Unchanged Line up for Yamalube Yamaha Racing in 2019

The Yamalube Yamaha Racing line up will remain unchanged for the 2019 season with Jay Wilson and Richie Evans back to headline the team for the motocross and supercross season.

But there will be a change in the classes the team will contest with Wilson staying on board the Yamaha YZ250F in the MX2 class, while Evans will make the leap to the MX1 division and be mounted on a Yamaha YZ450F.

The move to the MX1 class isn‰Ûªt a first for Evans, who competed on a 450 back in 2016, winning the Queensland Motocross Championship and showing he has plenty of skill on the high powered machines.

Evans has the size, skill and experience to tame the fire breathing machines and is excited by the new challenge ahead of him. His style of riding and racing are also well suited to the bigger bikes and having him in the premier MX1 category will give Yamaha a strong presence in the premier division of racing.

When the team first approached me about racing a 450 in 2019, I wasn‰Ûªt sure what to make of it as I feel there was still some results I could achieve on the 250 in MX2 but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to do it and now I‰Ûªm 100% on board.

‰ÛÏIt‰Ûªs also good to be back with the same team and sponsors again for 2019. We all get along well, and the guys work hard to its good to go racing knowing everything has been done and my job is simply to ride fast," Eans continued.

‰ÛÏIn the MX2 class, most of the riders run a high revving, let it all hang out style which really isn‰Ûªt the way I ride and the more powerful motor of the 450 suits where I ride the bike in the power range. It‰Ûªs also a chance to challenge myself against the best riders in Australia.

"I just need to look at what my brother Mitch was able to do in the MX1 class with some hard work. I saw what he achieved at close range and although he has set the family bar high, I hope to keep the Evans name up there in the MX1 class.‰Û