Forward Racing Team

hin the motorcycle racing sphere, they ventured into this new adventure, embracing the new Moto2 philosophy of making the racing in the context of a more sustainable economy. Giovanni Cuzari, CEO of MEDIA ACTION, guided by his passion for this sport, decides to develop a new project based on the experience of all team members, in the form of FORWARD RACING TEAM in the new Moto2 category. In 2010 the FORWARD RACING TEAM immediately shows its potential with a podium finish in the first race in Qatar, followed by pole, podiums and a win during the season, with Jules Cluzel and Claudio Corti as riders. All this enhances the initial idea of Giovanni and his team, in which through MEDIA ACTION the racing team would have both economic and professional resources at their disposal in order to maintain high standards of performance.

2011 proves to be a very trying season, surrounded by a series of complications that the Team overcomes brilliantly and manages to turn a difficult year into a year of consolidation. In 2011 a large and prestigious Italian company, NGM Mobile, becomes the main sponsor for FORWARD RACING, officially giving birth to NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team. Sharing common goals, both companies agree to a sponsorship plan signed on a multi-annual basis. In 2012 NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team sees into the future by entering into the MotoGP class with Colin Edwards in the first year of the CRT bikes, as well as continuing its Moto2 venture with Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi. In the MotoGP category the team will always be remembered as the first team to get both the pole position and win at the first Grand Prix in CRT history. In Moto2 a third place at Sachsenring and a spectacular win at the Sepang GP show the constant evolution of the team driven by experience, competitiveness, cooperation, motivation, ambition, energy and passion that have been and will continue to be the driving values of the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team. In 2013 the team literally doubled its number of riders and bikes on both the MotoGP and Moto2 grids. In MotoGP Texan Colin Edwards (2 times Superbike World Champion) was joined by Italian Claudio Corti. Alex De Angelis teamed up with Spaniard Ricky Cardus and fellow Italian Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini. NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team renewed its commitment to world-class motorcycle racing entering in the new Open Category in the 2014 MotoGP World Championship with the experienced Colin Edwards and the talented Aleix Espargaro, the overall CRT winner for two consecutive years. Alongside the MotoGP Team, the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team confirmed the Italian duo Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini in the Moto2 class. Aleix Espargaro and the team finished the season winning the Open Class World Championship collecting one podium in Aragon and one pole position in Assen. The line up for 2015 was completely renewed with the new duo composed by Stefan Bradl and Loris Baz in MotoGP riding the Forward Yamaha and Simone Corsi and Lorenzo Baldassarri in Moto2 with Kalex bike. The season ended on a high note as Loris Baz was able to come second in the Open Standings while Lorenzo Baldassarri got podium and ended up the season as the top-scoring Italian rider. In 2016 the team focused on Moto2 with a full VR46 Academy lineup consisting of Lorenzo Baldassarri and Luca Marini, who just graduated from CEV championship. With a first win at the team’s home round in Misano Baldassarri finished off the season in eight position overall, while Marini delivered some Top10 results during his first campaign at world championship level. The 2017 saw the same lineup of the preceding year for the team Forward in grate of departure. But with the entry of the team also in the championship of preparation to the world championship, the CEV, as principal exponent has introduced Lukas Tulovic and Federico Fuligni. The season is concluded enthusiastically with a qualification on the Catalan circuit of Baldassarri, that saw him actor at the third position on the grid.

2018 season’s principal exponent of the Forward Racing Team are one of the VR46 Riders Academy’s cadet, Stefano Manzi, and the young Brazilian talent, Eric Granado, whom has concluded the last season as European champion of the CEV (Speed European Championship) and also winner of the Brasilian’s championship. In 2018 the project was launched in collaboration with Mv Agusta, the Italian brand and the world’s most successful motorcycle manufacturer: the aim was to bring Mv Agusta, after 42 years of absence, back into the spotlight on the world stage. In July 2018, for the first private tests, the first prototype of the Mv Agusta F2, which will compete in 2019 in the Moto2 category of the World Championship, went on track. The 2019 season saw Stefano Manzi as team rider again, joined by the Swiss Dominique Aegerter. The team set the World speed record in Moto2 in Australia, at the 17th GP, and in Valencia Manzi achieved a 3rd place in qualifying, concluding 4th in the race.

2020 was a strange season due to the pandemic diffusion of COVID-19 virus, which caused the suspension of all activities from March to July. The riders in charge were once again Stefano Manzi and Simone Corsi. At the Valencia GP an MV achieved the first pole position after 44 years.