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Tech-3 have today announced an extension to their partnership with Yamaha, through to the end of the 2010 season. This provides Yamaha with stability for their long-term strategy of developing the MotoGP machine across two teams and four competing riders with very similar standards of kit. Unlike the Honda and Ducati models (one factory team and satellite teams making do with machinery at least a couple of revisions behind) this provides Yamaha with more data and technical expertise contributing to the overall performance of the squad. It is an interesting strategy, and one which seems, two races and a qualifying session into the season, to be bearing fruit.

Further to this, Toseland has also announced he will be staying on the Tech-3 motorcycle for 2009. This is bith a recognition by Yamaha and Tech-3 (in that order) that he does indeed have what it takes to compete at this level. Some of his overtakes have been on the tough side of legal, but have served to make his mark among the riders. He is out to pass the people in front of him. As he remarked himself recently, that is what he is paid for. His energy, commitment and talent have shone through and MotoGPBlog thinks he’ll be a feature of the paddock for many seasons to come.