German Moto2 rider Jonas Folger will graduate to MotoGP next year with the Tech3 Yamaha team.Now in his third Moto2 season, Folger has two wins in the class to his name, and is fifth in this year's standings after four races. The 22-year-old claimed an additional two world championship race...

Valentino Rossi will stick with a Yamaha YZR-M1 based on the brand's 2015 MotoGP challenger this year, rather than developing the '16 version.Yamaha headed to Phillip Island's second pre-season test with the aim that Rossi and teammate Jorge Lorenzo would choose between the 2015-based bike or a different chassis it...

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo led the way in first practice for MotoGP's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, ahead of Marc Marquez, in a session cut short by rain.While most opted to take to the track in the opening stages, Lorenzo kept a watching brief from his garage as Avintia's Mike...

Bradley Smith has signed a new deal to remain with the Tech 3 Yamaha squad in MotoGP for the 2016 season. The British rider, who sits fifth in the riders' standings as the highest-placed satellite competitor, said at the recent Indianapolis race he was keen to sign a new deal,...

Briton Bradley Smith will remain with the Tech 3 Yamaha team in 2015 after extending his deal with the MotoGP squad.The 23-year-old made his MotoGP debut with the French team last year, having join Tech 3 in 2011 for his first season in the Moto2 category. Smith's new deal means...

Yamaha has officially unveiled its 2014 YZR-M1 MotoGP bike and its revised color scheme. The team chose to hold its launch in a Yamaha dealership in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday evening. Lead rider Jorge Lorenzo lost the 2013 title to Marc Marquez by four points in a year disrupted by...