New champions were crowned at the Yamaha Grand Prix 8 Finals, the culmination of Yamaha a four-leg one make race series for several classes of Yamaha motorcycles. This marks the end of the series’ eighth staging, with each season serving as a venue for finding new racing talent.
The Yamaha GP was kicked off by none other than Yamaha’s MotoGP riders, Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi and Maverick “Top Gun” Viñales at Robinsons Novaliches last February.
The series then held legs in SM City Cebu, and Digos Sports Complex in Davao del Sur.
For its finals at Rizal Park in Luneta, the national site was converted into a race track bathed in the brightness of overhead floodlights.
New to the race was the Yamaha Sight 115, the latest underbone of the motorcycle manufacturer, designed to provide performance through efficiency and simplicity.
This final round saw the best riders from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao battle it out for supremacy. The motorcycle classes were composed of Fun Race AT, Fun Race UB, AT 160 Open, Sight 115, Vega Force 115i, and Sniper 150.
By nightfall, the winners of each category was crowned, forming the newly minted Yamaha Team Pilipinas. The champions will be taking the Philippines to the next level of global racing dominance.
Podium finishers are as follows:
FUN RACE AT
1st – Kenneth Coronel
2nd – Jasper Beltran
3rd – Allan Dela Cruz
FUN RACE UB
1st – Gary Taplador
2nd – Mark Kian Santos
3rd – Joey Villaester
AT 160 OPEN
1st – Miko Montano
2nd – Aljon Valencia
3rd – Allan Dela Cruz
YAMAHA SIGHT 115
1st – Gian Carlo Mauricio
2nd – John Paul Lantape
3rd – Clint Jay Sande
VEGA FORCE 115i
1st – McDon Sande
2nd – Vingie Coloma
3rd – Masato Fernando
SNIPER 150
1st – Ephraim Onahon
2nd – Garry Caneda
3rd – Durraine Dan Carlos
