YamahaThe constant in a paddock built on difference
Manufacturers in MXGP compete on every technical input available to them. For Yamaha and three other leading factory teams, fuel is the exception — a deliberate choice rather than an accident.
VP Racing is the official fuel of Yamaha in MXGP.
- Class
- MXGP
- Fuel
- MOTO-R
- Homologation
- FIM
Why four rivals share one input
Yamaha's factory MXGP effort runs the same blend as Honda HRC, TM Moto and Bud Racing: VP MOTO R. In a class where chassis, suspension, engine and electronics are all points of competitive difference, those four teams have taken fuel off the list of things to argue about.
The practical effect is that a result is attributable. When a bike is quick, the reason is in the engineering, and when it is slow, the search starts somewhere other than the tank.
Four more Yamaha teams on the same fuel
The Yamaha Factory Team is not the only Yamaha operation on VP MOTO R. The same fuel runs in the MJC Yamaha Official EMX125 Team, the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team, the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team and the VHR Yamaha Official EMX250 Team.
That runs from the European championship's EMX125 class to the premier class. A rider coming up through Yamaha's official EMX125 and EMX250 teams is already on the fuel the factory MX2 and MXGP bikes run.
