Yamaha have unveiled the brand new R9 for the 2025 Supersport World Championship.
The three-cylinder R9 will assist three groups within the WorldSSP.
Stefano Manzi, final 12 months’s runner-up, and All Japan Highway Racing JSB1000 Champion Yuki Okamoto will kind the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi, the five-time World Superbikes race winner, and Lucas Mahias will kind the GMT94 Yamaha workforce.
The rebranded BLU CRU Evan Bros Yamaha will comprise Can Öncü and Aldi Satya Mahendra.
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Andrea Dosoli, Division Supervisor, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe, mentioned: “Will probably be a big second for Yamaha when the R9 makes its race debut in Australia later this month.
“This is a vital new mannequin for Yamaha and we’ve got been working onerous behind the scenes to make sure we are able to have a powerful a begin as doable when the lights exit at Phillip Island.
“The R6 was a WorldSSP legend and it was successful proper till the tip, so our targets with R9 are the identical – we need to be aggressive from the very first season and the mixture of the onerous work from our engineers and groups with the sturdy rider line-up offers us confidence forward of the season’s begin.
“A giant thanks to all the engineers for the substantial effort which has gone into this undertaking to this point, and eventually I’d prefer to want our riders and groups a fantastic season.”
Niccolò Canepa, Highway Racing Sporting Supervisor, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe, mentioned: “We’re very excited to see the R9 compete in its first WorldSSP race weekend.
“Our numerous rider line-up options a mixture of expertise and youth, giving us a powerful probability within the R9’s first season.
“In fact, Stefano Manzi completed runner-up in WorldSSP for the final two seasons, so he’s eager to struggle for the title this 12 months. Michael Ruben Rinaldi involves WorldSSP from WorldSBK and needs to point out his velocity right away, placing his ‘huge bike’ expertise to make use of.
“Can Öncü has been spectacular in testing, as has Lucas Mahias – a former World Champion with Yamaha in 2017, so we’ve got cause to be assured given the depth of expertise and potential throughout our three groups.
“For Yuki Okamoto and Aldi Mahendra, the beginning of the season is about studying the brand new bike and sophistication, and in Yuki’s case model new tracks too.
“Our groups have been testing all through January and the preliminary indicators are constructive as we head to Phillip Island for one remaining check earlier than the race weekend.
“As this can be a fully new undertaking ranging from scratch, it’s tough to make exact targets however our purpose is to be as aggressive as doable from the very begin.”
