The rumors have been out there for quite some time, but it was just confirmed that Justin Barcia and Aaron Plessinger have been signed to the Monster Energy / Yamaha factory 459 team for 2019.

Check out Yamaha’s press release in their Instagram post below.

We are happy to announce the signing of @justinbarcia and @aaronplessinger_23 to the @MonsterEnergy/Yamaha Factory Racing Team 450 class for 2019 and beyond. “I’m really excited to extend my contract with the team. It’s an honor and a pleasure working with everyone at Yamaha. It started out as just a fill-in ride and it turned into something a lot more. I can’t ask for a better team, it’s just been awesome. We’ve really turned my career around, I was in a really tough place, struggling a lot and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do next and Yamaha gave me the opportunity to ride a really good motorcycle and I went out there and gave it my all and put in some really good results. It’s just been a pleasure working with all the guys on the team and riding the new Yamaha 450. I’m really excited for the future and I hope to finish out my career at Yamaha, that’s definitely my goal.” – @justinbarcia ⠀ ⠀ “Signing with Yamaha for the 450 Class is amazing! I've been with Yamaha since 2008 and we have had an awesome relationship ever since. I feel like it's going to go really well for me next year, just being on a great team with good people around. I can't wait to start testing and get my bike dialed in!” – @aaronplessinger_23 ⠀ ⠀ (Link in Bio) #yamaha #bLUcRU #victorYZone #promotocross #dropthegate #thisismoto #realracing #tvmx #yz450f #motocross #supercross #supercrosslive @octopi.media⠀

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