Tech 3
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GasGas, Tech 3 and Pol Espargaro..
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Following the news that GASGAS will be joining the MotoGP paddock for next season, it’ll likely come as no surprise that the KTM and Husqvarna-affiliated firm has just announced it’ll be working with Tech3. The Austrian connection doesn’t end there, because it’s been confirmed that the GASGAS Factory Racing Team will be led by none…
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Tech3 extends MotoGP contract with Hafizh Syahrin for one more year
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The French squad has just announced that it has extended its contract with fast youth Hafizh Syahrin until the end of the 2019 season in the premier class. Following his late call to MotoGP this year, the 24-year-old Malaysian youngster delivered an outstanding rookie performance, collecting points from his first ever race in MotoGP. Syahrin…
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Valentino Rossi makes HUGE retirement statement: “I’ll probably race for the next two years then talk about running a Yamaha satellite team after that.”
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Earlier this year Valentino Rossi said he could retire after the first three races of 2018, and now it looks like the Yamaha-shaped carrot that has been dangled in front of the nine-times world champ is just too tasty to leave the MotoGP party for. After Tech 3 and Yamaha announced that they were parting ways…
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Nozane to replace Folger at Japanese Grand Prix
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Local hero Kohta Nozane will step in for the absent Jonas Folger (below) this weekend at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan. Folger will fly home today in order to undertake more medical checks and his seat will be filled by Nozane, who made his Grand Prix debut as a 16-year-old in the 2012 Japanese Moto2 race as a wildcard. He won…
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MotoGP: Bradley Smith – the bike’s fork leg went through the BACK of my knee!
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Yamaha Tech 3 rider Bradley Smith is out of this weekend’s Silverstone MotoGP round, and the following race in Misano, after last week’s crash in a practice session for the Oschersleben 8 Hour endurance. Smith suffered serious ligament damage to his left knee and was airlifted to hospital and operated on. The Beckley-based rider collided with…
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Alex Lowes heads out on the Tech3 Yamaha in MotoGP tests at Brno
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Alex Lowes is getting his chance to test a MotoGP bike today with the Tech3 Yamaha at Brno in the Czech Republic. The current WSB PATA Yamaha man has been out in action on the WSB machine where he clocked up 133 laps at the Lausitzring circuit and is now heading out at the Brno…
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Zarco announced as Tech 3 rider for 2017
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We told you yesterday that the Moto2 defending champion was going to ditch his Suzuki MotoGP plans and take up a ride with Yamaha in the Tech 3 squad instead – and that has just been announced officially. Here’s the official release from the squad: The Monster Yamaha Tech3 team is pleased to announce the…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3… So it looks like Johann Zarco, one of the darlings of the Moto2 class and the reigning champion, will end up on a Tech 3 Yamaha for 2017. That’s the story that’s going around the paddock (despite it seeming an…
