It looks like Yamaha Racing will have to take out a help wanted ad to fill in for Valentino Rossi, because according to MCN, World Superbike rider Cal Crutchlow has declined a temporary move to replace Colin Edwards in Tech3.
From MCN’s article it seems 100% sure that it will be Colin Edwards who will be replacing injured Rossi in the Fiat Yamaha team for the Catalunya, Sachsenring and Laguna Seca rounds, which leaves a spot open in Herve Poncharal’s Tech3 team alongside Ben Spies, but Crutchlow after talks with Yamaha management in Milan on Monday, decided not to accept their tempting offer.
We’re wondering if Yamaha also asked former MotoGP rider James Toseland, who knows the M1, the tires, the tracks and the Tech3 squad?
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