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WHAT IS YART?
YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team) is an Endurance World Championship (EWC) racing team, founded in 2001 by owner and Team Manager Mandy Kainz.
YART is based in Heimschuh, a small village in the south of Austria, and benefits from the excellent location: 25km to the next airport; 16 racetracks within 600 km, etc. Due to that, YART can also offer good logistics for a fast online shop delivery to neighboring countries (48h delivery to asia, not considering corona).
The company also offers an engine tuning & electronic department, rollingdyno, CNC production and much more. It is also the biggest official GYTR (Genuine Yamaha Technology Racing) Pro Shop in Europe with the production of around 300 racebikes per year. YART is also manufactor of special parts for YME (Yamaha Motor Europe).
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NEWS
How did the story begin?
The story of success started in 2003/2004 when YART achieved their first podium. YART finished third overall in the 2005 World Championship, starting a five year run never finishing outside the top three. In 2009, the team achieved the ultimate target and took their Yamaha YZF-R1 to winning the World Endurance Championship 2009 by winning the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the 8 Hours of Oschersleben, the 8 Hours of Albacete and the 8 Hours of Doha. In 2023 YART became World Endurance Champion for the second time.
So far YART could achieve 16 pole positions, 14 fastest racelaps, 38 podiums with 11 victories and two world champion titles. As well as:
- 2006, 2008, 2019 YART became EWC Vice World Champion
In 2015 YART made the strategic decision to provide their knowledge and experience to junior athletes and to private racers and trackday racers. The purpose was to make motorcycle racing more popular and also safer by moving the human‘s racing spirit from the roads into safe racetracks.
The upcoming years have also been crowned with a great winning streak: 2020 12h of Estoril; 2019 8h of Sepang; 2018 & 2019 8h of Slowakiaring.
In 2018 Yamaha Motor Europe presented their limited edition 20th years anniversary YZF-R1 (20 units) and in 2020 Petronas Yamaha SRT launched a teamreplica YZF-R1 with 46 machines, exclusive built in by YART.
Riders
Niccoló CANEPA
Marvin Fritz
Karel HANIKA
Niccoló CANEPA
Marvin Fritz
Karel HANIKA
Niccoló CANEPA
Marvin FRITZ
Karel HANIKA
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Support, Race, Win.
“A big thank you to all our sponsors. Without the support of the sponsors it is in our sport very difficult to achieve lasting success. If you are showing interest in sponsoring the Yamaha Austria Racing Team, please contact me via the contact form or call me directly at the phone number +43 664 5101 938. Together with you I will create a suitable sponsorship package.”
“Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle unsere Sponsoren. Ohne die Unterstüzung der Sponsoren ist es in unserem Sport sehr schwer nachhaltigen Erfolg zu erzielen. Sollten Sie Interessse am Sponsoring des Yamaha Austria Racing Team haben, kontaktieren Sie mich über das Kontaktformular oder rufen Sie mich direkt unter der Rufnummer +43 664 5101 938 an. Mit Ihnen gemeinsam erstelle ich für Sie ein passendes Sponsorenpaket.”
Mandy Kainz
Team Manager, #1 YART
“A big thank you to all our sponsors. Without the support of the sponsors it is in our sport very difficult to achieve lasting success. If you are showing interest in sponsoring the Yamaha Austria Racing Team, please contact me via the contact form or call me directly at the phone number +43 664 5101 938. Together with you I will create a suitable sponsorship package.”
“Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle unsere Sponsoren. Ohne die Unterstüzung der Sponsoren ist es in unserem Sport sehr schwer nachhaltigen Erfolg zu erzielen. Sollten Sie Interessse am Sponsoring des Yamaha Austria Racing Team haben, kontaktieren Sie mich über das Kontaktformular oder rufen Sie mich direkt unter der Rufnummer +43 664 5101 938 an. Mit Ihnen gemeinsam erstelle ich für Sie ein passendes Sponsorenpaket.”
YART News
Niccoló Canepa
Niccolò Canepa was born in Genoa in 1988. He starts his career riding minibikes in the Italian Championship. At the age of 14, he became the youngest rider ever to race a 600cc bike in a National Championship. His career on two wheels is full of successes. He won the World STK Championship, he raced in a Motogp full season, a Moto2 full season and many seasons in the Superbike World Championship. He is one of the most important italian rider in activity.
He is also the first Italian in the history to win EWC Championship and also the first Italian to win the Bol d’Or. Niccolò is also the Factory Yamaha Superbike Team test rider.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of birth: 14.05.1988
Place of birth: Genua
Nationality: Italian
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2005 – 4th European Championship 600
2006 – 2nd EuropeanChampionship 600
2007 – WSTK 1000 Champion , 2 Victories
2008 – Testrider MotoGp Team Ducati
2009 – MotoGP Ducati Pramac
2010 – World Championship Moto2
2011 – 4th WSTK 1000
2012 – WSBK
2013 – 2nd WSTK 1000
2014 – 2nd WSBK Evo
2015 – WSBK
2016 – 2nd FIM EWC
2017 – FIM EWC Champion , 4 Victories
2019 – Victory 8 Hours Slovakiaring
2020 – Victory 12 Hours Estoril , Victory 8 Hours Sepang , 2nd FIM EWC
2023 – Champion – FIM EWC, YART Yamaha EWC Official Team
Marvin Fritz
German IDM Superbike champion Marvin Fritz joins YART after a dominant debut season that saw him take three double wins on board his YZF-R1M.
