MOTO GP

Valentino Rossi one more time
It was in Indonesia, more specifically in the capital Jakarta, that Yamaha introduced its team for the 2019 season, where it hopes to put an end to the fast of three seasons without the title of pilots.
With the same pair of riders he has had in the last two seasons, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales, the big news in the triple tuning fork is the main sponsor exchange. The Spaniard Movistar leaves and enters the brand of energy drinks Monster Energy, an insignia that was already linked to Yamaha, but that thus gains a preponderant role in the official equipment of the Japanese manufacturer
As such the decoration of the M1 no longer has blue as the dominant color, it was connected to Movistar, so the black gains a greater visibility in the fairings of the motorcycle as well as in the facts of the pilots. In the background a bit similar to what happened in the past with Tech 3, when this was the satellite formation of Yamaha and had precisely Monster Energy as the main sponsor. But there without the presence of blue.
It's under the motto "Beast Mode On" that Yamaha kicks off for the new year.
"The following test at Sepang is very important because it is the first opportunity for the team to get together and test everything that Yamaha has been working on in the winter. Our performance improved at the end of last season, but we want to and we need to take some more important steps, so we need to get down to business. I am honestly looking forward to the next season and getting back on track. I want to go back to my M1! I feel as good and determined as ever, nothing has changed in this aspect, and I believe that with a lot of work we can improve on last year and get back to the top, "Valentino Rossi said.
"" I'm prepared to re-pilot my M1. We finished last year stronger than we started, so it will be important to maintain this trend as we prepare for the first race in Qatar. Our first opportunity to see where we are is in the Sepang tests in a few days. I'm looking forward to it because I have high expectations for this year. My motivation has not changed and I plan to go with everything at this time, "said Maverick Viñales. Alexandre Melo, de Portugal