RiderTua.com – New colors, and also new riders for the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team for the 2024 Moto2 World Championship with Ayumu Sasaki #22 and Jeremy Alcoba #52.. Yamaha VR46 Master Camp returns in yellow-blue for the 2024 Moto2 middle class competition , where the goal is to raise the level even better.
The team returns to using the combination of Yamaha blue and yellow VR46 colors, after previously using the more dominant yellow color that has become the team’s trademark in 2023. The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp returns to its original color for the third year in the Moto2 World Championship. The team, which was born thanks to the collaboration of Yamaha Motor and VR46, is on the starting line with Jeremy Alcoba and rookie Ayumu Sasaki, last year’s Moto3 runner-up.
Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team with Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba
A completely updated lineup was taken to the track for two days of private testing at Portimao, but was marked by bad weather. However, from Wednesday to Friday, things will get serious, with the only official test taking place at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit. This test will be held in three days and is very important for the team, considering that the 2024 World Championship will start in Qatar a week later.
The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp wants to raise its level.. “The Yamaha and VR46 Master Camp projects continue to grow.. We are proud of the solid results obtained so far, with podiums in our first two years,” said Tetsu Ono, general manager of the Yamaha Motor sports division, trace the team’s journey. The CEV Moto3 debut was followed by a move to Moto2, before facing the biggest challenge of his World Championship debut in 2022. The first podium was achieved with Manuel Gonzalez at the last GP in Qatar, also the first for the former Supersport 300 champion from Spain.
However, Gonzalez moved to Gresini and, as mentioned, the team started over with a completely new formation… “On one side of the garage we welcome Ayumu Sasaki, the Japanese standard bearer, who after seven years in Moto3 is ready to face the challenge in Moto2. “On the other hand there will be Jeremy Alcoba who already has two years’ experience in the middle class,” he said.
Now there is only one goal for them… “Now let’s raise our expectations even further. The riders and the team are hungry for victory, they want to achieve extraordinary results in 2024: we are ready to show our worth,” he concluded..
