Yamaha Austria Racing Team

The Yamaha Austria Racing Team , or YART for short, is an Austrian long-distance motorcycle racing team that was founded in 2001. YART is endurance world champion 2009 and currently the official Yamaha development and test team.

successes

• 2006 - Endurance runner-up world champion on a Yamaha
• 2008 - Endurance runner-up world champion on a Yamaha
• 2009 - World endurance champion on a Yamaha
• 9 victories in the endurance world championship
• 8 pole position in the endurance world championship
• 13 fastest race laps in the endurance world championship
• 33 podium finishes in the World Endurance Championship

Statistics in the World Endurance Championship

(Status: end of season 2014)

season	driver	run	Points	Victories	Podiums	Poles	Nice Round	World Cup rank	Races won
2001	Horst Saiger Mandy Kainz	2	2
2002	Horst Saiger Erwin Wilding Mirko Kalsek	5	30th					9.
2003	Horst Saiger Erwin Wilding Karl Truchsess	7th	62		1			7th
2004	Igor Jerman Horst Saiger Thomas Hinterreiter Marc Garcia Dean Thomas Mike Edwards Gary Mason James Ellison	6th	100		1			4th
2005	Igor Jerman Horst Saiger Thomas Hinterreiter Gwen Giabbani	5	62		2			3.
2006	Igor Jerman Gwen Giabbani Sebastien Scarnato	7th	150	1	6th		1	2.	8 hours of Suzuka (Superbike class)
2007	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Sebastien Scarnato Damian Cudlin	6th	75		2			3.
2008	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Gwen Giabbani Steve Plater Olivier Four	6th	95	1	3		1	2.	8 hours from Doha
2009	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Gwen Giabbani	6th	145	4th	4th	1	3	1.	24 hours of Le Mans 8 hours of Oschersleben 8 hours of Albacete 8 hours of Doha
2010	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Gwen Giabbani	5	60		2			3.
2011	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Gwen Giabbani Katsuyuki Nakasuga Loris Baz	5	54		1		1	5.
2012	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Gwen Giabbani Katsuyuki Nakasuga Noriyuki Haga Tommy Hill	5	59		1	1	1	6th
2013	Igor Jerman Broc Parkes Josh Waters Katsuyuki Nakasuga Sheridan Morais	3	71		2	1	1	5.
2014	Igor Jerman Broc Parkes Patrick Olson Katsuyuki Nakasuga Wayne Maxwell Sheridan Morais	3	70		1			6th
2015	Max Neukirchner Broc Parkes Iván Silva Sheridan Morais	4th	41		1	1	1	10.
2016	Max Neukirchner Marvin Fritz Broc Parkes Iván Silva Sheridan Morais Kotha Nozane Takuya Fujita	4th	60			1	1	6th
2016/2017	Marvin Fritz Broc Parkes Josh Hayes Sheridan Morais Kotha Nozane	5	130.5		2	1	1	3.
2017/18	Max Neukirchner Marvin Fritz Broc Parkes Kotha Nozane Takuya Fujita	5	30th	1	1	1	1	16.	8 hours from Slovakia Ring
2018/19	Marvin Fritz Broc Parkes Niccolò Canepa	5	110.5	1	2	1	1	4th	8 hours on the Slovak ring
2019/20	Marvin Fritz Broc Parkes Niccolò Canepa Loris Baz Karel Hanika	2	43	1	1	1		4th	8 hours from Sepang

Web links

• Official homepage of the YART team