Tech 3 yamaha sticks with Edwards

Tech 3 yamaha sticks with Edwards

Tech 3 Yamaha have confirmed that Colin Edwards will continue to race for the team during the 2011 MotoGP season.

"I am honoured to continue my long and successful relationship with Yamaha, Herve Poncharal and all at Tech3. I love the team and feel like part of a big family and I'm thrilled that our adventure together is continuing next year.

"I'm excited at the challenge of competing in the MotoGP world championship again and still being competitive in probably the strongest field in history is an achievement I'm proud of.

"I am also looking forward to working with and helping out Cal Crutchlow next season. I'd like to think I helped James Toseland and Ben Spies adapt when they arrived in MotoGP, and I will be doing my utmost to do the same for Cal if he needs any advice. I think all of us can look forward to an exciting 2011 together."

Edwards, a two-time World Superbike champion, moved to MotoGP with Aprilia in 2003 before moving to Honda and then Yamaha.

He partnered Valentino Rossi at the factory Yamaha squad from 2005 to 2007 but has yet to win a grand prix despite recording five second-place finishes, the most recent of which was at last season's British Grand Prix.

Team boss Poncharal said: "I am thrilled to have reached a new agreement with Colin for the 2011 MotoGP world championship. His appetite and passion for racing is stronger than ever and he has been an incredible asset for the Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team.

"He is a great character but he has consistently proven that he remains one of the fastest riders in the world and I am glad that the Tech3 story with Colin will go on for one more year."

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F1 racer Lewis Hamilton splits from girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger

F1 racer Lewis Hamilton splits from girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger

British racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger said they have ended their 20-month relationship. Former world champion Hamilton, 25 and Scherzinger 31 said they were going to focus on their careers. "Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton can confirm that they have decided to go their separate ways," they said in a statement. "The two of them have decided to focus fully on their careers and will remain close friends." The pair first met at the MTV Europe Awards in Munich in November 2007 and began dating the following year. He described himself as like a "besotted schoolboy" while she watched from the sidelines in Brazil as he became World Champion in November 2008. But British media reports said the couple were close to separating last September because Hamilton was not ready to settle down. He is based in Switzerland while Scherzinger lives in Los Angeles.

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