MotoGP info : Colin Edwards Pensions End of Season
This Year 2014 will be the last season Colin Edwards. After a career in motor racing for about 22 years, he decided to retire at the end of this season.
Edwards, the defending Forward Racing this season, announced his retirement plans in a press conference ahead of MotoGP session Austin, Thursday (04/10/2014) local time. Age is already getting old, families, and the arrival of a young rider rider-full of talent is the reason 40-year-old rider to close his career.
" I do not even know how to pronounce it , I 've trained many times - 2014 will be my last year competing in motor racing , " said Edwards as quoted by the official MotoGP website .
" I 've talked with my beautiful wife and I have been in Europe since 1995 - and these young men continue to defeating me since then ! Many people I want to thank ucapi , especially Yamaha , " said the Texas-born rider , February 27, 1974 was .
Two-time world superbike champion , Edward switched to MotoGP since the 2003 season with Aprilia . Until now he has a total of 12 times to finish on the podium and earned three pole positions with three different teams namely Gresini Honda , Factory Yamaha and Tech 3 Yamaha .
In 2012 he began the difficult period after joining the team CRT , Forward Racing .
" When you feel an intense moment then you will return to your instincts to . And my instinct was riding a motorcycle in a different way . Thing because my wife and son . We 've been in talks and there are some things I miss - baseball , gymnastics , school . much more I need to be at home , "said Edwards