The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team competes this weekend in its last Grand Prix in the Moto2 World Championship. The partnership between the Japanese manufacturer and Valentino Rossi’s structure ends after eight years.
It all started with the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp in 2016 – a five-day training program held at the Ranch in Tavullia. A year later, the VR46 Junior Team project was created, giving Master Camp participants and Yamaha bLU cRU riders the chance to compete in Europe.
The team began in the FIM CEV Moto3, moved up to the Moto2 European Championship in 2019, and in 2022 completed its first full season in Moto2 (the previous year it had participated as a wildcard). At that time, it included rookies Keminth Kubo and Manuel González. This year, it featured Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba as riders.
However, both are injured and will miss this farewell round, with Andrea Migno and Stefano Manzi stepping in as replacement riders. It is still uncertain what will happen to the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp slot in Moto2, but it may end up in Pramac’s hands – when Yamaha’s partnership with Pramac in MotoGP was announced, there was also talk of a future project in the intermediate class, although the start date has not yet been confirmed.