Tech 3

Tech 3
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2016 name	Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (MotoGP) Tech 3 (Moto2)
Base	Bormes Les Mimosas, France
Principal	Hervé Poncharal
Rider(s)	MotoGP: 38. Bradley Smith 44. Pol Espargaró Moto2: 32. Isaac Viñales 97. Xavi Vierge
Motorcycle	MotoGP – Yamaha YZR-M1 Moto2 – Tech 3 Mistral 610
Tyres	MotoGP – Michelin Moto2 – Dunlop
Riders' Championships	1 250cc 2000 Olivier Jacque

Tech 3 is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Monster Yamaha Tech 3 and in the Moto2 World Championship under the name Tech 3 Moto2.

The team was founded by ex-racer Hervé Poncharal, engineer Guy Coulon and Bernard Martignac and started racing in 1990 in the 250 cc class, using Honda and Suzuki motorcycles. In 1999, the team partnered with Yamaha for the factory team and in 2000 their riders, Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano, placed first and second in the 250 world championship. In 2001 the team moved the whole operation to the premier class, again with Yamaha, Jacque and Nakano on the YZR500, though their status changed to that of satellite team through to the present.

Towards the end of the 2002 season, the team was given use of the YZR-M1. In 2006 and 2007 the team used Dunlop tyres, but returned to Michelin in 2008.

In the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the two-time and reigning Superbike World Champion James Toseland partnered with the two-time Superbike World Champion Colin Edwards.

For 2010, Ben Spies replaced Toseland. Spies finished the season in sixth place while Edwards finished in eleventh place. In the new Moto2 category, Tech 3 rider Yuki Takahashi finished the season in twelfth place while Raffaele De Rosa finished 27th, aboard Honda-powered bikes using a Tech 3 chassis.

For 2011, Spies moved to the factory Yamaha team, and was being replaced by Cal Crutchlow; the team again retained Colin Edwards for a fourth season. For 2012, Crutchlow moves into the second year of his two-year deal, while Edwards announced that he was leaving for the Forward Racing team with Andrea Dovizioso having been confirmed as his replacement. Bradley Smith signed a deal to ride for the team in MotoGP in 2013 and 2014.

