Forward Racing

Last updated
Forward Racing
2024 nameMoto2:
Klint Forward Factory Team
MotoE:
Klint Forward Factory Team
Base Agno, Switzerland
PrincipalGiovanni Cuzari
Rider(s)Moto2:
11. Álex Escrig
43. Xavier Artigas
MotoE:
6. María Herrera
9. Andrea Mantovani
MotorcycleMoto2:
Forward F2
MotoE:
Ducati V21L
TyresMoto2:
Pirelli
MotoE:
Michelin
Riders' Championships–

Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the Moto2 World Championship and MotoE World Championship.

Contents

History

The team started competing in the MotoGP class as the Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of the Kawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP for the 2009 championship due to the Great Recession. [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 as Forward Racing 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 returned to MotoGP in 2012 as one of the Claiming Rule Teams and signed Colin Edwards, [4] fielding a Suter chassis with a BMW engine. [5]

For the 2012 Moto2 Championship Forward Racing signed Alex de Angelis and Yuki Takahashi. [6] [7] The team started the season with Suter bikes then switched to FTR after six rounds; with the new chassis de Angelis won the Malaysian Grand Prix.

For 2013, Forward Racing expanded its MotoGP involvement to a two-rider team, signing Claudio Corti alongside Colin Edwards with new FTR-Kawasaki bikes. The Moto2 effort was expanded to four riders with Simone Corsi, Mattia Pasini, Alex de Angelis and Ricard Cardús aboard Speed Up bikes.

In 2014 the team again entered the MotoGP class with two bikes for Colin Edwards and Aleix Espargaró. Taking advantage of the new Open category, Forward Racing intended to use Yamaha-leased YZR-M1 engines with FTR frames, however the team started the season with a complete Yamaha YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm package [8] with other parts supplied by FTR. At the Mugello round Edwards debuted the new Forward frame built by Harris Performance. [9] Espargaró, who stayed with the Yamaha frame, achieved a pole position at Assen and finished on the podium at Aragon with second place, finishing seventh in the championship.

In Moto2 Forward Racing stepped back to a two-rider team, retaining Pasini and Corsi. The team started the season with 2013-specification Kalex frames modified in-house and rebadged as Forward KLX. [10] At the fifth round the team switched to official Kalex bikes. [11] Riding the new frame Corsi scored two podiums, but a crash at Silverstone ended his season. He was then replaced by Supersport World Championship rider Florian Marino.

For the 2015 season, Forward Racing renewed their partnership with Yamaha, planning to run two bikes with YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm packages and abandoning the in-house chassis project. [12] New riders were Stefan Bradl and Loris Baz. Forward also renewed its commitment to the Moto2 class fielding two Kalex frames for Simone Corsi, returning from his injury, and new teammate Lorenzo Baldassarri. [13]

Shortly after the German round, littles problems afflict the team that than announced that they had released Stefan Bradl from his contract at his request. [14] The team returned on track at Brno in both the MotoGP and Moto2 classes with Bradl being replaced by Claudio Corti alongside Baz, Corsi and Baldassarri. [15]

