Forward Racing

2025 name	Moto2: Klint Forward Factory Team WorldWCR: Klint Forward Factory Team
Base	Agno, Switzerland
Principal	Giovanni Cuzari
Rider(s)	Moto2: 9.Jorge Navarro 11.Álex Escrig WorldWCR: TBA. TBA TBA. TBA
Motorcycle	Moto2: Forward F2 WorldWCR: Yamaha YZF-R7
Tyres	Moto2: Pirelli WorldWCR: Pirelli
Riders' Championships	1 2025 :María Herrera

Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in theMoto2 World Championship,MotoE World Championship andWorldWCR.

The team started competing in theMotoGP class as the Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of theKawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP for the2009 championship due to theGreat Recession.^[1] The team took its name from the Japanese wordHayate meaning hurricane. The team ran oneKawasaki ZX-RR motorcycle that was ridden byMarco Melandri.

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 theFrench Grand Prix at Le Mans in May.^[3]

In2010, they participated as Forward Racing in the new Moto2 class, withJules Cluzel andClaudio Corti as their riders onSuter bikes. Cluzel won theBritish Grand Prix and finished 7th in the championship. Corti had a pole position for the same race, but his best result was ninth atMisano. In2011 the team competed with Cluzel andAlex Baldolini, later replaced byRaffaele De Rosa. The best result was a fourth place clinched by Cluzel at theBritish Grand Prix.

The team returned to MotoGP in2012 as one of theClaiming Rule Teams and signedColin Edwards,^[4] fielding aSuter chassis with aBMW engine.^[5]

For the2012 Moto2 Championship Forward Racing signedAlex de Angelis andYuki Takahashi.^[6][7] The team started the season with Suter bikes then switched toFTR after six rounds; with the new chassis de Angelis won theMalaysian Grand Prix.

For2013, Forward Racing expanded its MotoGP involvement to a two-rider team, signing Claudio Corti alongside Colin Edwards with newFTR-Kawasaki bikes. The Moto2 effort was expanded to four riders withSimone Corsi,Mattia Pasini,Alex de Angelis andRicard Cardús aboardSpeed Up bikes.

In2014 the team again entered the MotoGP class with two bikes for Colin Edwards andAleix Espargaró. Taking advantage of the new Open category, Forward Racing intended to use Yamaha-leased YZR-M1 engines withFTR frames, however the team started the season with a completeYamaha YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm package^[8] with other parts supplied by FTR. At theMugello round Edwards debuted the new Forward frame built byHarris Performance.^[9] Espargaró, who stayed with the Yamaha frame, achieved a pole position atAssen and finished on the podium atAragon with second place, finishing seventh in the championship.

InMoto2 Forward Racing stepped back to a two-rider team, retaining Pasini and Corsi. The team started the season with 2013-specification Kalex frames modified in-house and rebadged as Forward KLX.^[10] At the fifth round the team switched to official Kalex bikes.^[11] Riding the new frame Corsi scored two podiums, but a crash at Silverstone ended his season. He was then replaced by Supersport World Championship riderFlorian Marino.

For the2015 season, Forward Racing renewed their partnership with Yamaha, planning to run two bikes with YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm packages and abandoning the in-house chassis project.^[12] New riders wereStefan Bradl andLoris Baz. Forward also renewed its commitment to the Moto2 class fielding two Kalex frames forSimone Corsi, returning from his injury, and new teammateLorenzo Baldassarri.^[13]

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.^[14] The team returned on track at Brno in both the MotoGP and Moto2 classes with Bradl being replaced byClaudio Corti alongside Baz, Corsi and Baldassarri.^[15]

In 2016, the team left MotoGP, but remained in the Moto2 class. On 11 September 2016, at theSan Marino Grand Prix,Lorenzo Baldassarri achieved his first victory, which was the third victory ever for the team in the World Championship.^[16] In 2017, the team continued in Moto2, with the same pair of riders as the previous season.^[17] In 2018, the team usedSuter motorcycles entrusted to the ItalianStefano Manzi and the BrazilianEric Granado without obtaining significant results. In 2019, Forward began a collaboration withMV Agusta to bring their F2 to the track. The riders were the Swiss riderDominique Aegerter and Manzi. The season ended in eleventh place in the Moto2 team championship, obtaining their best performances in theDutch TT and theValencian Community Grand Prix.

