Tech3 is to end its long association with Yamaha at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season. And the hot rumour is that the French team will join KTM and receive the very latest factory machinery in 2019. "We’ve been offered a deal, that includes something we’ve been waiting for almost since we started with Tech3 and I couldn’t say no," team boss Herve Poncharal explains below. Tech3's surprise move also opens up the possibility of Valentino Rossi's VR46 joining MotoGP to run Yamaha's satellite machines, should existing teams agree to a new entry or if VR46 merge with a current team. But perhaps 2019 is too soon for such a project, especially as Rossi seems set to continue...
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