Yamaha has announced it will part ways with long-time customer outfit Tech3 at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season. The Japanese manufacturer and the French independent team joined forces back in 1999 in the 250cc class, with Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano finishing first and second in the championship in 2000. Tech3 stepped up to the premier class for 2001 while also continuing its effort in the intermediate category. In recent years, Tech3 has proven to be one of the strongest satellite outfits on the MotoGP grid, with the team taking fourth in the teams' standings last season after riders Johann Zarco and Jonas Folger tallied up four podiums between them. “To summarize 20...
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