In 2020, Forward continues its collaboration with MV Agusta. The riders who were entrusted with F2 are Manzi andSimone Corsi. The season ends in third place in the team standings,^[18] while Manzi obtains the first pole position of his career in theValencian Community.^[19] For 2021,Lorenzo Baldassarri is hired alongside Corsi. The season, in which both owners are forced to miss races and are replaced, ends in fourteenth place in the team standings with another pole, again inValencia by Corsi.^[20] In 2022, Corsi begins his third consecutive year with the team, the other rider isMarcos Ramírez. The season turns out to be below expectations with five points scored by Ramírez.^[21] Corsi, having ridden in over three hundred Grand Prix in his career, retires.^[22]

In January 2023 the end of the collaboration with MV Agusta was announced. The team originally planned to use aKalex prototype that was branded as Forward, but chose to retain the MV Agusta chassis and rebranding it as Forward instead.^[23] The regular riders were Ramírez andÁlex Escrig. The first point of the season came on at theIndian Grand Prix with the replacement riderSean Dylan Kelly. The season ended in third, and last, place in the constructors championship with only 4 points.^[24]

In 2024 the team made its debut in MotoE^[25] and the inaugural WorldWCR season.^[26] In Moto2, Escrig is joined byXavier Artigas, who was making his debut in the category. The team also moved away from the MV Agusta-based machine from 2023 to form their own chassis, marking the team's return as a chassis manufacturer.^[27][28] In MotoE, the team announcedAndrea Mantovani andMaría Herrera as official riders.^[29] Herrera was also entered by the team into the WorldWCR season^[26] where she finished second overall in the championship.^[30]

The team announced they were to increase their participation in WorldWCR in 2025 by running two bikes and signed Roberta Ponziani to ride the second bike.^[31]

Year	Class	Team name	Motorcycle	No.	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
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	17	0	0	1	0	20	25th
				70	Ferruccio Lamborghini[a]	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-FTRMGP13	5	Colin Edwards	18	0	0	0	0	41	14th
				71	Claudio Corti	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	18	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
				43	Xavier Artigas	19	0	0	0	0	10	25th
				9	Jorge Navarro	1 (9)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0 (27)[i]	23rd
						5 (9)	0	0 (1)	0	0	6 (27)[i]
				40	Unai Orradre	1	0	0	0	0	0	41st
	MotoE		Ducati V21L	6	María Herrera	16	0	0	0	0	43	16th
				9	Andrea Mantovani	16	0	0	0	0	113	9th
	WorldWCR		Yamaha YZF-R7	6	María Herrera	12	6	9	3	1	215	2nd
2025	Moto2	Klint Forward Factory Team	Forward F2	9	Jorge Navarro	22	0	0	0	0	3	29th
				11	Álex Escrig	20	0	0	0	0	25	22nd
				17	Daniel Muñoz	2 (8)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0 (37)	20th
	MotoE		Ducati V21L	6	María Herrera	12	0	0	0	0	38	16th*
				9	Andrea Mantovani	14	1	4	0	2	135	7th
	WorldWCR		Yamaha YZF-R7	6	María Herrera	12	6	10	3	0	245	1st
				96	Roberta Ponziani	12	1	2	2	3	156	4th
2026	Moto2	Klint Forward Factory Team	Forward F2	9	Jorge Navarro
				11	Álex Escrig
	WorldWCR		Yamaha YZF-R7	TBA	TBA
				TBA	TBA

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* Season still in progress.

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