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Edwards & Toseland Secure Solid Points for Tech 3
05 May 2008
The Tech 3 Yamaha team consolidated fourth position in the Team world championship today after Colin Edwards and James Toseland collected a solid points haul in a tough Shanghai MotoGP race. Edwards, who started from pole position for the third time in his career, had to settle for eighth place after his podium challenge ended when he ran off track at the end of the back straight on lap six. Edwards was holding a comfortable third place at the time and pulling away from reigning world champion Casey Stoner. Edwards lost four places, which he was never able to recover despite a determined ride in the second half of the 22-lap race.
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Fighting 4th for Edwards, Toseland 7th in Estoril
13 April 2008
Colin Edwards claimed his best result of 2008 with a determined ride to fourth place in Estoril today, while a hard fought seventh moved James Toseland into the top five of the MotoGP world championship standings. Lying sixth and tantalisingly close to the leading bunch for the opening nine laps, Edwards comfortably held onto the fourth place that he seized on lap 17 after a mistake by fellow American Nicky Hayden. He briefly threatened to close on Valentino Rossi in third as he posted his fastest lap on lap 19 of 28 with a 1.38.083, but settled for his best result since the German GP last July.
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Tech 3 Sign New Deals With Toseland & Yamaha
12 April 2008
The Tech 3 team and British rider James Toseland will continue to race together until the end of the 2009 MotoGP world championship. Tech 3 and Toseland have already agreed to exercise an option for the 2009 season after the 27-year-old made an instant impact in MotoGP. Toseland has scored top six finishes in his first two races, and claimed a front row start on his debut in Qatar. Tech 3 team manager Herve Poncharal has also successfully concluded negotiations with Yamaha to continue to run two factory supported YZR-M1 machines beyond the current 18-race campaign. The new contract, signed on Friday in Estoril, will continue Yamaha’s long-standing partnership with Tech 3 that started in 1999. The new contract is for the next two seasons until the end of 2010.
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James Toseland Claims Heroic Top Six In Jerez
02 April 2008
Tech 3 Yamaha’s James Toseland produced a heroic performance in a sun drenched Spanish GP today, the British rider fighting illness to claim a deserved top six finish. In what proved to be a mentally and physically draining 27-lap race for Toseland, the rookie showed great strength of character to become the first British rider since 1990 to score successive top six premier class finishes. Weakened by a serious chest and throat infection all weekend, Toseland slipped down to 10th from eighth on the grid in a frantic opening, but then he produced a series of brilliantly executed overtaking moves to move into fifth by the penultimate lap. Toseland’s never-say-die attitude saw him delight a 131,563-strong crowd with passes on Chris Vermeulen, Andrea Dovizioso and Loris Capirossi in quick succession at the Curva Sito Pons. Fifth going into the last corner, he had to settle for sixth after losing a place in a chaotic finale. Capirossi was the chief benefactor from a tangle between Dovizioso and Toseland as he snatched fifth from the 27-year old.
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Toseland Shines Bright In MotoGP Debut
10 March 2008
James Toseland kicked off his MotoGP career in superb style tonight, the British rider claiming a well deserved top six finish in the historic first night race in Qatar. Brimming with confidence after he secured a maiden front row grid position yesterday, the 27-year-old showed no signs of any first race nerves with a flying start. Third at the end of a hectic lap one, he then climbed into second on lap two with a daring overtake on Jorge Lorenzo.
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Toseland & Edwards Storm Qatar Front Row
09 March 2008
James Toseland and Colin Edwards produced inspired qualifying performances in Qatar tonight to claim front row places for tomorrow’s historic first floodlit MotoGP race. Toseland and Edwards ended a thrilling first qualifying session of 2008 with the second and third fastest times to help Yamaha and Michelin claim a clean sweep of the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s 22-lap race. Toseland was in contention to claim a stunning pole position on his MotoGP debut throughout the session. He first climbed to the top of the time-sheets after 19 minutes, when a lap of 1.54.562 moved him 0.1s clear of reigning world champion Casey Stoner.
