Endurance
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YART Yamaha EWC Chasing Victory in Bol d'Or Season Opener
18 September 2019 The YART Yamaha EWC Team is set to return to action this week as they chase the win at the Bol d'Or, the opening round of the 2019/2020 FIM Endurance World Championship. The team will field a slightly revised rider line-up for the race, with Yamaha WorldSBK rider Loris Baz standing in for Broc Parkes, who is racing in the penultimate round of the Asia Road Racing Championship the same weekend.
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YART Yamaha top pre-season testing at Circuit Paul Ricard
05 September 2019 The YART Yamaha EWC Team enjoyed a very successful two-day pre-season test this week at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, ahead of the 24-hour Bol D’Or race which will open the 2020 Endurance World Championship.
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Loris Baz Reunited with YART Yamaha EWC Team for 2019 Bol d'Or
27 August 2019 After a short summer break following an impressive sixth place finish at the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours in July, the YART Yamaha EWC Team are already gearing up for a return to action at the Bol d'Or on 21 and 22 September. Second in last year's race, the team will field a revised rider line-up for the opening round of the 2019/2020 FIM Endurance World Championship at Le Castellet, with Loris Baz replacing Broc Parkes, who will be racing for Yamaha in the penultimate round of the Asia Road Racing Championship the same weekend.
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Yamaha Factory Racing Team Finish 2nd in Thrilling 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours
29 July 2019 At the 42nd "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8 Hours, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team took the #21 YZF-R1 to 2nd place, securing the fifth consecutive podium finish at Suzuka for Yamaha since the return of the factory team in 2015.
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Pole Position Confirmed for Yamaha Factory Racing Team at Suzuka
27 July 2019 The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will start the 42nd edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours tomorrow from pole position on the grid, following the cancellation of all track activities this afternoon due to adverse weather conditions.
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Racing in the Dark at the Suzuka 8 Hours
26 July 2019 Unlike the "headlights" on the WorldSBK specification YZF-R1 machines, which are just stickers, the headlights on the endurance racing version of the bike are very real and very necessary, given that at least part of this weekend's Suzuka 8 Hours will be raced in the dark.