Results

YearClassTeam nameMotorcycleNo.RidersRacesWinsPodiums Poles F. laps PointsPos.
2009 MotoGPHayate Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 33 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri 17010010810th
2010 Moto2Forward Racing Suter MMX 16 Flag of France.svg Jules Cluzel 1712011067th
71 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Corti 1700102025th
70 Flag of Italy.svg Ferruccio Lamborghini [lower-alpha 1] 1 (5)00000NC
2011 Moto2NGM Forward Racing Suter MMXI 16 Flag of France.svg Jules Cluzel 1700004121st
25 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Baldolini [lower-alpha 2] 10 (14)00001827th
35 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele De Rosa [lower-alpha 2] 7 (13)00000NC
2012 MotoGP NGM Mobile Forward Racing BMW-Suter MMX15 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards 1700002720th
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Vermeulen [lower-alpha 3] 100000NC
Moto2 Suter MMX2
FTR Moto M212 		15 Flag of San Marino.svg Alex de Angelis 1612018610th
72 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Takahashi 170000230th
FTR Moto M212 54 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini [lower-alpha 4] 100000NC
2013 MotoGP NGM Mobile Forward Racing Kawasaki-FTR MGP13 5 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards 1800004114th
71 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Corti 1800001419th
Moto2 NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up SF13 3 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 17010010811th
54 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini 1700005815th
NGM Mobile Forward Racing15 Flag of San Marino.svg Alex de Angelis 1700008114th
88 Flag of Spain.svg Ricard Cardús 170000923rd
2014 MotoGP NGM Forward Racing Forward-Yamaha 5 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards 1000001122nd
41 Flag of Spain.svg Aleix Espargaró 1801101267th
15 Flag of San Marino.svg Alex de Angelis [lower-alpha 5] 800001421st
Moto2 Forward KLX-Kalex
Kalex Moto2 		3 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 1202001007th
54 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini 1800003521st
Kalex Moto2 20 Flag of France.svg Florian Marino [lower-alpha 6] 600000NC
2015 MotoGP Athinà Forward Racing
Forward Racing		 Yamaha-Forward 6 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bradl 8 (17)00009 (17)18th
76 Flag of France.svg Loris Baz 1700002817th
71 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Corti [lower-alpha 7] 400000NC
24 Flag of Spain.svg Toni Elías [lower-alpha 8] 5 (6)0000227th
Moto2 Kalex Moto2 3 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 1700008612th
7 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri 170100969th
2016 Moto2Forward Team Kalex Moto2 7 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri 1712011278th
10 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Marini 1800003423rd
2017 Moto2Forward Racing Team Kalex Moto2 7 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri 1600005116th
10 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Marini 1600005915th
Forward Junior Team22 Flag of Italy.svg Federico Fuligni 4 (6)0000138th
1 (6)00000 (1)
2018 Moto2Forward Racing Team Suter MMX2 51 Flag of Brazil.svg Eric Granado 1000000NC
62 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi 150000824th
32 Flag of Spain.svg Isaac Viñales 9 (17)00000 (7)26th
50 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rafid Topan Sucipto 100000NC
3 Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Tulovic 100000NC
2019 Moto2MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward
Agusta Temporary Forward		 MV Agusta F2 62 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi 1800003919th
77 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominique Aegerter 1900001922nd
6 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Ruiu 1 (2)00000NC
2020 Moto2MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta F2 24 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 1400001524th
62 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi 1500102122nd
2021 Moto2MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta F2 7 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri 140000331st
24 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 1400101624th
10 Flag of Italy.svg Tommaso Marcon 1 (5)0000035th
3 (5)00000
77 Flag of Spain.svg Miquel Pons 10000036th
18 Flag of Spain.svg Manuel González 20000033rd
2022 Moto2MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta F2 24 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 190000035th
42 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez 200000530th
98 Flag of Spain.svg David Sanchis 100000NC
17 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Escrig 10000038th
2023 Moto2Forward TeamForward F217 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Escrig 90000327th
42 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez 8 (19)00 (1)000 (65) [lower-alpha 9] 16th
67 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Surra 80000033rd
98 Flag of Spain.svg David Sanchis 30000043rd
19 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Dalla Porta 20000035th
55 Flag of Italy.svg Yeray Ruiz 20000042nd
4 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Dylan Kelly 4 (14)0000129th
2 (14)00000
2024 Moto2Klint Forward Factory TeamForward F211 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Escrig 000000*—
43 Flag of Spain.svg Xavier Artigas 000000*—
MotoEKlint Forward Factory Team Ducati V21L 6 Flag of Spain.svg María Herrera 000000*—
9 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Mantovani 000000*—
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement/wildcard rider
Notes

* Season still in progress.

  1. ↑ Lamborghini raced for Forward Racing at the San Marino Grand Prix as a wildcard.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Vermeulen replaced Edwards at the French Grand Prix.
  4. ↑ Pasini replaced de Angelis at the Valencian Grand Prix.
  5. ↑ De Angelis replaced Edwards from the Czech Grand Prix onwards.
  6. ↑ Marino replaced Corsi from the San Marino Grand Prix onwards.
  7. ↑ Corti replaced Bradl from the German Grand Prix onwards. He was himself replaced by Toni Elías for the Aragon Grand Prix.
  8. ↑ Elías replaced Corti from the Aragon Grand Prix onwards.
  9. ↑ Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colin Edwards</span> American motorcycle racer

Colin Edwards II, nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season, but continues in the sport as a factory test rider. He is a two-time World Superbike champion and competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony West (motorcyclist)</span> Australian motorcycle racer

Anthony Keith West,, is an Australian motorcycle road racer. He most recently raced in the 2019 Brazilian Superbike Championship for the Kawasaki Racing Team. West was suspended from participating at any FIM sanctioned events for 24 months due to testing positive for banned substances from 8 July 2018 to 14 September 2020. In 2018 he competed in the Supersport World Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R and in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tech3</span> 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season</span> Sports season

The 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 62nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and Moto2 classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 11 April 2010 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 7 November. It was the first season for the new Moto2 class.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season</span> Sports season

