Right here’s a primary have a look at the 2026 Yamaha YZR-M1 prototype MotoGP race bike. Set to debut this weekend at Misano, Italy, throughout the San Marino GP, Yamaha hopes this machine will revive its flagging fortunes in MotoGP.
Having turned in inconsistent performances during the last 4 years, this new engine configuration for the YZR-M1 is hoped to have the ability to flip issues round for the Monster Vitality Yamaha Racing group. The V-four is a brand new engine configuration for Yamaha in MotoGP, having beforehand used the inline-four engine going again many years.
With rivals Ducati having seen resounding success over the previous six years with the Desmosedici V-four, it may be seen Yamaha is severe about desirous to wrest the MotoGP crown again and its final world championship in 2021 with Fabio Quartararo.
The most recent iteration of the YZR-M1 can be campaigned in Misano’s Circuit Marco Simoncelli by Augusto Fernandez, Quartararo’s group mate. Nevertheless, there may be o affirmation the V-four YZR-M1 will ru a full season as an alternative of the inline-four, though it was stated throughout the unveiling press convention, “insisting publicly that the extra aggressive of the 2 bikes could be the chosen one.”
Yamaha managing director Paolo Pavesio additionally insisted a call might solely be taken after a aggressive debut, in accordance with Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing press launch. With the entry of the YZR-M1 V-four into MotoGP, Yamaha will face stiff competitors from Ducati, with the Desmosedici in improvement since 2001, and KTM with the KTM RC16, in addition to the Aprilia RS-GP, each launched in 2016.
