WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team is happy to announce that Michael Amara is set to represent the squad in the 2022 edition of the MotoGP eSport Championship. The global series will kick off this Friday, the 27th of May at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Italy within the eighth round of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship.
The Italian youngster Amara will then get ready for three virtual double rounds (1st July, 26th August and 23rd September) in Le Mans, Assen, Jerez, Spielberg, at the Chang International Circuit and the Twin Ring Motegi, before he will join the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team again for the final race weekend in Valencia, Spain.
The 20-years old Amara did his first MotoGP eSport Championship back in 2017 finishing in the top 10. He continued in 2018 and ended in 8th place in the overall standings. In 2020, he joined the Yamaha Factory Team for the MotoGP eSport Rising Stars Series. At the same time, he was the first Italian ever to be qualified in the global series and impressed in being the MotoGP eSport Rising Stars Series Champion in 2020 and in 2021.
Being a permanent MotoGP eSport Championship contender in 2022, Amara will feature the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team colors virtually with his avatar Vindex813 and race number #18 at all MotoGP eSport races, which have been broadcasted by 12 TV stations in over 200 countries with 23 million video views in 2021.
Razlan Razali, Founder and Team Principal WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team
“We are delighted to welcome Michael in our rows. As a team we want to be competitive and fight for wins. Michael is a very promising and young contender, who has already shown his impressive abilities, mainly in the eSport Rising Stars Series. Similar to the race, our participation in the MotoGP eSport Championship is in close collaboration with Yamaha Factory Racing and Michael has been involved with the factory team in the eSport Rising Stars series since 2020. We are happy to provide him this opportunity and hope to celebrate success together with him in our WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team. The first round in Mugello will be an exciting one and we can’t wait to watch him compete!”
Michael Amara, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team eSport Rider
“I’m so pleased to be part of the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, because I think this is a great and important team. I can’t wait to meet all the team members at the race this week in Mugello, which is also my home race. For the season in general, I want to battle against the top guys and achieve a good result at the end of the championship. I will give my maximum to achieve something great this year.”
