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Tech3

Tech3

Motorcycle racing team


Tech3 is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Red Bull GasGas Tech3. They also compete in the Moto3 World Championship under the name Red Bull GasGas Tech3 and the MotoE World Cup under the name Tech3 E-Racing.

Olivier Jacque at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix
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History

The team was founded in 1990 by ex-racer Hervé Poncharal, engineer Guy Coulon and Bernard Martignac, and began racing in the 250 cc class using Honda and Suzuki motorcycles.

In 1999, the team partnered with Yamaha for the factory team and in 2000 their riders, Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano, placed first and second in the 250 world championship. In 2001 the team moved the whole operation to the premier class, again with Yamaha, Jacque and Nakano on the YZR500,[1] though their status changed to that of satellite team through to the present. Towards the end of the 2002 season, the team was given use of the YZR-M1.

In 2006 and 2007 the team used Dunlop tyres, but returned to Michelin in 2008. In the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the two-time and reigning Superbike World Champion James Toseland partnered with the two-time Superbike World Champion Colin Edwards. For 2010, Ben Spies replaced Toseland. Spies finished the season in sixth place while Edwards finished in eleventh place. In the new Moto2 category, Tech3 rider Yuki Takahashi finished the season in twelfth place while Raffaele De Rosa finished 27th, aboard Honda-powered bikes using a Tech3 chassis.[2] For 2011, Spies moved to the factory Yamaha team, and was being replaced by Cal Crutchlow; the team again retained Colin Edwards for a fourth season. For 2012, Crutchlow moved into the second year of his two-year deal, while Edwards announced that he was leaving for the Forward Racing team with Andrea Dovizioso having been confirmed as his replacement. Bradley Smith signed a deal to ride for the team in MotoGP in 2013 and 2014.

In early 2018, after twenty years' association with Yamaha, the team made a shock announcement to make an intended move to KTM beginning in the 2019 season, becoming a satellite team to the Austrian firm's MotoGP presence.[3] The Tech3 squad are considered as a 'junior' or development team, signing upcoming riders early in their MotoGP class careers.[4] This announcement also affected Tech3's Moto2 programme, as they switched to KTM chassis.[5]

In mid-2018, Tech3 also confirmed they would be entering the inaugural season of the MotoE World Cup in 2019.[6]

After the 2019 season in Moto2, with KTM withdrawing from the series, for 2020 Tech3 will field a two-rider team in the Moto3 class for the first time, also using KTM machinery.[7]

In the 2020 season Tech3 recorded their first ever premier-class win in their 373rd start at the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria, KTM's home event. The race was won by Miguel Oliveira.[8] Rider and team repeated the feat at the final race of the season in Portugal, Oliviera's home race.[9]

In mid-2022 Tech3 has announced their partnership with Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Gas Gas, which are KTM's sister brand. The deal saw Tech3 will carry Gas Gas's crimson red color from 2023 onwards.[10] Tech3 continued their partnership with KTM in Moto3 class in that season before also switched to GasGas in 2024 season.

Grand Prix motorcycle results

By rider

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By year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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See also

Notes

  1. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References

  1. "MotoGP – Tech3 Yamaha". Yamaha-Racing.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  2. Peter McLaren (10 November 2009). "Tech 3 names Moto2 riders, Romagnoli joins". crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. Valentin Khorounzhiy (5 March 2018). "Tech3 to switch to KTM for 2019 MotoGP season after Yamaha split". Autosport.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. "Moto2: Tech3 confirms KTM switch | Moto2 | Crash". www.crash.net. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  5. Jamie Klein (16 March 2018). "Teams for 2019 electric MotoE World Cup announced". Autosport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  6. Red Bull KTM Tech 3 to compete in Moto3™ from 2020 motogp.com, 14 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. Barstow, Ollie (2020-11-22). "Outstanding Oliveira crushes rivals with masterclass Portuguese MotoGP win". Crash.net. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. "Get on the Gas! GASGAS set for 2023 MotoGP™". www.gasgas.com. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

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