his motogp career has been made official after months of discussions. The 2020 season started with a bang for petronas srt with back to back wins in the first two races followed by another win in round 7.

The grand prix racing icon will take part in next year s motogp world championship as a factory yamaha rider for the petronas yamaha sepang racing team with full support from yamaha motor co ltd. Meanwhile the petronas srt team made its motogp debut in 2019. Sepang racing team is a unique entity in motorsport encompassing motogp with petronas yamaha sepang racing team and moto2 and moto3 with petronas sprinta racing. Following this initial success we then became a partner to the fiat yamaha factory racing team from 2009 to 2011.

In 2020 the team retains its rider line up and will challenge with the new 2020 spec yzr m1. The first season saw the team bag six pole positions and seven podiums and win the independent teams championship. Riders franco morbidelli and fabio quartararo between them enjoyed 17 front row starts in 2019 with fabio starting from pole on six occasions.