Forward Racing
| 2017 name | Forward Racing |
|---|---|
| Base |
 Agno, Switzerland
|
| Principal | Giovanni Cuzari |
| Rider(s) | Moto2: 7.  Lorenzo Baldassarri10. Luca Marini |
| Motorcycle | Kalex (Moto2) |
| Tyres | Moto2 – Dunlop |
| Riders' Championships | – |
Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the Moto2 World Championship.
The team started competing in the MotoGP class as the Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of the Kawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP for the 2009 championship due to the Great Recession. The team took its name from the Japanese word Hayate meaning hurricane. The team ran one Kawasaki ZX-RR motorcycle that was ridden by Marco 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. Despite this, Melandri achieved a remarkable result in coming second at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans in May.
In 2010, they participated as Forward Racing in the new Moto2 class, with Jules Cluzel and Claudio Corti as their riders on Suter bikes. Cluzel won the British Grand Prix and finished 7th in the championship. Corti had a pole position for the same race, but his best result was ninth at Misano. In 2011 the team competed with Cluzel and Alex Baldolini, later replaced by Raffaele De Rosa. The best result was a fourth place clinched by Cluzel at the British Grand Prix.
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