You may remember the falling out Colin Edwards had with James Toseland over crew chief Gary Reynders controversial switch to Toseland’s side of the Yamaha Tech3 garage and after three months it seems that the Texas Tornado has yet to get over it.

In “Tornado Warning,” Edward’s blog on the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix website has a new interview with the Texan and after talking about the performance of his new M1 in Sepang is and his transition to Bridgestone tires, he also got around talking about his teammate James Toseland, and here is what he had to say about the English rider:

Do you have a new crew chief this year?

Yeah, I traded with James (Toseland).

How is that working out?

I thought I was pretty happy last year with my crew chief (Gary Reynders). They co-conspired to kind of stick it in my (rear), if you want to say that. They decided for my crew chief to go to James, and James decided that my crew chief was better than his. His crew chief last year, I’m with now, and he’s frickin’ awesome. His name is Guy, Guy Coulon, and he’s awesome. He’s got so much experience. I think he’s been doing it since early 70s. I’m really happy. I’m a lot happier with my crew chief. It’s just so relaxed. I don’t have to stroke (my crew chief’s) ego like I did last year. Everybody’s just so relaxed, just happy to be riding motorcycles.

It sounds like what could have been a bad deal has turned into a good deal. Correct?

Yeah, as they say, the light in the dark is the silver lining or whatever it might be. It seems to have worked out really well for our side of the team, with my crew chief and with me. I think everybody is happier than we were last year.

But JT (Toseland) is no longer on the Christmas card list?

No, no. He’s not on the Christmas card list whatsoever. It’s funny. We don’t talk anymore after this little incident. We looked good in front of him, (Toseland) being 2 ½ seconds off the pace (at Sepang). That was good times. You should hear some of the comments being made. He got the crew chief he wanted. That was going to make all the difference in the world, and we just sit and laugh. We have a good time.

The Texan finished fourth quickest in Sepang while Toseland had a terrible time after suffering a massive 125mph high-side on the first day of testing.

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