The 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 63rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The 2011 season was also the final season for 800cc engines in MotoGP, and also for 125cc machinery, as both MotoGP switched back to 1000cc engines and a new four-stroke Moto3 class was also introduced in 2012. Casey Stoner was crowned as MotoGP World Champion for the second time, following his ninth victory of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. Stoner, who was champion previously in 2007, finished 16 of the 17 races to be held in the top three placings – equalling a premier class record held by both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo – including ten wins to become the final 800cc champion before the premier class reverted to 1000cc engines in 2012. As of 2022, this was the last time the premier class was won by a non-European rider, and also the only season in the 2010s decade that the premier class was won by a rider other than Marc Márquez or Jorge Lorenzo. The Moto2 title was decided before the final race of the season at the Valencian Grand Prix. Stefan Bradl became Germany's first motorcycle World Champion since Dirk Raudies won the 1993 125cc World Championship title after Marc Márquez, the only rider that could deny Bradl of the championship, was ruled out of the race due to injuries suffered during free practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The final 125cc world championship title went to Spain's Nicolás Terol, after he finished second in the final race of the season in Valencia, and his only title rival Johann Zarco crashed out during the early stages of the race. Terol, who finished third in the class in 2009 and second to Márquez in 2010, ended the season 40 points clear of Zarco, with Maverick Viñales 14 points further behind, after winning the final two races of the season. The season was marred by the death of Marco Simoncelli at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 MotoGP World Championship</span> Sports season

The 2012 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eskil Suter</span> Suiss motorcycle racer

Eskil Suter is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current motorcycle chassis constructor from Switzerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 MotoGP World Championship</span> Sports season

The 2013 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Speed Up</span> Motorcycle frame manufacturer and racing team from Italy

Speed Up is an Italian motorcycle racing team and constructor founded in 2010 and based in Vicenza, Italy. In 2012 the company started building its own branded chassis under the Speed Up Factory name. Beginning with the 2021 season, the company re-branded their factory-entered machines under the name Boscoscuro to better differentiate between their own racing team and chassis kits supplied to other teams.

IodaRacing Project is an Italian motorcycle constructor and racing team based in Terni, Italy. The team currently fields Aprilia motorcycles in the Superbike World Championship with Leandro Mercado and with Yamaha motorcycles in the Supersport 300 World Championship with Armando Pontone. Between 2011 and 2015 IodaRacing raced in the Grand Prix World Championship, making appearances in all three classes using different chassis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 MotoGP World Championship</span> Sports season

The 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion in the MotoGP category, with Honda the defending manufacturers' champions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 MotoGP World Championship</span> Sports season

The 2015 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The championship was won by Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo, racing for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. It was his third and final world title in the MotoGP category, his fifth overall in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The season had 18 races, beginning in Qatar and finishing in Valencia, which determined who would be world champion between Movistar Yamaha teammates Lorenzo and runner-up Valentino Rossi. It was first time since 2013 that the world title was decided on the final race of the season. Lorenzo also had the most pole positions, fastest laps and race wins throughout the season; while Rossi had the most finishes, completing every race throughout the season, while Lorenzo had one race retirement in San Marino.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Esponsorama Racing</span> European motorcycle racing team

Esponsorama Racing was a motorcycle racing team who formerly competed in the various categories of Grand Prix road racing from 2000 to 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Moto2 World Championship</span> Motorcycle racing season

The 2018 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Franco Morbidelli was the reigning series champion, but he did not defend his title as he moved to the MotoGP class.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 MotoGP World Championship</span> 71st running of the MotoGP World Championship

The 2019 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 71st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing sponsorship liveries have been used since the late 1960s, replacing the previously used national colours. With sponsors becoming more important with the rising costs in the motorcycle CC classes, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their sponsors as clearly as possible.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suter MMX2</span> Racing motorcycle

The Suter MMX2 is a prototype racing motorcycle specifically developed by Suter Industries AG to race in the Moto2 series from 2010 to 2018. It had won three constructor's titles in that period of time. The MMX2 is manufactured by Suter Racing Technology, which was founded by Eskil Suter and had considerable racing experience prior to their entry as manufacturers for Moto2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Moto2 World Championship</span>

The 2013 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with Repsol Honda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Moto2 World Championship</span> Road racing season

The 2012 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Stefan Bradl was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with LCR Honda.

References

  1. ↑ "Kawasaki statement in full". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Marco Melandri: I will race the Hayate". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Lorenzo takes dramatic victory at wet-dry Le Mans". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Colin Edwards confirms he will leave Tech 3 team at end of the season". BBC Sport . BBC. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Birt, Matthew (20 October 2011). "Colin Edwards to ride Suter/BMW in 2012". Motor Cycle News . Bauer Media Group . Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "de Angelis to NGM Forward for Moto2". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Moto2: Takahashi goes Forward for 2012". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Qatar MotoGP: Espargaro sticking with Yamaha frame". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Forward Racing to use new MotoGP chassis at Mugello". Motomatters.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Moto2: Forward announces new 'KLX' chassis project". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Le Mans Moto2: Forward announces official Kalex deal". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Birt, Matthew (15 January 2015). "Forward Racing abandons chassis project". Motor Cycle News . Bauer Consumer Media. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Rowles, Aaron (10 March 2015). "Forward Racing release 2015 bikes". GPxtra.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Emmett, David (31 July 2015). "Stefan Bradl released by Forward, Aprilia signing imminent?". MotoMatters.com. David Emmett. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Emmett, David (6 August 2015). "Forward Racing to return at Brno, but doubts beyond that". MotoMatters.com. David Emmett. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.