Yamaha has confirmed it has signed former Tech3 MotoGP rider Jonas Folger as its European-based test rider for 2019, as it gets set to expand its test team outside of its current solely Japanese-based one.  Folger made his premier class debut last year with the Herve Poncheral's satellite Yamaha outfit, though the one-time podium finisher was forced to withdraw from the remaining four races after contracting Epstein Barr virus. The German subsequently pulled out of his sophomore campaign with Tech3 at the start of this year to focus on recovery, but has since returned to on-track action in recent in several tests in recent months. Yamaha currently does not have a European test...
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