As the son of German racer Wolfgang Fritz, new YART signing Marvin was born into the racing paddock. He lined up for his first race as a four year old on a 50cc motocross machine, switching to tarmac in 2002 and becoming a national minibike champion the following year, at the age of 10.
Marvin went on to compete in the IDM 125cc championship between 2006 and 2010. He would also ride four times as a wild-card in the 125cc World Championship, scoring points for a 14th place finish at Assen in 2009. Marvin’s switch to four strokes followed and he competed six times in the European Superstock 600 championship between 2011 and 2012. A breakthrough season came in 2014, when he won the IDM Supersport class on a Yamaha YZF-R6. The following year saw him remain with Yamaha but switching to 1000cc bikes, in the IDM Superstock class, before winning the Superbike class at his first attempt last year.
For 2017, Fritz will also run a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the European Superstock Championship alongside his commitments for YART.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of birth: 20.04.1993
Place of birth: Mosbach
Nationality: German
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 65 kg
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Hobbies: Joggen, Mountanbike
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2005 – ADAC Junior Cup Champion
2006 – 11th IDM 125 ccm
2007 – 3rd IDM 125 ccm
2008 – 4th IDM 125 ccm , 1 Victory
2009 – IDM Runnerup 125 ccm
2009 – MotoGP 125 World Championship (Assen 14. Platz, 2 points)
2010 – 6th IDM 125 ccm
2014 – IDM Supersport 600 Champion
2015 – IDM Superstock 1000 4th Position
2016 – IDM Superstock Champion
2018 – Victory 8 Hours Slovakiaring
2019 – Victory 8 Hours Slovakiaring
2020 – Victory 12 Hours Estoril, 2nd FIM EWC
2023 – Champion – FIM EWC, YART Yamaha EWC Official Team
Karel Hanika
Karel Hanika started his motorcycle career racing minibikes at the age of seven. Karel became the 125cc Austria and Czech Republic Champion. He is the 2013 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion and the 2013 European Moto3 champion. In 2014 and 2015, Hanika raced in the Moto3 world championship.
In the 2019/20 Endurance World Championship season, Hanika joined the YART Yamaha EWC Official Team.
In 2023 he became EWC Champion with YART. Karel Hanika will be part of the YART Yamaha EWC Official Team in the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship to defend the title.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of birth: 14.04.1996
Place of birth: Brno
Nationality: Czech Republic
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2012 – 3rd RedBull Roockies Cup
2013 – European Moto 3 Champion
2013 – RedBull Roockies Cup Champion
2014 – MOTO3 Red Bull KTM Ajo
2015 – MOTO3 Red Bull KTM Ajo
2016 – MOTO3 Mahindra
2017 – MOTO2 Kalex
2018 – WSBK Yamaha
2020 – Victory 12 Hours Estoril , Victory 8 Hours Sepang , 2nd FIM EWC
2021 – 7th – FIM EWC, YART Yamaha EWC Official Team
2022 – 6th – FIM EWC, YART Yamaha EWC Official Team
2023 – Champion – FIM EWC, YART Yamaha EWC Official Team
24 Hours Motos Le Mans 2025
Bugatti circuit – Le Mans
The ACO organised its first bike race in September 1912, well before the birth of the Bugatti circuit which was inaugurated in September 1966 with an initial track of 4.422 km. The first Endurance bike race, “The 1000 km”, was contested on the Bugatti circuit in September 1969. The Bugatti track has been modified over the seasons. The current track of 4.185 km has been in use since 2008.
Few circuits in the world can boast of having hosted so many forms of competitions up to the highest level: Formula 1, Grand Prix Motorbikes, F 3000, Formula 2, Formula 3, Endurance motorbikes for the Bol d’Or and the 24 Heures Motos, 1000 km Motorbikes, 24 hours Trucks, Kart 250, 24 hours on foot, on bicycle, on roller skates and in dragsters as well as all the car and bicycle promotion events.
Landmark dates for the Bugatti circuit
17 September 1966: Official inauguration of the Bugatti Circuit
2 July 1967: first French F1 Grand Prix.
7 September 1969: organisation of “1000 km”, 1st motorcycle Endurance test.
22 and 23 April 1978 1st edition of the 24 Heures Motos
Since 2000: The Motorbikes Grand Prix of France contested each year at Le Mans
Since 2008: last configuration of the Bugatti circuit (4.185 km)
- Season: 202
- Date: 19-20.04.2025
- Place: France / LeMans
- Adress: Place Luigi Chinetti, 72019 Le Mans, Frankreich
- FIM EWC:
https://www.fimewc.jp/en/rounds/24-heures-motos-2025
8H SPA EWC MOTOS 2025
In 100 words: A track as legendary as it is demanding hosts international-level motorbike racing for the first time since 2001 when the 24H SPA EWC Motos revives the spirit of the 24 Heures de Liège, once an EWC calendar mainstay. The iconic circuit has undergone extensive safety upgrades mandated by FIM and FMB specifically for the EWC’s return. Central to the changes, which have been ratified by the FIA in line with car racing requirements, are expanded run-off areas at several corners, the repositioning of safety barriers in some sections, plus the minor realignment of Turn 9, albeit for bike use only.
