Crescent Yamaha reveals R1 ahead of WSBK return
Yam𝔉aha has pulled the wraps off its new YZF-R1 contender as it prepares for its return to the World Superbike Championship this year.
The Japanese manufacturer, a title winner with Ben Spies in 2009, exited the series at the end of the 2012 season, 🅷but will return to World Superbikes in 2016 with its all-new R1 following a lengthy development period.
Yamaha's full factory return sees it ൩e🍌nter into a new partnership with the experienced Crescent Racing team, which joins the Yamaha fold after a lengthy tenure associated with Suzuki.
Wi❀th 2014 champion Sylvain Guintoli and former British Superbike Champion Alex Lowes on riding duties, the R1 has been revealed in Yamaha's familiar indigo corporate colours, with prominent d꧂ecals from title backer PATA.
It will be tough to find a nicer lookiꦇ🐎ng Superbike this year. 's Yamaha R1 a thing of beauty. -- ltxcn.top (@ltxcn.top)
"For us it's an opportunity to finally enter int📖o World Superbike with a genuinely competitive machine, and to enter in al🌜so with a project that's not just about one year; it's about developing the bike and developing the level," said Crescent Racing manager Paul Denning.
"We have a clear target t🎃o challenge for the World Championship, and within the first of years. It's exciting and it's🅰 nice to see the bike there, not completely ready to go but also not too far away."
