After finishing first and second wi🅰th Olivier Jacque and Shina Nakano on Yamaha machinery in the 2000 250cc World Championship, both riders🦂 and the Tech3 team  moved up to the premier-class in 2001.

Tech 3 has remained in Mot꧟oGP, on Yamaha machinery, every since.

Following today's announcement that the Frenc෴h team will switch to another manufacturer (rumoured to be KTM) in 2019, here is a sum🧔mary of what Tech 3 and Yamaha have achieved in 500cc/MotoGP.

The closest the team 🅘has come to a premier-class victory is +0.377s by sta💟r rookie Johann Zarco at Valencia last year.

Zarco will b꧟e joined by new team-mat🙈e Hafizh Syahrin for the 2018 season, which starts in Qatar next month…

Tech 3 and Yamaha: 500cc/MotoGP:

2017:
6th in Championship Johann Zarco: 3 podiums
10th in Championship Jonas Folger:1 podium

2016:
8th Pol Espargaro: 0 podiums
17th Bradley Smith: 0 podiums

2015:
6th Bradley Smith: 1 podiums
9th Pol Espargaro: 0 podiums

2014:
6th Pol Espargaro: 0 podiums
8th Bradley Smith: 1 podium

2013:
5th Cal Crutchlow: 4 podiums
10th Bradley Smith: 0 podiums

2012:
4th Andrea Dovizioso: 6 podiums
7th Cal Crutchlow: 2 podiums

2011:
9th Colin Edwards:1 podium
12th Cal Crutchlow: 0 podium

2010:
6th Ben Spies: 2 podiums
11th Colin Edwards: 0 podium

2009:
5th Colin Edwards: 1 podium
11th James Toseland: 0 podiums

2008:
7th Colin Edwards: 2 podiums
11th James Toseland: 0 podiums

2007:
16th Sylvain Guintoli: 0 podiums
18th Makoto Tamada: 0 podiums

2006:
15th Carlos Checa: 0 podiums
18th James Ellison: 0 podiums

2005:
12th Toni Elias: 0 podiums
16th Ruben Xaus: 0 podiums

2004:
12th Marco Melandri: 2 podiums
13th Norick Abe: 0 podiums

2003:
9th Alex Barros: 1 podiums
12th Olivier Jacque: 0 podiums

2002:
10th Olivier Jacque: 0 podiums
11th Shinya Nakano: 0 podiums

2001:
5th Shinya Nakano: 1 podiums
15th Olivier Jacque: 0 podiums