Yamaha and Michael van der Mark will part ways at the end of the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship season, with the 27-year-old Dutch rider opting to take on a new challenge in 2021. Van der Mark's departure brings to a close a four-year partnership...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla rider Michael van der Mark was in contention for both podiums today but ultimately secured fourth and fifth place finishes after one ten-lap and one 22-lap race at the 4.445km Phillip Island circuit. After coming so close to the...
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Michael van der Mark missed out on a podium finish by just 0.096 seconds in Race 1 at Phillip Island today. The 4.445km-long circuit in Australia delivered a thrilling race from the start as the Pata Yamaha with Rizla pairing of van der Mark and...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla riders Michael van der Mark and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu proved to be fully competitive on the new 2020 Yamaha R1 during the first day of action at the 4.445km long Phillip Island circuit in Australia, with Razgatlıoğlu second overall...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla rider Michael van der Mark completed the final pre-season test at Phillip Island in strong form. After a strong two days on track for Yamaha’s Official Team, van der Mark was satisfied with the seventh fastest lap, having...
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The YART Yamaha EWC Official Team reignited their championship challenge with an impressive victory in a rain disrupted 8 Hours of Sepang race, the second round of the 2019/2020 Endurance World Championship. The Yamaha Sepang Racing Team were leading the restarted race in the early...
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The Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will start the inaugural 8 Hours of Sepang race from pole position, after a dominant qualifying performance today in Malaysia. The Yamaha Sepang trio of Franco Morbidelli, Michael van der Mark and Hafizh Syahrin looked untouchable in qualifying today. All...
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The Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will field a strong rider line up in the inaugural 8 Hours of Sepang EWC race in Malaysia, with MotoGP stars Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syahrin racing alongside Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark aboard the #21 Yamaha R1....
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Michael van der Mark is eager to return to action in 2020, after rounding out the 2019 season with a positive two-day test in Jerez. Between them Van der Mark and his new team mate Toprak Razgatlioglu completed more than 300 laps of the 4.423km...
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After a difficult weekend in Qatar, Pata Yamaha with Rizla WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark's sixth place in the Superpole Race and a particularly hard-fought seventh place in Race 2 were enough to ensure that the Dutch rider, who celebrated his 27th birthday yesterday,...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK with Rizla rider Michael van der Mark was involved in an intense battle for fifth place in today’s first WorldSBK race with Leon Haslam in the closing stages of the race, with the Englishman passing Yamaha’s Dutch rider on the final lap...
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It proved a solid opening day in Qatar for Yamaha's WorldSBK racers, with four of the five R1's finishing inside the top-ten. It was Pata Yamaha WorldSBK with Rizla rider Michael van der Mark who led the way, with the 26-year-old Dutchman ending the day...
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