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Colin Edwards to ride for Forward Racing CRT team in 2012
Colin Edwards announced late this afternoon what many already suspected, he’s staying in MotoGP in 2012 and be riding for NGM Forward Racing’s CRT team making him the first rider to be officially confirmed as part of a CRT tea,.
The American will be the sole rider of the new MotoGP squad and should be riding a machine powered by a Yamaha R1 engine, but the chassis maker is still unknown, but Edwards would prefer it to be a Tech3 chassis.
While the team has been linked to a BMW/Suter set-up, it was confirmed during the press conference that the Italian team is in negotiations with Edward’s current boss Herve Poncharal and Guy Coulon, his current crew chief and designer of Tech 3’s Moto2 chassis.
Colin Edwards MotoGP future
I come from a family with a very strong history in being runners-up. A couple of generation’s of school reports include words like “diligent”, “consistent” and even “above average” but never “champion” or “outstanding”. Our family heirlooms include a series of runners-up trophies in everything from tennis, to golf, to football.
Which is why I totally dig a guy like Colin Edwards. He might not be up there with the Rossi’s (though not this season), Stoner’s and Lorenzo’s of the world but if there’s someone MotoGP needs right now, it’s people like him. Not just because he’s funny, irreverent and a character, but because he proves that you can make a career in this business without appearing among the “best of” statistics all the time with multiple championship wins under your belt. I don’t want to suggest he’s not a champion in his own right, but he really proves that there are other qualities that make a rider.
Edwards is expected to make an announcement this weekend at the Misano MotoGP round on his future, but he’s got plenty of options and some tantalising prospects, among which are remaining with the Yamaha Tech3 team because of his development skills, or again for those skills to move to one of the new CRT teams (rumoured connections with NGM Forward Racing here). Original rumours that Edwards was going out to pasture in World Superbikes seem to have abated and he’s stated he wants to stay where he is. More after the jump.
Yamaha riders talk about their Indianpolis race
We were expecting to see Ben Spies on the Indianapolis podium after his strong practice sessions, but he got bottled up and pushed back and ended up having to ride through the pack to make up for the lost time, it was also nice to see that Yamaha hadn’t given any team orders (anyone happen to remember what went down in Yamaha after the 2010 Motegi race?) to the American regarding him passing his team mate.
Jorge Lorenzo’s race was more of an uphill struggle, unable to find anything good in the asphalt and in his front tires, leaving him with another major setback in trying to keep his title. He was so desperate to turn his weekend around that he admitted that even tried Colin Edwards and Ben Spies’ settings and final decided to use his team mate settings in the race, but his tires dropped off after the seventh lap and when he returned to his garage his Bridgestones were completely shot compared to Spies.
Ben Spies - 3rd
“My actual start wasn’t too bad, just a couple of people got into turn one too hot and I got bottled in. I think Dovi came across in front of me in turn four and I was just glad to stay on the bike. I never even saw him. After that happened we just had to pluck away and not get ahead of ourselves. We rode well but just needed to be up there in the first four turns. I rode as fast as I could; it was tough to pass out there as we couldn’t get it done on the straight so we had to figure out some different spots. I was happy to be able to do that and still run good pace at the end.”
Continue reading: Yamaha riders talk about their Indianpolis race
Colin Edwards to wear Navy Seals tribute helmet at Indy
That Yamaha Tech3 star Colin Edwards is a very strong supporter of the military (besides loving guns and rocket launchers) is a pretty well known fact, and to honour those soldiers who were shot down in Afghanistan earlier this month, he’ll be donning this special design on his Arai helmet featuring the insignia of the US Navy Seals for this weekend’s Indianapolis GP.
Source | hellforleather.com
Colin Edwards returning to World Superbikes?
It looks like Colin Edwards doesn’t want to retire at the end of this MotoGP season and still wants to ride, but as he’s kind of getting long in the tooth for the very youngish MotoGP grid, and despite some good performances including a 3rd place podium at Silverstone a week after collarbone surgery, the 37-year old Texan could make a return to World Superbikes next year and try to take on oldies, but goldies Superbike leaders Carlos Checa (38) and Max Biaggi (40).
