Wilson and Rogers to ride again for Yamaha Racing Team in 2021

Happy with their current lineup, Jay Wilson and Levi Rogers will again fly the flag for the Yamalube Yamaha Racing Team for the 2021 motocross and supercross season. Rogers and Wilson have proven they’re worth of their spots in the team, by over performing enough to secure the seats for another year.

Happy with their current lineup, Jay Wilson and Levi Rogers will again fly the flag for the Yamaha Racing Team

Yamaha Racing Team say the duo of Wilson and Rogers make a great contrast of youth and experience and with both riders contesting the MX2 and SX2 championships on the potent YZ250F, they will be able to learn and bounce off each other in a positive fashion and elevate themselves as the year progresses.

For Wilson, he will spearhead the team and continue the successful relationship that has seen him win several championships with Yamalube Yamaha Racing over the years. While he did consider a move to the 450cc class, Wilson is happy to remain on the YZ250F and with a majorly updated machine, he is excited to get stuck into pre-season testing and development.

Jay will spearhead the team going into 2021.

“My goals heading into 2020 were to have a dominant year on the 250 and move to the 450 class for 2021 but with the year the racing world has had, I have just pushed everything back a season. My motivation is as strong as it’s ever been and I think I have yet to hit my peak as a rider in terms of both speed and fitness.

“I have found a real interest in off bike training which I didn’t always have and with Levi and Kota around last year, they were a good motivational tool for me as both of them are so enthusiastic about riding and racing, that it naturally rubs of on me.” Wilson said.

Levi Rodgers has climbed the ranks in the junior team.

Alongside him will be 17 year old, rising talent, Levi Rogers. Rogers has come through Yamaha’s Junior Racing program and then moved to the team in 2020 to contest the MXD class. But with the MXD class altered for 2021, Rogers has made the leap into the deep MX2 field for the new season, but the extra competition holds no fears for him.

“Although we didn’t do any national racing in 2020, I was able to get some state based racing in where I was able to line up against a lot of the national MX2 riders at several events and experience how things roll. I battled with them at a few of the tracks that were on the national calendar over the last few years so it was a confidence boost that I wasn’t too far from them and I could learn from first hand racing experience.” said Rogers.

The team will have a shakedown at some regional events before starting the ProMX season.

The Queensland based team will start out the year contesting a couple of regional events as tune for the commencement of the Pro MX, with round one expected to take place in April.