The long winter wait is over as the NGM Forward Racing Team prepares this week for the first race of the 2014 MotoGP season, the Grand Prix of Qatar, under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit.
Aleix Espargaro arrives in Qatar confident to fight with the front riders, having delivered several impressive performance in winter testing in Sepang and recently at Losail with a race simulation at a race-winning pace.
Team mate Colin Edwards also looks forward to the first race. During the final pre-season test session, he was able to improve his feeling with the bike and consequently his lap times. Colin can claim one podium finish at Losail in 2004 when a MotoGP round was hosted for the first time in the desert on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital city Doha.
Colin Edwards
“I look forward to the start of the season in Qatar. I’m very happy to return on board of a Yamaha and to continue with the NGM Forward Racing Team. Together with the team we will work on the development of the bike and I’m confident that we can get good results.”
Aleix Espargaro
“After the strong pre-season, I am really excited to make my debut in Qatar on board of the Forward Yamaha. It’s the first time, since I have been racing in MotoGP, that I arrive at the opening round of the season with the opportunity to fight for the front positions. I’d like to thank the NGM Forward Racing Team for their trust and I hope to get good results for the whole team.”
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