Fast facts:
*The return of the EWC to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was first discussed in 2015, shortly after Discovery Sports Events (formerly Eurosport Events) became championship promoter as part of a long-term agreement with governing body, FIM.
*Although a 22h00hrs start on Friday was originally planned, the 24H SPA EWC Motos gets underway at 14h00hrs.
*At 7.004 kilometres, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the longest circuit on the EWC calendar.
*In alignment with Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Discovery Sports Events appointed PHA Claude Michy, the organisation behind the French MotoGP round, to support the general coordination of 24H SPA EWC Motos.
*The return of EWC racing to Belgium coincides with Xavier Siméon chasing a hat-trick of championship titles following success in 2020 and 2021.
- Saison: 2025
- Date: 07.06.2025
- Place: Belgium
- Adress: Rte du Circuit 55, 4970 Stavelot
- FIM EWC:
https://www.fimewc.com/en/rounds/8-hours-of-spa-motos-2025
Suzuka 8 Hours 2025
Suzuka Circuit – Japan
Since its creation in 1962, the Suzuka circuit has hosted many international competitions including the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Motorbike GP and the Motorbike Endurance World Championship. This circuit is one of the few tracks to offer an 8hr race over 5.821 km.
The first edition of Suzuka 8 Hours was contested in July 1978. Suzuka 8 Hours is the motorcycle endurance test which has attracted the most riders in Motorbike GP. Mike Baldwin won the 1st edition with Wes Cooley. Among the other winners of the Suzuka 8 Hours: Graeme Crosby (1980), Hervé Moineau (1983), Wayne Gardner (1985,’86, ’91 and ’92), Dominique Sarron (1989), Kevin Magee (1988), Wayne Rainey (1988), Eddie Lawson (1990), Mick Doohan (1991), Daryl Beattie (1992), Scott Russell (1993), Tadayuki Okada (1995), Noriyuki Haga (1996), Shinichi Ito (1997,1998, 2006 and 2011) and Valentino Rossi (2001). Dajiro Kato, already a winner in 2000, was the last Grand Prix rider to step up to the plate in 2002. In 2015, the Motorbike GP riders made a return winning with the victory of Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith (Yamaha Factory).
Landmark dates of the Suzuka circuit
September 1962: Opening of the Suzuka circuit.
30 July 1978: the 1st edition of Suzuka 8 Hours won by the Americans Wes Cooley and Mike Baldwin (Suzuki Yoshimura)
1 August 1982: 1st Japanese victory at Suzuka with Shigeo Iijima and Shinji Hagiwara (Honda). The race was reduced to 6 h due to a typhoon
1 November 1987: first Formula 1 Grand Prix.
- Season: 2025
- Date: 03.08.2025
- Place: Japan / Suzuka
- Adress: 7992 Inoucho, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture 510-0295, Japan
- FIMEWC:
https://www.fimewc.com/en/rounds/46th-coca-cola-suzuka-8-hours-endurance-race-2025
Bol d’Or 2025
Paul Ricard HTTT Circuit
The Paul Ricard circuit hosts a variety of car, motorcycle and bicycle races each year on its 167 track configurations ranging from 826 to 5,861 metres. Created in 1970, this legendary circuit has hosted 14 Formula 1 French Grand Prix races, 22 Bol d’Or motorcycle endurance races and 13 motorcycle Grand Prix world championships. In 1999, the Paul Ricard circuit closed for renovation work to transform it into an innovative new circuit. The Paul Ricard HTTT (High Tech Test Track), as it is now known, once again hosted an international motorcycle racing championship in 2015 with the return of the Bol d’Or round of the FIM EWC.
The Bol d’Or, which is taking place for the 80th time in 2016, has been held at different circuits over the years. Initially a road race when it was created in 1922, it later moved to various purpose-built circuits – Montlhéry, Le Mans, Paul Ricard and Nevers Magny-Cours – before returning to Castellet and the Paul Ricard circuit in 2015.
Landmark dates of the Paul Ricard circuit
19 April 1970: Inauguration
1971: First F1 French Grand Prix
1973: First motorcycle French Grand Prix
1980: First Bol d’Or
1999: Purchase by a new buyer and start of work to renovate and redevelop the circuit
2002: Re-opening as the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track
2006: Circuit gains FIA approval
2009: Circuit re-opened to the public, with 10 to 20 events per year
2015: Return of the Bol d’Or to the Paul Ricard circuit
- Season: 2025
- Date: 20.09.2025
- Place: France / Le Castellet
- Adress: Circuit Paul Ricard, Route des Hauts du Camp, Le Castellet, France
- FIM EWC:
https://www.fimewc.com/en/rounds/bol-dor-2025