The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will run a special ‰Û÷Race-Blu‰Ûª livery for the Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends.
The unique livery, designed by Italian designer Aldo Drudi, features a contrasting combination of Yamaha Blue and matt grey bodywork, and will be run to celebrate the launch of the exclusive new ‰Û÷Race Blu‰Ûª Series on selected Yamaha production models.
The MotoGP bikes‰Ûª new design has been created to reinforce Yamaha‰Ûªs historic association with racing blue, harking back to the racing liveries of the early 1980‰Ûªs Yamaha teams. Alongside the two-tone blue and matt grey colour scheme, the Yamaha YZR-M1 will also feature matching blue wheels.
Riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will also wear special leathers with the ‰Û÷Race-Blu‰Ûª colour scheme to complement the bike.
‰ÛÏI am very proud to ride with these special colours."said Lorenzo. "The Yamaha racing colours are always very iconic and have a great history. It‰Ûªs very cool that racing fans will be able to ride in the same colours that we race in‰Û
