Yamaha Factory Racing joins forces with JTI and CAMEL
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the start of a new partnership
with JT International (JTI),whose brand CAMEL will become
the new title sponsor of Yamaha's Factory MotoGP Team for
2006.
The Yamaha Factory MotoGP Team, consisting of reigning-World
Champion Valentino Rossi and his team-mate Colin Edwards,
will be known as the "Camel Yamaha Team" in 2006.
Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing Lin Jarvis commented
"Yamaha is very excited to enter into this new partnership
with JTI. JTI has been involved in motorsport at the highest
level for many years and has been an active sponsor at the
top level in the MotoGP class for the past three seasons.
We look forward to working with JTI to enhance the respective
images of our brands and to challenge together for victory,
as Yamaha enters its "next 50 years" and aims to
retain its MotoGP titles in 2006."
"A new chapter in the history of Camel in motorsport
is just beginning", commented Roberto Zanni, JTI's Regional
President for Europe, "After three years of great satisfaction
in the premier class of the World Road Racing Championship,
we are today launching a new challenge for the title. Our
new partnership with Yamaha, the historic, championship-winning
Japanese manufacturer, will be highly motivating for us and
it will be an honour to be by their side throughout the 2006
season. We share the same passion and desire for victory and,
I am sure, success will not be long in coming."
The Camel Yamaha Team will begin its 2006 campaign in Sepang,
Malaysia with a three-day test on 23rd, 24th and 25th January.
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