
KTM has signed Bradley Smith to lead its 2017 MotoGP project. The Englishman has been a Tech 3 Yamaha rider since joining the premier-class in 2013, rising to sixth and top satelitte rider in last year's world championship, claiming his second MotoGP podium in the process. Smith revealed there...
Spaniard Pol Espargaro, younger brother of Aleix who is already competing in MotoGP™, is currently engaged in a fight for the Moto2™ world title and has won three of the eight races so far this season. In 2012, he finished runner-up to Marc Marquez who has since gone on to impress in the premier...
Pol Espargaro Gets One Year Contract Extension And now for Mr. Smith ...? by staff Friday, August 07, 2015 Yamaha Announces Continuation of Contract with Pol Espargaro for 2016 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirms the extension of its Agreement with MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro for a further 1 year. As...
There has been a reversal of fortunes in the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 garage. Last year, it was Bradley Smith who was the clear top satellite rider, putting in strong and above all, sensible and consistent performances week in, week out, while Pol Espargaro tried hard to get the Yamaha M1 to do...
News from Catalunya today is that Pol Espargaro and Yamaha Racing will go their separate ways at the end of the 2016 MotoGP Championship season, effectively also ending the younger Espargaro's tenure in the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 garage. It is not clear yet where Espargaro will go for the next...
Current Tech 3 teammates, Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro, will again be teamed up in 2017. This time on the new factory KTM MotoGP challenger. The official press release is below. As important next step into the MotoGP Factory Racing project, KTM lines up with another top rated rider and hero...
As expected, we didn't have long to wait to find where Pol Espargaro would be working next season, as KTM has announced that it has signed a two-year contract with the Spanish rider, for the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP seasons. Espargaro's departure from the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 was announced earlier...