Exclusive 2024 Yamaha Racing Experience track event to feature nine-time Grand Prix champion Valentino Rossi

The 2024 Yamaha Racing Experience (YRE) event will take place this coming July at Circuito de Jerez and is set to feature nine-time MotoGP world champion and fan favourite Valentino Rossi.

YRE events have taken place at a number of iconic tracks in recent years, including Paul Ricard in the south of France. This year all track only €159,000 R1 GYTR PRO 25th Anniversary bikes and 2024 £24,666 Yamaha R1M owners have been invited to attend free of charge.

However, entries are also open to older standard and M bike customers via dealer-qualified invitations, from locations such as Verwood store, Crescent Yamaha.

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Rossi officially became a brand ambassador for Yamaha in May 2023, having spent a combined 16 seasons racing for the manufacturer at the highest level. He was also gifted a special GYTR (Genuine Yamaha Technology Racing) version of the R1 at the Eicma trade show in Milan in 2021.

“After I retired from MotoGP, I’ve kept training and riding motorcycles,” he said during the ambassador announcement last year. “During my MotoGP career I rode Yamaha bikes as part of my contract. But even after retiring, I kept using Yamaha bikes because I enjoy it.”

Rossi will be joined at the YRE by a number of other special guests, including the official Pata Prometeon Yamaha World Superbike squad, whose riders consist of six-time WSBK champion Jonathan Rea, and former World Supersport champion Andrea Locatelli.

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The exclusive event will take place at Jerez on July 3-4, offering what Yamaha are calling an: “immersive racing experience, which offers a broad program of riding.” Previous YRE events have also been held at Silverstone, Misano, and Mugello. Visit yamaha-motor.eu for more.