Edwards was poised to make the switch last season and was negotiating with Ducati Xerox until the Italian manufacturer decided to pull out their factory effort, while this time the American is in talks with the BMW Motorrad team, even though there may be other options as he revealed to GPWeek.
While the highly popular Edwards hopes to stay on with Yamaha Tech3 for another year, team owner Herve Poncharal has been inundated with requests from riders to take over Edwards M1. Current Moto2 points leader Stefan Bradl has been eyed by Yamaha’s head honcho Lin Jarvis very early on (unless the German rider ends up on Honda and with an all German team under Lucio Cecchinello’s watch) which could be an option as Yamaha would directly foot Bradl’s contract. English rider Bradley Smith could make the vertical move from Poncharal’s Moto2 team and team up with Cal Crutchlow which would make it popular with British fans and the BBC, as could Eugene Laverty.
The Northern Irishman had talks with the French manager at Brno, after losing his 2012 WSBK ride when Yamaha made their shock pullout announcement and is recorded as saying he’s “optimistic” about a MotoGP ride. Randy de Puniet is also rumored to make the switch to World Superbikes, and he’s always been on Poncharal’s wishlist, with the manager’s eye on the marketing appeal of a French rider in a French team to pull in more sponsors.
Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow will race at Motegi
What looked liked an almost compact front from the GP riders and paddock personnel to boycott the Motegi GP is now vacillating after the recent release of the ARPA study that concluded that radiation was ‘negligible.’
Herve Poncharal who has been the most outspoken team manager regarding the need to show support to the Japanese has announced that his Monster Yamaha Tech3 team with Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow will be racing at Motegi come October.
After carefully considering the findings of a detailed independent report commissioned by Dorna into the possible risk of radiation contamination in the area surrounding the Twin Ring Motegi circuit, Colin Edwards, Cal Crutchlow and the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team can confirm that unless there is a change in circumstances, they will compete in the Japanese MotoGP race on October 2.
No doubt that with two riders having confirmed their decision, the others won’t take long to confirm their positions, even Jorge Lorenzo who has been against racing at Motegi from the start of the crisis.
Golden Era Superbike class
Are you a Superbike fan who looks back on the golden years of the 1990’s Superbike and sighs in nostalgia? Get yourself to the UK for the Golden Era Superbike Class starting from next season, which has been designed to revive the 90’s Superbikes and their racing glory with models like the Ducati 851, Ducati 998, Kawasaki ZX-7RR and the Yamaha OW01.
According to BikeSportNews, ThundersportGB boss Dave Stewart is working on the project, and the new class will have restrictions on modern technology and electronics to reflect the bygone days of Superbikes. Stewart says:
None of those bikes were particularly good road bikes, but when you stripped all the clunky and ugly road bike detritus off of them and they stood there in their race prepped glory, just waiting to be spanked around the race track, their true purpose was revealed. At world level they were seemingly ridden by a highly talented and committed bunch of axe wielding maniacs and the racing was simply fantastic. Marco Simoncelli would have looked like a girl scout compared to that lot and the appeal of Superbikes was infectious and spread far beyond motorcycle fans.
More after the jump.
Colin Edwards trains Y.E.S. agents at his boot camp (w/video)
Yamaha Motor USA has come up with another of their awesome video and this time it stars only Colin Edwards, but the Texas Tornado can carry any show by himself, whether be it in a press conference where he keeps journalists and fellow riders in stitches with his quotes or going all out on stage at Silverstone.
This time the veteran MotoGP rider does his own personal impersonation of Clint Eastwood’s Thomas Highway, putting two agents of the Yamaha Extended Service (Y.E.S.) team through basic training at his own Texas Tornado Boot Camp.
Don’t miss the room that Edwards has especially reserved for Dani Pedrosa, if Spaniard should decide to head out to Texas and learn how to shoot a .50 cal and go full metal jacket on Marco Simoncelli.
Source | asphaltandrubber.com
Colin Edwards one man show at Silverstone (w/videos)
When Colin Edwards busted his collarbone during Friday practice at Catalunya, he just wanted to go home to his wife and three kids, but then changed his mind and wanted to try to race at Silverstone and it was the right decision, because he scored a third place podium on the treacherous conditions of the British circuit.
