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Yamaha seemed almost unstoppable following MotoGP’s regulation changes, limiting engine displacement to 800cc. After Rossi’s consecutive championship victories in 2008 and 2009, Jorge Lorenzo rode the YZR-M1 to his own maiden MotoGP title in 2010.
Over this three-year-period, Yamaha won the Triple Crown of constructors’, team riders’ titles each season. This was the first time in MotoGP history that the same manufacturer won consecutive titles with different riders. It must be said that Rossi contributed greatly to the development of the YZR-M1, but Lorenzo’s succession proved that it had not simply been a matter of building a model specialized to Rossi alone.
Jorge Lorenzo became an exclusive triple world champion in 2015 with his final MotoGP title
Marking his debut in the MotoGP class, Fabio Quartararo delivered a stunning first season on the satellite Petronas SRT YZR-M1 in 2019
Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in the premier class' history
2021 World Champion Fabio Quartararo and 2020 World Championship runner-up Franco Morbidelli unveil the 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 Livery
Now, Yamaha has announced the signing of Alex Rins for the 2024 MotoGP season as a replacement for Franco Morbidelli alongside Fabio Quartararo.