Reigning MotoGP champions Yamaha have launched the bike Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will ride in 2016.
Lorenzo and Rossi won 11 of 18 grands prix between them last year, with the Spaniard narrowly beating his team-mate to a third title by five points at the season finale in Valencia.
Yamaha also claimed the teams’ and manufacturers’ titles last year, and managing director Lin Jarvis is confident the team can retain all three honours in 2016.
"With Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi as riders, the unchanged Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team crew and the stunning new YZR-M1 bike we are confident that we will have all that we need to challenge to retain our three titles," said Jarvis.
"We know that our competitors will be out for revenge and we can never underestimate the efforts that they will apply to try to dethrone us.
"We also know that the new regulations and change of tyre supplier will add more variables to contend with but we are committed to the challenge and planning to give our maximum effort to win the 2016 title."
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