Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to confirm the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sepang International Circuit. The MoU between Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and the Sepang International Circuit foresees the team leasing Yamaha YZR-M1 motorcycles for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 FIM MotoGP World Championship seasons as a satellite team.
This comes after the news that Sepang (SIC) will be running the Angel Nieto Team grid entries from 2019, with Jorge Martinez "Aspar" as Sporting Advisor.