Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd has entered an agreement with MotoGP™ rights holder Dorna Sports SL to supply YZR-M1 engines on an annual lease basis to teams participating in the MotoGP Championship.
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd announced on Saturday at Doha, ahead of the Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar qualifying sessions, they would offer an engine lease supply for teams competing in the MotoGP™ World Championship, in an effort to increase the options of competitive engines in the premier class.
The agreement comes as a result of Yamaha’s work with Dorna and the sport’s governing body, the FIM, to further promote the MotoGP World Championship; the Japanese manufacturer engine lease program will initially operate for the 2014, ’15 and ’16 seasons.
The teams opting for the Yamaha engine will be free to build their own bike around it or contract an independent chassis manufacturer to build the complete bike.
In related news, Honda Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Spanish company ExternPro, will be the official Moto2™ engine supplier for the next three years extending until 2015.
The Moto2™ class, which was initially brought in to replace the 250cc two-stroke class in 2010, has since its inauguration been running a single-spec Honda CBR 600cc engine, with the aim of the championship to drive chassis development and uncover rider talent. It has been a hit with riders and fans from the start, and is providing ever-greater spectacles out on track as the series progresses.
New from 2013 is that ExternPro, part of the Parque Tecnólogico de MotorLand Aragón, will be the company preparing the engines for competition, ensuring their reliability, as well as carrying out regular maintenance.
–From motogp.com
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