VOLUME 56 ISSUE 33 AUGUST 20, 2019 P25
Yamaha Motor Europe MX
Operation Re-Organizes
Y
amaha Motor Europe held
a press conference at the
15th round of the MXGP World
Championship to officially an-
nounce its racing plan and new
team structure for the 2020
FIM Motocross World Champi-
onship.
For the past 28-years, Ya-
maha's Factory setup has been
led by Yamaha legend Michele
Rinaldi. In 2020, Rinaldi and his
team will focus on the research
and development of Yama-
ha's Factory YZ450FM and
YZ250FM motorcycles from the
team's headquarters in Parma,
Italy. Rinaldi will remain at the
helm of the Yamaha Factory
R&D unit. He will also be a vital
member of the Yamaha Motor
Europe Racing Committee.
From the start of 2020, the
Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha
MXGP Official Team will be-
come the new Monster Energy
Yamaha Factory MXGP Team.
The team, led by Louis Vosters,
will be based at the spectacu-
lar Wilvo Yamaha workshop in
Bergeijk, The Netherlands.
The team will retain its current
contingent of riders, Gautier
Paulin and Arnaud Tonus, and
will be bolstered by a third rider,
Jeremy Seewer.
The Monster Energy Kemea
Yamaha MX2 Team, owned by
Hans Corvers, will be morphed
into the Monster Energy Ya-
maha Factory MX2 Team. The
team will line-up in 2020 with
the same talented riders from
this season—Jago Geerts and
Ben Watson. CN
Arnaud Tonus
will return to
Yamaha after team
restructuring.