Grand Prix motorcycle results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season	Class	Team	Machine	No	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	R.C.	Points	T.C.	Points
2001	500cc	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	YZR500	19	Olivier Jacque	JPN Ret	RSA 16	ESP Ret	FRA Ret	ITA	CAT 12	NED 11	GBR 9	GER 6	CZE 12	POR 8	VAL 5	PAC Ret	AUS 6	MAL Ret	RIO Ret			15th	59	–
				56	Shinya Nakano	JPN 5	RSA 4	ESP 4	FRA 11	ITA 8	CAT 4	NED 5	GBR 6	GER 3	CZE DNS	POR 9	VAL 7	PAC 6	AUS 7	MAL 4	RIO 9			5th	155
2002	MotoGP	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	YZR500	19	Olivier Jacque	JPN Ret	RSA 6	ESP 11	FRA Ret	ITA 9	CAT 9	NED 14	GBR 5	GER Ret	CZE 10	POR Ret	RIO 7	PAC 7						10th	81	5th	149
			YZR-M1																MAL Ret	AUS 8	VAL 9
			YZR500	56	Shinya Nakano	JPN Ret	RSA 8	ESP 17	FRA 13	ITA 11	CAT Ret	NED 8	GBR 10	GER 5	CZE Ret	POR 12	RIO Ret	PAC 16						11th	68
			YZR-M1																MAL 6	AUS 13	VAL 6
2003	MotoGP	Gauloises Yamaha Team	YZR-M1	4	Alex Barros	JPN 8	RSA 5	ESP 5	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT 8	NED 8	GBR	GER Ret	CZE 7	POR 11	RIO 12	PAC 6	MAL 15	AUS Ret	VAL 6			9th	101	6th	172
				19	Olivier Jacque	JPN 15	RSA 10	ESP 10	FRA 4	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED 5	GBR Ret	GER 9	CZE 11	POR 13	RIO Ret	PAC 13	MAL DNS	AUS 6	VAL Ret			12th	71
2004	MotoGP	Fortuna Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	19	Norifumi Abe	RSA 9	ESP 11	FRA Ret	ITA 7	CAT 9	NED 11	RIO 8	GER Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 8	POR 10	JPN Ret	QAT 7	MAL 12	AUS 17	VAL 10			13th	74	6th	149
				33	Marco Melandri	RSA 11	SPA Ret	FRA 6	ITA 9	CAT 3	NED 3	RIO 13	GER Ret	GBR	CZE 9	POR Ret	JPN 5	QAT Ret	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	VAL Ret			12th	75
2005	MotoGP	Fortuna Yamaha	YZR-M1	11	Rubén Xaus	SPA 18	POR 10	CHN 10	FRA 12	ITA 14	CAT 10	NED 12	USA 11	GBR Ret	GER 13	CZE 18	JPN 10	MAL 15	QAT 14	AUS 12	TUR 14	VAL 15		16th	52	7th	130
				24	Toni Elías	SPA 12	POR 14	CHN 14	FRA 9	ITA	CAT	NED	USA 13	GBR 9	GER 12	CZE 14	JPN 9	MAL 11	QAT 8	AUS 9	TUR 6	VAL 10		12th	74
				94	David Checa	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA 19	CAT 13	NED 15	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		26th	4
2006	MotoGP	Tech 3 Yamaha	YZR-M1	7	Carlos Checa	SPA 13	QAT 12	TUR 15	CHN 14	FRA 11	ITA 15	CAT 8	NED 9	GBR 10	GER 9	USA 7	CZE 15	MAL 12	AUS Ret	JPN 14	POR 7	VAL 10		15th	75	9th	101
				77	James Ellison	SPA 16	QAT 13	TUR 18	CHN 16	FRA 14	ITA 16	CAT 9	NED Ret	GBR 14	GER 13	USA 13	CZE 17	MAL 16	AUS 16	JPN 15	POR 13	VAL 14		18th	26
2007	MotoGP	Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha	YZR-M1	6	Makoto Tamada	QAT 16	SPA 14	TUR 14	CHN Ret	FRA 9	ITA 15	CAT 12	GBR 15	NED 13	GER 13	USA 8	CZE 17	RSM 14	POR Ret	JPN 12	AUS 16	MAL 18	VAL 15	18th	38	8th	88
				50	Sylvain Guintoli	QAT 15	SPA 15	TUR 15	CHN 13	FRA 10	ITA 14	CAT 14	GBR 16	NED 14	GER Ret	USA 13	CZE 13	RSM 12	POR 14	JPN 4	AUS 14	MAL 19	VAL 11	16th	50
2008	MotoGP	Tech 3 Yamaha	YZR-M1	5	Colin Edwards	QAT 7	SPA Ret	POR 4	CHN 7	FRA 3	ITA 5	CAT 5	GBR 4	NED 3	GER Ret	USA 14	CZE 14	RSM 10	IND 15	JPN 7	AUS 8	MAL 8	VAL 6	7th	144	4th	249