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Brno Triumphs In The Annual IRTA ‘Best Grand Prix’ Poll
06 March 2008
The magnificently sculptured Brno circuit, home of the Czech Republic Grand Prix, topped the IRTA ‘Best Grand Prix’ poll for the 2007 MotoGP season. Set in the Moravian hills 200 km to the East of Prague the city of Brno is a centre of engineering excellence and automoto competition has been a constant feature for 50 years and first hosted international motorcycle races on the fearsome 13.4 km closed road course.
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Strong Finish For James Toseland At A Blustery Jerez
19 February 2008
Tech 3 Yamaha rider James Toseland concluded a successful three-day test session at the Jerez circuit today by posting the sixth fastest time in dry but blustery conditions. As well as displaying a fast and consistent pace again today, the British rider showed his resilient side as he bounced back from a crash at the first corner on only his second lap to put in crucial development laps on a range of Michelin rear race and qualifying tyres. The 27-year-old braved the pain of a badly twisted right ankle to post a best lap on a qualifying tyre of 1.39.727 in a 36-lap stint this afternoon. That was faster than reigning world champion Casey Stoner by 0.118s and only 0.179s behind fellow Yamaha YZR-M1 rider Valentino Rossi.
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EdwardS 4th Fastest, Toseland 8th
24 January 2008
The opening chapter in the 2008 MotoGP campaign for the Yamaha Tech3 team was brought to a close with the third and final day of testing at a sweltering Sepang circuit in Malaysia this afternoon. After clocking the second best effort yesterday there was further good news for Colin Edwards and the French crew as the American rested fourth in the Day 3 standings with a circulation just eight tenths of a second off the top slot. New team-mate James Toseland was eighth and upbeat after just his third run with the YZR-M1.
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Season Ends On A High Note For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team
04 November 2007
The Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team finished 2007 at the Valencia Grand Prix with its most impressive performance of the year. Both riders secured Dunlop's best qualifying result in the premier class since 2002 as Sylvain Guintoli and Makoto Tamada started from the second row of the grid in fifth and six positions, respectively. In the race, Sylvain created another personal best being the first Yamaha across the finish line with both riders scoring championship points as victory went to local hero Dani Pedrosa with Sylvain claiming the "Rookie of the Year" award.
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Malaysian Malaise For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
22 October 2007
The Malaysian Grand Prix held in stifling conditions at the Sepang circuit near Kuala Lumpur did not provide the results the team was expecting. After travelling from the cold climes of southern Australia in early spring to the humidity of the tropics, Casey Stoner continued his dominant form in 2007 with another victory. As has been the case many times this year, variable weather conditions in practice combined with problems associated with a newly laid surface guaranteed that the weekend would be far from plain sailing. For the first time this season neither of the Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders, Sylvain Guintoli and Makoto Tamada were able to score any championship points.
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Sensational 4th place for Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
23 September 2007
In one of the most dramatic races on record, the Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team scored its most impressive result to date when MotoGP rookie, Sylvain Guintoli rode his Yamaha YZF-M1 to a sensational fourth place in the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The race commenced on a wet, but drying track. Conditions soon improved ensuring that the riders timing of the all important pit stops to change to bikes fitted with lightly cut slick tyres would be crucial. Astute judgement and skill plus the performance of the tyres in the varying weather conditions would be the governing factor. In the circumstances Sylvain gave a faultless display to finish just 1.2 seconds from second place and a tantalisingly close 0.566 of a second from the podium.
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Year's Best Qualifying Result For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team
17 September 2007
The Grand Prix of Portugal held over the weekend in blazing sunshine at the Estoril circuit provided the Dunlop Yamaha Team with its best qualifying result of the 2007 season. Makoto Tamada scored Dunlop's best qualifying result since Garry MCCoy in 2002 when he placed his Yamaha M1 in fourth place while teammate Sylvain Guintoli scored his best qualifying result of his rookie MotoGP season to claim eighth spot on the grid. Tamada was in a strong position holding down eighth place for 24 laps of the race but unfortunately with less than four laps remaining, crashed out. Guintoli was not feeling 100% over the entire weekend and wasn't able to replicate his strong qualifying efforts into a top ten finish but managed to score more valuable championship points to finish in 14th position.
