With this year marking Yamaha’s sixtieth anniversary of its first-ever Grand Prix endeavour, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team is raring to start the 2021 World Championship action. Last year, Yamaha was the most successful manufacturer in terms of GP wins, with seven victories in total, but it missed out on the Championship Title. Yamaha’s goal for this year is to win the MotoGP World Championship.

The colour scheme of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP bike remains the same for 2021, with the team’s YZR-M1, the pit box, and the riders’ leathers sporting a ‘Monster Energy black’ to ‘Yamaha Factory Racing blue’ gradient. The perfect blend between Yamaha’s aesthetic and Monster Energy’s instantly recognisable claw branding is also represented in the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team logo and on the team uniforms.

With another year of experience under his belt, will 2021 be the year of Quartararo? Quartararo is a new entry to the Yamaha Factory squad, but he is already a household name amongst MotoGP fans thanks to his successful years as part of the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team.

The young Frenchman started 2020 with a bang too, securing his first premier class win at Round 1 in Jerez, and he repeated his dominant performance the very next week at the same track. His third victory came in Catalunya, but he was unable to put his mark on the end of the season. He finished eighth in the overall 2020 standings.

2021 will be Vinales’ fifth year at Yamaha, and seventh in the premier class, and he will need to draw on that experience to challenge for honours once more. 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.