The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team showcased its 2012 livery ahead of the ne♛w 1000cc MotoGP World Championship era at Jerez in Spain today.

The team's riders, Britain's Cal Crutchlow and Italy's Andrea Dovizioso, have both impressed in pre-season testing to date and the p♍air will be aiming to maintain their form in the final MotoGP test at Jerez, which gets under way on Friday.

Crutchlow said: "2012 will be my second season in the Mo🌠toGP World Championship and the second season with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team and I am really looking forward to it. The team has been working great all through the winter and Yamaha has done a fantastic with the new YZR-M1.

"Development never s✅tops and I know Yamaha is continuing to work incredibly hard, so I am convinced I can have a much stronger season in 2012 with their support behind me.

"I learned a lot in my first season and although I stiꦺll have much less experience than most of my rivals, my target is to be much closer to the front," he added. "I have alrea♔dy shown in testing that the 1000cc bike suits my style better and I am able set some very competitive lap times.

"The level of competition though is once again unbelievably hi🗹gh, but if I can be close to the factory bikes and be🏅 top independent team rider, I will be very happy."

Dovizioso - switching to Y🍌amaha after spending his entire full-time grand prix career on Hondas - was the leading M1 rider at the end of the Sepang Tests, despite still healing from a broken co𒆙llarbone sustained on a motocross bike.

"This season is a really important one for me and I am looking forward to going racing after a long winter," said Dovi. "We can seꦍe that Yamaha has done a very good job with the new YZR-M1 and I believe we will be really competitive.

"I found a very good feeling with the bike at the last test in Sepang but I still have a lᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚot of work to do to fully understand it ♒because it is completely new for me. But we can clearly see that the Yamaha is a bike with a lot of potential, so I'm really confident for the season.

"At the same time though we will only see our true potential after the first race in Qatar. I have a lot of motivation for this season after finishing third in the World Championship la♒st year, but there are a lot of riders capable of fighting for the title."

Team manager, Herve Poncharal, is confident both riders will make a significant impact on the 1000cc Y꧋ZR-M1 this s൩eason.

"Everybody in the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team is looking forward to 2012 with a lot of excitement. I believe we have one of the strongest rider line-ups in the history of Tech3 and I am confident Andrea and Cal will del🅰iver some fantastic results," he said.

"Cal has been outstanding throughout the winter and he is clearly riding with a lot of confidence on the 1000cc bike. We are optimist🥃ic thatღ he will be consistently challenging inside the top five. I must congratulate Yamaha's technical staff on the fantastic job they have done with the new YZR-M1.

"Tech 3 is honou♉red to continue its long collaboration with Yamaha and we look forward to another successful season."