				52	James Toseland	QAT 6	SPA 6	POR 7	CHN 12	FRA Ret	ITA 6	CAT 6	GBR 17	NED 9	GER 11	USA 9	CZE 13	SMR 6	IND 18	JPN 11	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL 11	11th	105
2009	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	5	Colin Edwards	QAT 4	JPN 12	SPA 7	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT 7	NED 4	USA 7	GER 9	GBR 2	CZE 7	IND 5	RSM Ret	POR 5	AUS 5	MAL 13	VAL 4		5th	161	4th	253
				52	James Toseland	QAT 16	JPN 9	SPA 13	FRA 9	ITA 7	CAT 13	NED 6	USA DSQ	GER 10	GBR 6	CZE 9	IND 6	SMR 10	POR 9	AUS 14	MAL 15	VAL 12		14th	92
2010	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	5	Colin Edwards	QAT 8	SPA 12	FRA 12	ITA 13	GBR 9	NED 8	CAT 11	GER Ret	USA 7	CZE 7	IND Ret	RSM 7	ARA 12	JPN 5	MAL NC	AUS 7	POR 7	VAL 12	11th	103	4th	279
				11	Ben Spies	QAT 5	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 7	GBR 3	NED 4	CAT 6	GER 8	USA 6	CZE 4	IND 2	RSM 6	ARA 5	JPN 8	MAL 4	AUS 5	POR DNS	VAL 4	6th	176
	Moto2	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3 Mistral 610	35	Raffaele De Rosa	QAT Ret	SPA 20	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	GBR 28	NED 27	CAT 16	GER Ret		CZE 15	IND Ret	RSM 13	ARA Ret	JPN 15	MAL Ret	AUS 16	POR 6	VAL 24	27th	15	6th	99
				72	Yuki Takahashi	QAT Ret	SPA 4	FRA Ret	ITA 8	GBR 18	NED 10	CAT 1	GER Ret		CZE 2	IND 26	RSM Ret	ARA 12	JPN 6	MAL Ret	AUS 17	POR 26	VAL 18	12th	86
2011	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	5	Colin Edwards	QAT 8	SPA Ret	POR 6	FRA 13	CAT DNS	GBR 3	NED 7	ITA 9	GER 10	USA 8	CZE 8	IND 7	RSM 13	ARA 13	JPN 8	AUS 5	MAL C	VAL	9th	109	5th	188
				35	Cal Crutchlow	QAT 11	SPA 8	POR 8	FRA Ret	CAT 7	GBR DNS	NED 14	ITA Ret	GER 14	USA Ret	CZE Ret	IND 11	RSM 10	ARA 9	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL C	VAL 4	12th	70
				41	Josh Hayes	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 7	19th	9
	Moto2	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3 Mistral 610	19	Xavier Siméon	QAT 25	SPA 19	POR 26	FRA 18	CAT 14	GBR Ret	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 18		CZE 23	IND 13	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL 15	VAL 8	26th	23	5th	149
				38	Bradley Smith	QAT 9	SPA 4	POR 29	FRA 9	CAT 19	GBR 2	NED 3	ITA 3	GER Ret		CZE Ret	IND 4	RSM 6	ARA 6	JPN 7	AUS 18	MAL DNS	VAL 23	7th	121
				63	Mike Di Meglio	QAT 19	SPA 26	POR 9	FRA Ret	CAT Ret	GBR 17	NED Ret	ITA 24	GER 16		CZE 15	IND 27	RSM 16	ARA 12	JPN 27	AUS 9	MAL 14	VAL 7	23rd	30
2012	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	QAT 5	SPA 5	POR 4	FRA 7	CAT 3	GBR 19	NED 3	GER 3	ITA 3	USA 4	IND 3	CZE 4	RSM 4	ARA 3	JPN 4	MAL 13	AUS 4	VAL 6	4th	218	3rd	369
				35	Cal Crutchlow	QAT 4	SPA 4	POR 5	FRA 8	CAT 5	GBR 6	NED 5	GER 8	ITA 6	USA 5	IND Ret	CZE 3	RSM Ret	ARA 4	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 3	VAL Ret	7th	151
	Moto2	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3 Mistral 610	19	Xavier Siméon	QAT 17	SPA 13	POR 13	FRA DNS	CAT	GBR 21	NED 13	GER 8	ITA Ret		IND Ret	CZE Ret	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 13	MAL Ret	AUS 13	VAL 27	21st	23	5th	115
				38	Bradley Smith	QAT 9	SPA 11	POR 10	FRA 9	CAT 12	GBR 7	NED 6	GER 7	ITA 4		IND 15	CZE 8	RSM 8	ARA 5	JPN Ret	MAL 7	AUS 11	VAL 16	9th	112
				81	Jordi Torres	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT 16	GBR	NED	GER	ITA		IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	19th	0 (31)
