Stefano Manzi, twice a former runner-up in the series, will race for the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate team. Yuki Okamoto, who won the All Japan Road Racing Championship, will step up alongside Manzi.

Yamaha, meanwhile, will make its first return to car racing since its last Formula 1 programme in 1997, when the Japanese manufacturer supplied engines to Arrows. “Yamaha Motor Company is ...

After spending the last two SuperMotocross seasons with the factory Rockstar Energy Husqvarna FC450 team, Christian Craig has ...