Forward Racing
| Forward Racing | |
|---|---|
| 2014 name | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
| Base |
 Agno, Switzerland |
| Principal | Giovanni Cuzari |
| Rider(s) |
MotoGP – 5 Colin Edwards MotoGP – 41 Aleix Espargaró Moto2 - 54 Mattia Pasini Moto2 - 3 Simone Corsi |
| Motorcycle |
FTR Yamaha (MotoGP) FTR (Moto2) |
| Tyres |
MotoGP – Bridgestone Moto2 – Dunlop |
| Riders' Championships | – |
Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP and Moto2 World Championship.
History
The team started competing in the MotoGP class as Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of the Kawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP for the 2009 championship due to the economic crisis.[1] The team took its name from the Japanese word Hayate meaning hurricane. The team ran one Kawasaki ZX-RR motorcycle that was ridden by Marco Melandri. Kawasaki stopped developing new parts for the motorbike in March 2009, meaning Kawasaki's involvement was limited to servicing and maintaining the motorcycle for the rest of the 2009 season.[2] Despite this, Melandri achieved a remarkable result in coming second at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans in May.[3]
In 2010, they participated in the new Moto2 class, with Jules Cluzel and Claudio Corti as their riders on Suter bikes. Cluzel won the British Grand Prix and finished 7th in the championship. Corti had a pole position for the same race, but his best result was ninth at Misano. In 2011 the team competed with Cluzel and Alex Baldolini, later replaced by Raffaele de Rosa. The best result was a fourth place clinched by Cluzel at the British Grand Prix.
The team is scheduled to return to MotoGP in 2012 as one of the Claiming Rule Teams and signed Colin Edwards in September 2011.[4] It was later announced that the team will use a Suter chassis with a BMW engine.[5]
In November 2011, Forward Racing signed Alex de Angelis and Yuki Takahashi for the 2012 Moto2 Championship.[6][7]
Results
Summary
| Year | Class | Team name | Bike | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MotoGP | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-RR |  Marco Melandri |
17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 10th |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Forward Racing | Suter MMX |  Jules Cluzel |
17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 7th |
| Claudio Corti |
17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25th | ||||
| Ferruccio Lamborghini[a] |
1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| 2011 | Moto2 | NGM Forward Racing | Suter MMXI | Jules Cluzel |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 21st |
| Alex Baldolini[b] |
10 (14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27th | ||||
| Raffaele de Rosa[b] |
7 (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| 2012 | MotoGP | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter MMX1 |  Colin Edwards |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20th |
 Chris Vermeulen[c] |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| Moto2 | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter MMXII
FTR Moto M212 |
 Alex de Angelis |
16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 10th | |
 Yuki Takahashi |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th | ||||
| Mattia Pasini[d] |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| 2013 | MotoGP | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR-Kawasaki | Colin Edwards |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14th |
| Claudio Corti |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th | ||||
| Moto2 | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up SF13 | Simone Corsi |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 10th | |
| Mattia Pasini |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 16th | ||||
| NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Alex de Angelis |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 14th | |||
 Ricard Cardús |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | ||||
- a Lamborghini raced for Forward Racing at the San Marino Grand Prix as a wildcard.
- b Baldolini rode for the team in the first ten races, then he was replaced by de Rosa. Both riders competed for other teams during the season.
- c Vermeulen replaced Edwards at the French Grand Prix
- d Pasini replaced de Angelis at the Valencian Grand Prix
MotoGP results
(key)
| Year | Bike | Tyres | Riders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kawasaki ZX-RR | B | QAT | JPN | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | USA | GER | GBR | CZE | IND | RSM | POR | AUS | MAL | VAL | 108 | 7th | ||
| Marco Melandri |
14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 17 | ||||||
| 2012 | Suter MMX1 | B | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | IND | CZE | RSM | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | VAL | 27 | 13th | |
| Colin Edwards |
12 | 16 | DNS | NC | 16 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | ||||||
| Chris Vermeulen |
17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | FTR Kawasaki | B | QAT | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | USA | IND | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | MAL | AUS | JPN | VAL | 43* | 9th* | |
| Colin Edwards |
Ret | Ret | 15 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||
| Claudio Corti |
16 | 19 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 18 | 15 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Kawasaki statement in full". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 9 January 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Marco Melandri: I will race the Hayate". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 12 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Lorenzo takes dramatic victory at wet-dry Le Mans". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 17 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Colin Edwards confirms he will leave Tech 3 team at end of the season". BBC Sport (BBC). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ Birt, Matthew (20 October 2011). "Colin Edwards to ride Suter/BMW in 2012". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "de Angelis to NGM Forward for Moto2". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ↑ "Moto2: Takahashi goes Forward for 2012". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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