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Colin Edwards

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Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards

USA

USA
Born: 1-Feb-74

Born February 1974. Returned to Yamaha in 2005 and raced in MotoGP. In 2010 rode with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team and earned a ranking of 11th. With a background of AMA Superbike racing, Edwards first burst onto the scene with a win in the 1996 Suzuka 8 Hours (Yamaha). After this, he was involved in World Superbike Championship (WSB), then switched to Honda and won the WSB title twice. In 2003, he rode in the MotoGP on Aprilia, and in 2004 on Honda machines. The following year, he returned to Yamaha. While he never took a MotoGP title, his ability to understand machine settings was highly regarded by technical team.

On the YZR-M1 in 2008

On the YZR-M1 in 2008

Racing career

YearClassResult & Pole positionMachine
2005 MotoGP 4th PP: 0 1st: 0 2nd: 1 3rd: 2 YZR-M1(0WP4)
2006 MotoGP 7th PP: 0 1st: 0 2nd: 0 3rd: 1 YZR-M1(0WR3)
2007 MotoGP 9th PP: 2 1st: 0 2nd: 1 3rd: 1 YZR-M1(0WS4)
2008 MotoGP 7th PP: 1 1st: 0 2nd: 0 3rd: 2 YZR-M1(0WS5)
2009 MotoGP 5th PP: 0 1st: 0 2nd: 1 3rd: 0 YZR-M1(0WS8)
2010 MotoGP 11th PP: 0 1st: 0 2nd: 0 3rd: 0 YZR-M1(0WS9)

*Results for years with a Yamaha factory team, riding a Yamaha factory machine or ranked 5th or higher riding a Yamaha production racer (World GP, World F750)

Gallery

  • US GP in 2005

    US GP in 2005

  • US GP in 2006

    US GP in 2006

  • Catalunya GP in 2006

    Catalunya GP in 2006

  • The Netherlands GP in 2007

    The Netherlands GP in 2007

  • US GP in 2006

    US GP in 2006

  • Italy GP in 2008

    Italy GP in 2008

  • US GP in 2008

    US GP in 2008

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