Forward Racing
2024 name | Moto2: Klint Forward Factory Team MotoE: Klint Forward Factory Team |
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Base | Agno, Switzerland |
Principal | Giovanni Cuzari |
Rider(s) | Moto2: 11. Álex Escrig 43. Xavier Artigas MotoE: 6. María Herrera 9. Andrea Mantovani |
Motorcycle | Moto2: Forward F2 MotoE: Ducati V21L |
Tyres | Moto2: Pirelli MotoE: Michelin |
Riders' Championships | – |
Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the Moto2 World Championship and MotoE World Championship.
History
The team started competing in the
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]
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The team returned to MotoGP in
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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.
Results
Year | Class | Team name | Motorcycle | No. | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
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2009 | MotoGP | Hayate Racing Team | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | 33 | Marco Melandri | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 10th |
2010 | Moto2 | Forward Racing | Suter MMX | 16 | Jules Cluzel | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 7th |
71 | Claudio Corti
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17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25th | ||||
70 | Ferruccio Lamborghini[a]
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1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2011 | Moto2 | NGM Forward Racing | Suter MMXI | 16 | Jules Cluzel | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 21st |
25 | Alex Baldolini[b] | 10 (14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27th | ||||
35 | Raffaele De Rosa[b] | 7 (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2012 | MotoGP | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | BMW-Suter MMX1 | 5 | Colin Edwards | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20th |
7 | Chris Vermeulen[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Moto2 | Suter MMX2 FTR Moto M212 |
15 | Alex de Angelis | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 10th | ||
72 | Yuki Takahashi | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th | ||||
FTR Moto M212 | 54 | Mattia Pasini[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
2013 | MotoGP | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Kawasaki-FTR MGP13
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5 | Colin Edwards | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14th |
71 | Claudio Corti
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18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19th | ||||
Moto2 | NGM Mobile Racing | Speed Up SF13 | 3 | Simone Corsi | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 11th | |
54 | Mattia Pasini | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 15th | ||||
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | 15 | Alex de Angelis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 14th | |||
88 | Ricard Cardús | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23rd | ||||
2014 | MotoGP | NGM Forward Racing | Forward-Yamaha | 5 | Colin Edwards | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22nd |
41 | Aleix Espargaró | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 7th | ||||
15 | Alex de Angelis[e] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21st | ||||
Moto2 | Forward KLX-Kalex Kalex Moto2 |
3 | Simone Corsi | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7th | ||
54 | Mattia Pasini | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 21st | ||||
Kalex Moto2 | 20 | Florian Marino[f] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
2015 | MotoGP | Athinà Forward Racing Forward Racing |
Yamaha-Forward | 6 | Stefan Bradl | 8 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (17) | 18th |
76 | Loris Baz | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17th | ||||
71 | Claudio Corti[g] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
24 | Toni Elías[h] | 5 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | ||||
Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | 3 | Simone Corsi | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 12th | ||
7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 9th | ||||
2016 | Moto2 | Forward Team | Kalex Moto2 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 8th |
10 | Luca Marini | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 23rd | ||||
2017 | Moto2 | Forward Racing Team | Kalex Moto2 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 16th |
10 | Luca Marini | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15th | ||||
Forward Junior Team | 22 | Federico Fuligni | 4 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38th | |||
1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | |||||||
2018 | Moto2 | Forward Racing Team | Suter MMX2 | 51 | Eric Granado | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
62 | Stefano Manzi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th | ||||
32 | Isaac Viñales | 9 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (7) | 26th | ||||
50 | Rafid Topan Sucipto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
3 | Lukas Tulovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2019 | Moto2 | MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward MV Agusta Temporary Forward |
MV Agusta F2 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19th |
77 | Dominique Aegerter | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22nd | ||||
6 | Gabriele Ruiu | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2020 | Moto2 | MV Agusta Forward Racing | MV Agusta F2 | 24 | Simone Corsi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24th |
62 | Stefano Manzi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 22nd | ||||
2021 | Moto2 | MV Agusta Forward Racing | MV Agusta F2 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31st |
24 | Simone Corsi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 24th | ||||
10 | Tommaso Marcon | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | ||||
3 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
77 | Miquel Pons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | ||||
18 | Manuel González | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | ||||
2022 | Moto2 | MV Agusta Forward Racing | MV Agusta F2 | 24 | Simone Corsi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th |
42 | Marcos Ramírez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30th | ||||
98 | David Sanchis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
17 | Álex Escrig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | ||||
2023 | Moto2 | Forward Team | Forward F2 | 17 | Álex Escrig | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27th |
42 | Marcos Ramírez | 8 (19) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 (65)[i] | 16th | ||||
67 | Alberto Surra | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | ||||
98 | David Sanchis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | ||||
19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | ||||
55 | Yeray Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | ||||
4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | 4 (14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | ||||
2 (14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2024 | Moto2 | Klint Forward Factory Team | Forward F2 | 11 | Álex Escrig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | — |
43 | Xavier Artigas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | — | ||||
MotoE | Ducati V21L | 6 | María Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | — | ||
9 | Andrea Mantovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | — |
Key | ||
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Regular rider | ||
Replacement rider | ||
Wildcard rider | ||
Replacement/wildcard rider |
- Notes
* Season still in progress.
- San Marino Grand Prixas a wildcard.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Vermeulen replaced Edwards at the French Grand Prix.
- ^ Pasini replaced de Angelis at the Valencian Grand Prix.
- ^ De Angelis replaced Edwards from the Czech Grand Prix onwards.
- San Marino Grand Prixonwards.
- ^ Corti replaced Bradl from the German Grand Prix onwards. He was himself replaced by Toni Elías for the Aragon Grand Prix.
- ^ Elías replaced Corti from the Aragon Grand Prix onwards.
- ^ Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
References
- ^ "Kawasaki statement in full". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Marco Melandri: I will race the Hayate". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Lorenzo takes dramatic victory at wet-dry Le Mans". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Colin Edwards confirms he will leave Tech 3 team at end of the season". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Birt, Matthew (20 October 2011). "Colin Edwards to ride Suter/BMW in 2012". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "de Angelis to NGM Forward for Moto2". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Moto2: Takahashi goes Forward for 2012". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Qatar MotoGP: Espargaro sticking with Yamaha frame". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Forward Racing to use new MotoGP chassis at Mugello". Motomatters.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Moto2: Forward announces new 'KLX' chassis project". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Le Mans Moto2: Forward announces official Kalex deal". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Birt, Matthew (15 January 2015). "Forward Racing abandons chassis project". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Consumer Media. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Rowles, Aaron (10 March 2015). "Forward Racing release 2015 bikes". GPxtra.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Emmett, David (31 July 2015). "Stefan Bradl released by Forward, Aprilia signing imminent?". MotoMatters.com. David Emmett. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Emmett, David (6 August 2015). "Forward Racing to return at Brno, but doubts beyond that". MotoMatters.com. David Emmett. Retrieved 16 August 2015.