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Yakhnich Motorsport introduced its new World Supersport rider line-up in Moscow last week while announcing plans for the 2013 racing season and beyond at the offices of one of the major national news agencies RIA Novosti.

President of YMS Promotion, Alexander Yakhnich, and team manager of Yakhnich Motorsport, Natalia Lyubimova, declared in the press conference that the Russian team had received official support from the European division of Yamaha and status of official participant in the Pirelli tyre test program. The new Yakhnich Motorsport rider Sam Lowes was also presented to the Russian press, together with his fellow Supersport competitor Vladimir Leonov and Dakota Mamola, who will represent the team in the European Superstock 600 Championship.

Yakhnich declared: "In the last two years we have been building our project, and now we can say that it is now complete. In 2012, we conducted the first phase of the Russian Round of the Superbike World Championship - and succeeded beyond all expectations. This allowed us to gain contacts and coverage in the media. For instance, the live broadcast of the Russian WSBK Round collected on our TV a larger audience than Formula 1. In addition, we are now engaged in the organization of the European Cup, which has grown out of another of our projects - the Two Countries Cup. And, of course, one of the most important aspects of our project is the racing team. We have put together a team of international level - this applies to engineers and the base, the riders and the technology. We are quite happy with the results of the first season in the Supersport World Championship and in the new year we are going to fight for the top places."

"In addition, we have a specific program for the 2014-2015 seasons, and in this we have obtained full support from Yamaha and from Dorna, which is now the organizer of both world motorcycle racing championships - MotoGP and WSBK. I would also mention our close cooperation with the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM). We have good relations with Moscow Raceway, Russia's first race track at the highest level, we have helped in the homologation of this complex for motorcycle competition. And now we are the partner of "Formula Sochi", which together with the government is building a path towards Formula 1. We are involved in the process of interaction between the FIM and the homologation of "Formula Sochi" racing requirements.

"In general I can say that we will be happy to assist both existing and under construction projects in Russia. We will do everything possible for the development of motor sport in our country and will make every effort to ensure that Russia is well represented on the world stage."