Rob McElnea has been a team manager since retiring from competitive racing after a racing career including wins at the Isle of Man TT, factory rides in the Grand Prix Championship and winning the British title with Loctite Yamaha in 1991. He has been the driving force behind the eight BSB titles won by the team and with the new Yamaha R1s for the 2009 season he will be pushing Rutter, Walker and Gowland hard to repeat their previous success.

The team were almost unstoppable in the late 90s, with the Cadbury's Boost Yamahas taking the top two spots in the Championship in 1996, 1997 and 1998 at the hands of Niall Mackenzie, James Whitham, Chris Walker and Steve Hislop. In 1999 the Yamaha team had a change of sponsor and the purple bikes switched to red with the backing of Virgin, with Mackenzie returning to defend his title onboard the all-new R7. However the team were unable to secure their fourth consecutive title and Mackenzie finished the season in seventh.

The following season Hislop returned to the Yamaha squad after a season with Kawasaki but he was unable to repeat his previous success, ending the year in seventh. For 2001 James Haydon was recruited to the team and secured fourth in the overall title chase whilst team-mate Jamie Robinson gave the team another top ten finish in the overall standings.

In the seasons that followed the team continued to secure top ten championship finishes with Steve Plater finishing fifth in 2002 and Gary Mason eighth in 2003. The Virgin Yamaha R6 Cup was launched by McElnea in 2003, with the champion rewarded a place in the BSB squad the following year. Tommy Hill was the maiden champion and in his debut BSB season a solid ninth place was enough to secure him a ride with the team the following year. In 2005 Hill was unable to replicate his top ten finish in the overall standings with a twelfth place finish, whilst team-mate Sean Emmett finished 15th. The new Virgin Yamaha R6 Cup champion, Richard Wren, was the third rider in the squad, but had a difficult season.

Hill was back in the familiar Virgin Yamaha colours for 2006, joined by new Cup champion Billy McConnell, with the pair finishing in eighth and 16th respectively.  In 2007 Hill returned for his fourth consecutive season with the team, securing tenth place.

In 2008 Karl Harris joined the team to try and secure the first title for Yamaha since Niall Mackenzie in 1998, but a challenging season put 'Bomber' out of contention and it wasn't until round four at Donington Park that he was able to notch up the first points of the season.

For 2009 the Rob McElnea-managed team will have a three-pronged attack on the title, with Michael Rutter running in Node 4 colours whilst Chris Walker and Graeme Gowland will run in Motorpoint/Henderson livery.