2013	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	35	Cal Crutchlow	QAT 5	AME 4	SPA 5	FRA 2	ITA 3	CAT Ret	NED 3	GER 2	USA 7	IND 5	CZE 17	GBR 7	RSM 6	ARA 6	MAL 6	AUS 4	JPN 7	VAL Ret	5th	188	3rd	304
				38	Bradley Smith	QAT Ret	AME 12	SPA 10	FRA 9	ITA 9	CAT 6	NED 9	GER 6	USA Ret	IND 8	CZE Ret	GBR 9	RSM 11	ARA 7	MAL 7	AUS 6	JPN 8	VAL 7	10th	116
	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Mistral 610	52	Danny Kent	QAT 18	AME 17	SPA 26	FRA 15	ITA 21	CAT 13	NED 19	GER Ret		IND 22	CZE 12	GBR 18	RSM 18	ARA 15	MAL 12	AUS 13	JPN DNS	VAL	22nd	16	4th	21
				96	Louis Rossi	QAT Ret	AME 23	SPA 24	FRA 14	ITA 25	CAT Ret	NED 12	GER 21		IND 23	CZE 19	GBR 23	RSM 19	ARA 18	MAL 16	AUS Ret	JPN Ret	VAL 23	24th	6
				99	Lucas Mahias	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER		IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL 24	NC	0
		Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech3		46	Decha Kraisart	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER		IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL Ret	AUS	JPN 21	VAL	NC	0	NC	0
2014	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	38	Bradley Smith	QAT Ret	AME 5	ARG 7	SPA 8	FRA 10	ITA Ret	CAT 10	NED 8	GER 19	IND 6	CZE 9	GBR 22	RSM 7	ARA 5	JPN 9	AUS 3	MAL 5	VAL 14	8th	121	4th	257
				44	Pol Espargaró	QAT Ret	AME 6	ARG 8	SPA 9	FRA 4	ITA 5	CAT 7	NED Ret	GER 7	IND 5	CZE Ret	GBR 6	RSM 6	ARA 6	JPN 8	AUS Ret	MAL 6	VAL 6	6th	136
	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Mistral 610	23	Marcel Schrötter	QAT Ret	AME 9	ARG 11	SPA Ret	FRA 11	ITA 12	CAT 9	NED 12	GER 12	IND 14	CZE 10	GBR 14	RSM 11	ARA 10	JPN 29	AUS 7	MAL 10	VAL 8	10th	80	–
				88	Ricard Cardús	QAT 12	AME 10	ARG Ret	SPA 13	FRA 26	ITA 19	CAT 7	NED 16	GER 11	IND 15	CZE 20	GBR 16	RSM Ret	ARA 14	JPN 9	AUS 16	MAL 12	VAL 12	18th	45
		Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech3		46	Decha Kraisart	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL 25	VAL	NC	0	–
				65	Chalermpol Polamai	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 30	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0
2015	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YZR-M1	38	Bradley Smith	QAT 8	AME 6	ARG 6	SPA 8	FRA 6	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 7	GER 6	IND 6	CZE 7	GBR 7	RSM 2	ARA 8	JPN 7	AUS 10	MAL 4	VAL 6	6th	181	4th	295
				44	Pol Espargaró	QAT 9	AME Ret	ARG 8	SPA 5	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT Ret	NED 5	GER 8	IND 7	CZE 8	GBR Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 9	JPN Ret	AUS 8	MAL 9	VAL 5	9th	114
	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Mistral 610	23	Marcel Schrötter	QAT 16	AME 13	ARG 16	SPA 10	FRA 13	ITA 16	CAT 16	NED 18	GER Ret	IND 14	CZE 19	GBR 11	RSM 17	ARA 15	JPN 9	AUS 12	MAL Ret	VAL 15	20th	32	–
				88	Ricard Cardús	QAT Ret	AME 17	ARG 18	SPA Ret	FRA 16	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 19	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	24th	0 (20)
				97	Xavi Vierge	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND Ret	CZE Ret	GBR 22	RSM 23	ARA 16	JPN Ret	AUS 19	MAL 22	VAL 17	NC	0

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