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The 2011 program of Yamaha factory and support teams and riders
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| Category | Rider | Team | Machine | |
| World Championships |
MotoGP | Jorge Lorenzo Ben Spies |
YAMAHA FACTORY RACING | YZR-M1 |
| Colin Edwards Cal Crutchlow |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | |||
| Superbike | Marco Melandri Eugene Laverty |
Yamaha World Superbike Team | YZF-R1 | |
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| Category | Rider | Team | Machine | |
| World Championships |
MX1 | David Philippaerts Anthony Boissiere Steven Frossard |
Monster Energy Yamaha Team | YZ450FM |
| AMA | SX | Jemes Stewart Kyle Regal |
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Supercross Team | YZ450F |
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| Colin Edwards | ![]() |
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| Name: Colin Edwards | |||
| Nationality: American | |||
| Born: Feb. 27, 1974 | |||
| Racing team: Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | |||
| Racing career | |||
| 1993: 6th in AMA Superbike Championship | |||
| 1994: 6th in AMA Superbike Championship | |||
| 1995: 11th in World Superbike Championship | |||
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| 1997: 12th in World Superbike Championship | |||
| 1998: 5th in World Superbike Championship | |||
| 1999: 2nd in World Superbike Championship | |||
| 2000: Champion of World Superbike Championship | |||
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| 2003: 13th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2004: 5th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2005: 4th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2006: 7th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2007: 9th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2008: 7th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2009: 5th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| 2010: 11th in MotoGP World Championship | |||
| Cal Crutchlow | ![]() |
| Name: Cal Crutchlow | |
| Nationality: British | |
| Born: Oct. 29, 1985 | |
| Racing team: Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | |
| Racing career | |
| 2004: 10th in British Supersport Championship | |
| 2005: 3rd in British Supersport Championship | |
| 2006: Champion of British Supersport Championship | |
| 2007: 9th in British Superbike Championship | |
| 2008: 3rd in British Superbike Championship | |
| 2009: Champion of World Supersport Championship | |
| 2010: 5th in World Superbike Championship | |
| Marco Melandri | ![]() |
| Name: Marco Melandri | |
| Nationality: Italian | |
| Born: Aug. 7, 1982 | |
| Racing team: Yamaha World Superbike Team | |
| Racing career | |
| 1998: 3rd in FIM Grand Prix World Championship 125cc class | |
| 1999: 2nd in FIM Grand Prix World Championship 125cc class | |
| 2000: 5th in FIM Grand Prix World Championship 250cc class | |
| 2001: 3rd in FIM Grand Prix World Championship 250cc class | |
| 2002: Champion of MotoGP World Championship 250cc class | |
| 2003: 15th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2004: 12th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2005: 2nd in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2006: 4th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2007: 5th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2008: 17th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2009: 10th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| 2010: 10th in MotoGP World Championship | |
| Eugene Laverty | ![]() |
| Name: Eugene Laverty | |
| Nationality: Irish | |
| Born: June 3, 1986 | |
| Racing team: Yamaha World Superbike Team | |
| Racing career | |
| 2003: 7th in British Championship 125cc class | |
| 2004: 2nd in British Championship 125cc class | |
| 2005: 9th in British Supersport Championship | |
| 2006: 3rd in British Supersport Championship | |
| 2007: 25th in MotoGP World Championship 250cc class | |
| 2008: 21st in MotoGP World Championship 250cc class | |
| 2009: 2nd in World Supersport Championship | |
| 2010: 2nd in World Supersport Championship | |
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| David Philippaerts | ![]() |
| Name: David Philippaerts | |
| Nationality: Italian | |
| Born: Dec. 7, 1983 | |
| Racing team: Monster Energy Yamaha Team | |
| Racing career | |
| 2002: 3rd in European Championship 125cc class | |
| 2003: Champion of Italian Championship 125cc class | |
| 2004: 19th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | |
| 2005: 4th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | |
| 2006: 3rd in Motocross MX2 World Championship | |
| 2007: 6th in Motocross MX1 World Championship | |
| 2008: Champion of Motocross MX1 World Championship | |
| 2009: 4th in Motocross MX1 World Championship | |
| 2010: 3rd in Motocross MX1 World Championship | |
| Anthony Boissiere | ![]() |
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| Name: Anthony Boissiere | ||
| Nationality: French | ||
| Born: Oct. 16, 1985 | ||
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| Racing career | ||
| 2004: 13th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2005: 13th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2006: 18th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2007: 15th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2008: 12th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2009: 18th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2010: 16th in Motocross MX1 World Championship | ||
| Steven Frossard | ![]() |
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| Name: Steven Frossard | ||
| Nationality: French | ||
| Born: July 14, 1987 | ||
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| Racing career | ||
| 2007: 26th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2008: 10th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2009: 6th in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| 2010: 3rd in Motocross MX2 World Championship | ||
| James Stewart | ![]() |
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| Name: James Stewart | |||
| Nationality: American | |||
| Born: Dec. 21, 1985 | |||
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| 2010: 20th in AMA SX | |||
| Kyle Regal | ![]() |
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| Name: Kyle Regal | ||
| Nationality: American | ||
| Born: Mar. 14, 1991 | ||
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| Racing career | ||
| 2009: 16th in AMA MX | ||
| 2010: 9th in AMA MX | ||