Jack Miller joins Yamaha Factory Team for 2025 Suzuka 8 Hours comeback
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that MotoGP star Jack Miller will join the factory Yamaha Racing Team for the 2025 “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours, marking his return to endurance racing after eight years.
Miller will partner with 12-time All Japan JSB1000 Champion and longtime Suzuka contender Katsuyuki Nakasuga. A third rider from Yamaha’s current WorldSBK lineup will complete the team, led by legendary team manager Wataru Yoshikawa.
Yamaha’s return is a major milestone as the brand celebrates its 70th anniversary. The factory team will race a retro-liveried YZF-R1 bearing the iconic #21, paying homage to the legendary 1985 Yamaha TECH21 Team.
Yamaha has a storied history at Suzuka, having claimed five consecutive wins from 2015 to 2018 with factory entries, and six overall victories at the event. This marks its first factory-backed entry since 2019.
The move underscores Yamaha’s renewed focus on endurance racing and reinforces the performance pedigree of the R1 platform—driven by MotoGP-level talent and race-winning engineering.
The race takes place from August 1 to 3, following private team tests in early July.
