The rumor came from Italy and swells from minute to minute; Alex Lowes, present at Jerez, would be on the verge of signing with the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team to replace Bradley Smith in 2017.
However, it was easy to check with the main person concerned, namely Hervé Poncharal.
The boss of the French team is clear; there hasn't been the slightest discussion and there won't be!
The Yamaha SBK program is very important for the Iwata firm and it is not the practice of the house to take a rider between teams of the same family and, with 9 chances out of 10, the future MotoGP rider at Tech3 will come from Moto2.
In any case, there is no chance that Sam Lowes' brother will ride in Monster Yamaha Tech3 colors next year.
That is what is said!
