Yamaha 🗹have unveiled the new R9 for the 2025 Supersport World Championsh🌸ip.

The three-cylinder R9 will support three teams in th෴e Worl༒dSSP.

Stefano Manzi, last year’s runner-up, and All Japan Road Racing JSB1000 Champion Yuki Okamoto will form the Pata Yamaꦐha Ten Kate.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi, the five-time World Supe🐽rbikes race winner, and Lucas Mahias will form the GMT94 Yamaꦫha team.

The🌄 rebranded BLU CRU Evan Bros Yamaha will comprise Can Öncü and Aldi Satya Mahendra.

Andrea Dosoli, Division Manager, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe, said: “It will be a significant moment for Yamaha when the 🎀R9 makes its race debut in Australia later this month.

“This is an important new model for Yamaha and we have been w🍸orking hard behind the scenes to ensure we can have a strong a start as ꦑpossible when the lights go out at Phillip Island.

“The R6 was a W🦩orldSSP legend and it was winning right until the end, so our goals with R9 are the same – we want to be competitive from the very first season and the combination of the hard work from our engineers and teams with the strong rider line-up gives us confidence ahead of the season’s start.

“A big thank you to all of the engineers for the subs🅘tantial effort which has gone into this 𓃲project so far, and finally I’d like to wish our riders and teams a great season.”

Niccolò Canepa, Road Racing Sporting Manager, Motorsport Division, Yamaha Motor Europe, said: “We are very 🍸excited to see the R9 compete in its first WorldSSP rac🦩e weekend.

“Our diverse rider line-up features a mix of experience and yo❀uth, giving us a strong chance in the R9’s first season.

“Of course, Stefano Manzi finished runner-up in WorldSSP for the last two seasons, so he is 🐓keen to fight for the title this year. Michael Ruben Rinaldi comes to WorldSSP from WorldSBK and wants ꧑to show his speed straight away, putting his ‘big bike’ experience to use.

“Can Öncü has been impressive in testing, as has Lucas Mahias – a former World Champion with Yamaha in 2017, so we have reason to be confident given the꧃ depth of talent and potential across our three teams.

“For Yuki 𓄧Okamoto and Aldi Mahendra, the start of the season is about learning the ne꧃w bike and class, and in Yuki’s case brand new tracks too.

“Our teams have been testing throughout January and the initial signs are positive as we head to Phillip Island for one final test before the race weekenဣd.

“As thi⭕s is a comp🎃letely new project starting from scratch, it is difficult to make precise targets but our goal is to be as competitive as possible from the very start.”