Hervé Poncharal (born 10 April 1957) is a French

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manager. Is currently the team principal of GasGas Factory Racing Tech3. He is also the president of

MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on Road racing, road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held sin ...

teams' association IRTA.

Career

Poncharal was a professional rider in his early years, and got his Grand Prix schooling in team management with Honda France from 1983 to 1988 as deputy director of the competition department, before taking the decision to form his own team. In

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

he founds

Tech3 Tech3 is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP and Moto3 categories. History The team was founded in 1990 by ex-racer Hervé Poncharal, engineer Guy Coulon, and Be ...

, together with engineer Guy Coulon and Bernard Martignac, and the team began participating in the 250 cc class using

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and

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motorcycles. Hervé played multiple roles, including truck driver and cook, alongside managing a three-person team. The team expanded over the years, winning the championship in 2000 and eventually entering

after initially competing in 250cc. Subsequently, the team ventured into

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and

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, and more recently, MotoE, leading to the current structure with three teams and approximately 50 staff members encompassing various roles. In

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Hervé celebrates his first ever premier-class win, when rider

Miguel Oliveira Miguel Ângelo Falcão de Oliveira (; born 4 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP, getting the step up from KTM Tech3,Styrian Grand Prix The Styrian Grand Prix () was a Formula One motor racing event held at the Red Bull Ring, named after Styria, the province of Austria in which the circuit is located. Created in 2020 to maximize the number of Grands Prix during seasons affected ...

in Austria.

References

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