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After 40-years involvement in motorcycle racing, Herve Poncharal's Tech3 team finally claimed a MotoGP victory in the most dramatic circumstances at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday.

Herve Poncharal has run the Tech3 racing team for over three decades, including 19 years spent in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class with Yamaha and now KTM support.

While the timing of the announcement confirming Fabio Quartararo’s promotion to the factory Yamaha team from 2021 comes as a shock, given this year’s pre-season testing hasn’t even started yet, the French rider’s selection is the least surprising part of the shake-up.

Lukas Tulovic and Tommaso Marcon will compete for Tech3 E-Racing in MotoE for 2020.

The Red Bull KTM Tech3 team endured an eventful opening day at the Jerez test but most of its activities were spent off track with Dani Pedrosa sidelined by illness and Iker Lecuona having to stop early after heavy fall in the afternoon.

The Red Bull KTM Tech3 squad heads to the 2019 MotoGP finale at Valencia with mixed emotions as it gives an early welcome to Iker Lecuona alongside a final farewell to Hafizh Syahrin.

Red Bull KTM Tech3 team manager Herve Poncharal has described adding Brad Binder alongside Miguel Oliveira as his own ‘dream team’ for the 2020 MotoGP world championship.

Herve Poncharal says his new-look Red Bull KTM Tech3 squad will push throughout the 2019 MotoGP season to close the gap to both the factory KTM riders and the rest of the grid as he anticipates a fresh start for his team.

Herve Poncharal talks dream start to MotoGP 2017 with Johann Zarco and Jonas Folger - plus sponsors, Yamaha, VR46 rumours...

"I don't like to hear about 'aliens', super-phenomenal factory riders... We showed we can race these guys" - Herve Poncharal, Monster Yamaha Tech 3.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3's bike livery will have a slight revision for the 2017 MotoGP World Championship having welcomed Barracuda as a new team sponsor.

"Bradley surprised us a lot and I believe the best is yet to come" - Herve Poncharal.

"Jorge tries to make good starts, but he also does everything to make the bike wheelie or spin or whatever to set it up for the race"

"If I had to decide now, I would keep the same riders for MotoGP 2016" - Herve Poncharal, Tech 3.

"We might see some of these Open MotoGP bikes quicker than our [factory] bikes so we might soon all switch to that class" - Herve Poncharal.

"We've had a lot of riders - maybe 30 or more - but when we retire, for the whole team, Cal is going to remain a special guy" - Herve Poncharal, Tech 3.