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Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea return from summer break to start the final four rounds of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship for Pata Maxus Yamaha, with Magny-Cours from 5-7 September this weekend in France. “The weather has historically played havoc at Magny-Cours, but the asphalt surface has been updated in recent years which has improved the grip level dramatically,” Yamaha’s Rider Coach Eugene Laverty explains. “There are quite a few fast changes of direction, t

Following the announcement yesterday of six-time World Champion – and most successful WorldSBK rider of all time – Jonathan Rea’s retirement from full-time racing, Pata Maxus Yamaha Team Principal Paul Denning shares a statement on “JR’s” long-lasting legacy. Rea’s two years as an Official Yamaha WorldSBK rider bookend a monumental career which transcends the sport and stands as an inspiration for many. As Denning describes, Rea’s contribution to Pata Maxus Yamaha and its val

Six-time FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea has announced that he will retire from full-time competition when his agreement with Yamaha Motor Europe comes to an end at the close of the 2025 season. Rea’s history speaks for itself; since making his debut in the Superbike class as a wildcard in 2008, the Northern Irishman has lined up for an astonishing 459 races over his 17 years racing at the highest level. 119 victories, 264 podium places, 44 pole positions, 104 faste

Andrea Locatelli’s strong run of form continued with two more encouraging performances, pushing his race package for Pata Maxus Yamaha to the limits at Balaton Park Circuit, as Round 8 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship concluded in Hungary today. Mirroring recent results from Misano and Donington, the 28-year-old has not finished outside of the top five in nine successive races. During the Superpole Race this morning, a damp but drying circuit offered a chance at t

Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli kept a cool head in high temperature track conditions to bring home a strong result from Race 1 at Balaton Park Circuit, for Round 7 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship in Hungary today. Qualifying on the front row of the grid in a frenetic Superpole this morning with the third-fastest lap time amid a red-flagged session, the #55 rider launched an attack for the race lead immediately – getting in front of Toprak Razgatlioglu until

Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea had their first look at Balaton Park Circuit today in Friday Free Practice as they prepare for Round 8 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship in Hungary. The Pata Maxus Yamaha pair tackled two trouble-free 45-minute sessions, learning the details of the short and technical 4.075km track at full WorldSBK speed in preparation for the main points-paying races. Even if the results sheet did not demonstrate it, for Rea it was a positive ‘Day

Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea are ready to take on a new challenge this weekend, as the FIM Superbike World Championship visits Balaton Park for the first time from 25-27 July. Pata Maxus Yamaha heads to Hungary off the back of a strong weekend of racing at their UK home round at Donington Park, where Rea took his best qualifying result of the year in P4 followed up by two top six results – and Locatelli collected a significant points haul with fourth, fifth and fourth pl

Both Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea represented Pata Maxus Yamaha super strongly at the team’s home round in the UK today, for Round 7 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship. ­ The team could ask nothing more of 28-year-old Italian rider Locatelli, whose outstanding performance across the weekend of P4, P5 and P4 was rewarded as his best Donington Park results since joining WorldSBK in 2021, despite finishing just shy of a podium in both Race 1 and Race 2. Fans were

A season-best combined team qualifying set the stage for an epic battle for the podium for Pata Maxus Yamaha and its riders Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli at Donington Park, for Round 7 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship today.   Rea led the charge in the first few laps of Race 1, from a super strong fourth-place qualifying at his and the team’s home event. An incredible launch from the second row saw the Northern Irishman as high as second in the opening corners

Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea got to work today in Friday’s Free Practice at the team’s home event at Donington Park, for Round 7 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship. With air temperatures reaching 31 degrees Celsius, the park grounds of the East Midlands venue could easily be mistaken for a European holiday destination as cloudless skies and relentless sunshine greeted the WorldSBK field today. Locatelli’s 45 laps across both Free Practice 1

A team’s home race is a special event, with extra support and the boost of friends and partners, family and fans cheering – none more so than for Pata Maxus Yamaha than the UK Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship this weekend from 11-13 July. The site of Yamaha’s first victories since returning to WorldSBK competition in 2016 – a spectacular “double” achieved in 2018 – Donington is a strong circuit for the R1 and for local hero Jonathan Rea. Rea stormed to third plac

Andrea Locatelli celebrated a well-deserved podium in the Superpole Race this morning, followed by a fighting fourth place finish in Race 2 at Misano World Circuit as Round 6 of the FIM Superbike World Championship concluded today. Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Italian rider fully maximised his Yamaha R1 WorldSBK package with zero mistakes in front of an enthusiastic home crowd of more than 76,000 people with a trio of strong results across the weekend’s three races. Third place in the

Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli put in a fine effort to fight for the podium in Race 1 at Misano World Circuit, during Round 6 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship in Italy today. The hottest track temperatures of the weekend so far made conditions exceptionally challenging for the WorldSBK premier class this afternoon on the Adriatic Coast, but Locatelli did everything he could to stay with the podium fight until the end of 21 scintillating laps. From a P7 grid

Summer arrived on the Adriatic Coast today as Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea got to work for Pata Maxus Yamaha in Round 6 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship at Misano World Circuit in Italy. Track temperatures approaching 50 degrees Celsius and an air temperature of 30 degrees signalled the first real hot conditions of the season, as the WorldSBK field started its race weekend preparation in earnest during Friday Free Practice. Italian home hopeful Locatelli is a

Following a productive two-day test at Misano last month, Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea are eager to put their respective performance findings to good use at Round 6 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship, this weekend from 13-15 June. The Pata Maxus Yamaha pair clocked up more than 300 cumulative laps over two days on the Adriatic Coast in Italy, despite inclement weather threatening to put a dampener on the pre-event preparations. No such drizzle is expected this

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli clocked up more than 300 cumulative laps during two days of testing at the Misano World Circuit, which concluded in Italy today. Other than a few small drops of rain that stopped play around 30 minutes before the end of Day 1, the pre-event preparation test took place under warm and (mostly) clear skies on the Adriatic Coast. With almost all of the regular WorldSBK riders and teams in attendance, it was a good opportunity to tackle an extensi

Andrea Locatelli and Yamaha Motor Europe have reached an agreement for the Italian to continue with Yamaha’s official team in the FIM Superbike World Championship in 2026 and 2027.     The agreement will see Locatelli become one of the longest serving Yamaha WorldSBK riders in history as he enters his sixth and seventh seasons with Yamaha in the Superbike World Championship, with only the legendary Noriyuki Haga having spent more time racing for Yamaha in the premier class of

Andrea Locatelli led Pata Maxus Yamaha across the line with two top-nine finishes at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic today, in Round 5 of the FIM Superbike World Championship. While “Loka” led the team home on paper, it was Jonathan Rea whose spectacular starts and pace marked his return towards being a main protagonist of the WorldSBK class. Rea ran in seventh for much of this morning’s Superpole Race and looked set to improve on his P14 grid position for Race 2 until th

Jonathan Rea stormed through the field in a thrilling start to Race 1 for Pata Maxus Yamaha at Autodrom Most, in Round 5 of the FIM Superbike World Championship today. The six-time WorldSBK Champion’s return from injury has been a step-by-step process, and today’s tenth-place result was highlighted with a fierce fighting start from P14 on the grid to run inside the top six in the opening laps – a monumental move up the field. His early aggression shows flashes of Rea’s excell

Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea tackled a tricky day of changing conditions as Round 5 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship began at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic today. Both riders suffered from “nasty” crashes during Free Practice 1 this morning with a combination of unseasonably chilly temperatures, heavy rainfall overnight and a dirty, low-grip track surface. The session was compromised by red flags throughout, as other riders in the premier class were als