Pierce Brown officially joins Star Yamaha Team

In what was pretty well known by this point is that Pierce was set to join the Star Yamaha team. Most will think that this was driven by the closing of the TLD GasGas team at the end of the 2024 SMX season, but this decision goes back further. Brown mentioned in an interview on the Gypsy Tales Podcast that he had previously received two contract offers from Star and had turned then down in previous years. He was feeling like he needed a change and began looking, this was long before he heard any news that the TLD team would be closing.

Pierce will now be a teammate alongside Haiden Deegan, and given Brown’s quickly improving performances in 2024, this should make for a formable team for Star.