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Toseland To Go To Tech-3 Yamaha MotoGP
01 August 2007
Tech 3 Yamaha would like to announce that it has secured the services of James Toseland for the 2008 season. The British rider will begin his MotoGP career with the Yamaha factory supported organisation next year. Following weeks of speculation, James Toseland will not continue to ride in the Superbike World Championship® in 2008. The British rider has decided to pursue his MotoGP ambitions next season. Confirmation of the decision at this early stage in the season enables a much wider window of opportunity for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team to secure a high calibre replacement. However, the main focus for James for the remainder of the 2007 series is securing the championship title.
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Edwards Returns To The Podium With Second Place At Donington
26 June 2007
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards finished second in the British Grand Prix at Donington Park today, taking his second podium of the season after a fighting ride from pole position. His team-mate Valentino Rossi was disappointed to finish fourth but nonetheless managed to set another record in the process, overtaking Mick Doohan to take the title of most prolific points-scorer ever in the premier class, with a total of 2,303 points. After a brief respite yesterday the British weather closed in again and the race was declared wet, although the rain failed to deter the 84,785 fans who had turned out to see their adopted heroes in action.
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Points Scoring Results Continue For Dunlop Yamaha Tech3
11 June 2007
Under scorching summer skies, the Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 continued to score points in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship as riders, Makoto Tamada and Sylvain Guintoli finished 12th and 14th respectively in an enthralling Grand Prix of Catalunya at Barcelona.
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Plenty Of Positived For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 At Weather Affected Mugello
05 June 2007
The Grand Prix of Italy at the picturesque Mugello layout in the Tuscan hills proved to be a difficult weekend with changeable weather conditions over the entire three days. Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 riders, Sylvain Guintoli and Makoto Tamada finished 14th and 15th respectively.
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Fiat Yamaha Team Hopes Dashed In Washout At Le Mans
21 May 2007
Torrential rain in Le Mans today doused the hopes of the Fiat Yamaha Team as Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards struggled in the wet conditions and splashed home to sixth and twelfth respectively. An action-packed race, which saw seven riders crash out, was eventually won by Australian rider Chris Vermeulen, who took his first win in MotoGP. Black clouds gathered ominously over the MotoGP grid and a few spots of rain just before 2pm meant the race was declared wet. Despite this the riders chose to start the race on slick tyres, with the option of making a pit-stop to change bikes if the weather worsened. Edwards started from pole but was uncomfortable from the start and had dropped to the back of the field by the end of the first lap, before becoming the first to make a pit-stop and change bikes on lap four.
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Season Best Result For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team
06 May 2007
The Yamaha Tech 3 Team scored its best result of the year to date as Sylvain Guintoli finished in 13th position at the Grand Prix of China held in Shanghai. The result for the team could have been a lot better but unfortunately, his team mate Makoto Tamada was involved in an accident on the fourth lap of the race with fellow Japanese rider Shinya Nakano which forced his retirement. Among the positives that the team will take to the next Grand Prix is the fact that Sylvain was able to stay with defending world champion, Nicky Hayden, for several laps.
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Turkish Delight For Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team
23 April 2007
After a drama charged Grand Prix of Turkey the Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Team can leave Istanbul extremely satisfied as riders Makoto Tamada and Sylvain Guintoli scored more championship points finishing in 14th and 15th spots respectively. In what is shaping as the most intensely contested MotoGP Championship on record, both riders were extremely fortunate not to be involved in a spectacular opening lap crash that caused three riders to retire, as the Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 pilots were forced to take evasive action to stay in the race. Losing vital seconds in the melee, both riders recovered composure rapidly to give chase to the quickly disappearing pack and with determined rides closed the gap to the leaders over the remainder of the race to finish just 30 seconds from a podium finish.
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