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This is the latest twist in the transfer market and it's bad news for the MotoGP rider Tom Luthi who thought he had secured a return to Moto2 next year. This with his current team Marc VDS Racing with whom he suffers on a Honda. But in Brno this perspective disappeared with the appearance of Virgin.

The young peril does not only exist in MotoGP. It is also rife in Moto2. Tom Luthi, aged 31, had the bitter experience. Virgin, a 21-year-old colleague has just stopped him from getting the position of crew memberAlex Marquez to succeed Joan Mir guaranteed an official Suzuki contract among the elite.

The information is not official from the Belgians, but the Swiss manager, Daniel Epp confided thus to speedweek : " yes, all chances of going to Marc VDS have vanished ". And the same Epp contacted the managers of Intact Dynavolt to take the place that becomes available alongside Schrotter. There is urgency, because cutting-edge teams with a good financial base are becoming rare...

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