The 2011 Yamaha World Superbike Team has unveiled the livery they will run for the upcoming World Superbike season, which commences in at Phillip Island next weekend.

The new design features a Yamaha blue corporate racing colour scheme, taking inspiration from both the famous Yamaha speed block design and also one of the colours of the current production model YZF-R1 according to Yamaha.

The team features an all-new rider line up for the 2011 championship with 28-year-old Italian rider Marco Melandri, a previous 250cc GP World Champion, stepping across from MotoGP to partner Irishman Eugene Laverty, who steps up from World Supersport.

The team continues its winter testing schedule on 21-22 February at the Phillip Island Circuit in advance of the opening round of the championship.

Interestingly, Italian dairy product company Sterilgarda have chosen not to extend their sponsorship deal, which ran through the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Yamaha also this week launched its AMA Superbike team run by Graves Yamaha, the squad picking up Monster Energy as title sponsor.

Graves will retain defending AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes as the team’s lone rider on the R1, joined by returning Daytona Sportbike contender Josh Herrin on the R6.