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MotoGP Exclusive: James Toseland signs 2009 Tech 3 Yamaha contract

Matthew Birt, 12 April 2008 09:17

British rider James Toseland is likely to confirm later on today that he has signed a contract with the Tech 3 Yamaha deal for the 2009 MotoGP world championship campaign. The 27-year-old had an option in his current contract to extend for 2009 that expired in September, but months ahead of schedule he has already clinched a new deal, MCN ...

MotoGP Jerez test: James Toseland’s new look for 2008

Matthew Birt, 16 February 2008 11:42

These are the first pictures of James Toseland riding his 2008 factory Yamaha YZR-M1 in full livery on the opening day of testing in Jerez today (February 16, 2008). Sporting a striking blue and yellow paint scheme for the French-based Tech 3 team, Toseland has made a flying start to the penultimate test session of the winter. Get all the ...

Valencia MotoGP: Jerry Burgess confident Valentino Rossi will race

Matthew Birt, 03 November 2007 16:59

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess is confident the Italian will be fit to ride in tomorrow’s 30-lap Valencia GP, despite suffering three small broken bones in his right hand in a qualifying crash. Rossi suffered a huge crash in the opening ten minutes of this afternoon’s qualifying session, breaking three bones in his right hand in an incident that ...

Estoril MotoGP: Valentino Rossi to stick with Michelin tyres in 2008

Matthew Birt, 13 September 2007 18:11

Fiat Yamaha boss Davide Brivio has confirmed on the eve of the Estoril GP in Portugal this weekend that Valentino Rossi's factory YZR-M1 will definitely run on Michelin tyres in 2008. With Michelin winning only four of the opening 13 races in 2007, there has been intense speculation that Rossi had been pushing Yamaha bosses to consider a switch to ...

MCN Exclusive Brno MotoGP: Colin Edwards agrees to join James Toseland at Tech 3 Yamaha

Matthew Birt, 18 August 2007 17:05

Colin Edwards has confirmed to MCN that he has agreed to join British rider James Toseland in the Tech 3 Yamaha squad for the 2008 MotoGP world championship. Edwards has held meetings with Yamaha Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis and Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal in the Czech Republic this weekend, and he’s verbally agreed an offer to join former ...

Suzuki MotoGP boss confirms John Hopkins departure

Matthew Birt, 10 July 2007 11:49

Suzuki's factory MotoGP team boss Paul Denning has confirmed to MCN that John Hopkins has penned a big money deal to switch to Kawasaki for the 2008 MotoGP world championship. The American's management team informed Denning that a deal had been signed for Hopkins to quit after five years in Suzuki's factory MotoGP squad. MCN exclusively revealed this morning that ...

World Exclusive: John Hopkins signs for Kawasaki MotoGP team for 2008

Matthew Birt, 10 July 2007 10:11

John Hopkins has signed a contract with Kawasaki's factory MotoGP squad for the 2008 MotoGP world championship, MCN can reveal. An official announcement is expected at this weekend's German GP in the Sachsenring in what is the first major transfer of 2007. Sources confirmed to MCN this morning that the 24-year-old has agreed terms after rumours emerged last week in ...

Dutch MotoGP: James Toseland tapped up for vacant Elias Honda MotoGP ride

Matthew Birt, 28 June 2007 19:03

James Toseland has been contacted about taking injured MotoGP rider Toni Elias's Gresini Honda RC212V ride in the 2007 MotoGP world championship. MCN has learned that Gresini spoke to Toseland's manager Roger Burnett today from the Assen paddock after the Italian learned that his Spanish rider is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines following a crash in this morning's ...

Video: Bradley Smith on his first podium in 125GP

Matthew Birt, 31 May 2007 14:58

British teenager Bradley Smith got his first GP podium at the Le Mans round of the championship so GP reporter Matthew Birt visited him at his house to see how it feels to be the first Brit on a 125GP podium in 18 years. Check out the video below to see Matt chat with Bradley at his Oxfordshire home and read ...

Pitt devastated at Ilmor withdrawal

Matthew Birt, 19 March 2007 15:59

Andrew Pitt has spoken for the first time about the bitter disappointment at Ilmor’s shock withdrawal from the MotoGP world championship last week. The Aussie, who suffered a crushing blow at the end of 2006 when he was axed by Yamaha’s World Superbike squad, was left reeling by Mario Illien’s decision to suspend Ilmor’s involvement in MotoGP because of a ...