After qualifying eighth on Saturday, Edwards took to the stage and gave one of his highly entertaining, no holds barred performances for British fans and thankfully some kind souls decided to post the videos on Youtube for everyone who wasn’t there to enjoy.
One of Edwards statements got him into hot water with his wife that he explained with: “Honey, I’m a comedian. I was just looking for a laugh, if you know what I’m saying. I had no aspirations to do anything I was saying. It was just cracking a joke.”
Check out the second video which is more complete and Jorge Lorenzo’s reply after the jump.
Continue reading: Colin Edwards one man show at Silverstone (w/videos)
Cal Crutchlow undergoes surgery, Assen in doubt
Cal Crutchlow has finally undergone surgery to repair his left collarbone that he fractured during qualifying at Silverstone after surgery was delayed for two days as doctors assessed a suspected non-displacement fracture of his C2 vertebrae.
Given the all clear after CAT scans showed no damage to his neck, the Yamaha Tech3 rider was transferred to the Royal Derby Hospital where he underwent surgery to have a titanium plate and several screws inserted in the shoulder.
Unfortunately Crutchlow reported that his break is a lot worse that the one suffered by team mate Colin Edwards, who raced to a third place podium at the Silverstone GP nine days after breaking his right collarbone. The American would have tried to race even the day after surgery in order not to break his 141 race starts record if the circuit doctors at Catalunya hadn’t nixed it. Edwards however, reported that he had no pain after surgery, quite different from his team mate’s current situation.
Continue reading: Cal Crutchlow undergoes surgery, Assen in doubt
Colin Edwards grits teeth to take 3rd at Silverstone
We know that Colin Edwards would never had been on the podium at Silverstone today if Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli hadn’t binned it under torrential rain showers, but he was running a very solid fifth, much better than more titled riders considering that he had his collarbone plated just last week. Heroic and stoic are probably the best words to describe the Texas Tornado this weekend.
“That was an unbelievable race and to finish on the podium feels amazing. I was happy to qualify eighth but never in a million years did I think I’d be on the podium just over a week after breaking my collarbone. I need to thank Dr Xavier Mir for the repair job he did on my shoulder and also my guys at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 because they gave me a phenomenal bike today. My shoulder felt great and it was the muscle damage around my ribs that caused me the most pain. But the rain definitely helped because it was a lot less physical than in the dry. I just gritted my teeth and got on with it, just trying to stay smooth and not make any mistakes. Conditions were pretty bad and it was a case of working out when and where you could push. I’d have been happy to fin ish the race and then go home to think about Assen. But I saw a few people succumbing to the conditions and I saw P3 on by board and I couldn’t believe it. At that time though there were still eight or nine laps to go and I couldn’t feel my hands or my feet because it was so wet and cold. It was difficult but it was a good way to the end the weekend for the Team after what happened to Cal. Nobody wants to get hurt, but being injured for your home race is really tough to take, so I wish him a quick recovery and hope to see him back in Assen.”
Team mate Cal Crutchlow who broke his left collarbone in three places on Saturday during qualifying, is still in the John Radcliffe Hospital with no decision having yet to made if the surgery he’ll need will be carried out in Oxford or in Manchester, where the doctor who did his previous shoulder surgery is. The Brit is also being assessed for a neck injury.
Cal Crutchlow to undergo surgery
If last year it was broken legs in MotoGP, this year it’s fractured collarbones, with three MotoGP riders breaking them in less than four weeks. Dani Pedrosa in May and still out of action, a heroic Colin Edwards who broke his right one eight days ago, but it’s his ribs that are hurting him the most and none the less he was able to qualify 8th today and now Cal Crutchlow.
The British rider crashed out during his third lap in this afternoon’s qualifying session at Silverstone probably due to a cold tire and sustained a left collarbone fracture and a concussion and will be undergoing surgery at the Oxford Hospital later this evening or early tomorrow.
Hopefully plating Crutchlow’s collarbone will not create any problems to his left shoulder as the Yamaha Tech3 rider underwent shoulder surgery last December to repair damaged ligaments and tendons.
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