Herve Poncharal’s Moto2 Tech3 team will be completely changing it’s rider line-up next season. The French manager has announced he’ll be fielding Bradley Smith and Mike di Meglio in 2011, dropping both Raffaele di Rosa and Yuki Takahashi.

Bradley Smith will be moving up from the 125cc class to debut in Moto2, while Mike di Meglio, the 2008 125 cc World Champion raced for for Aspar’s (first RSV then Suter) Moto2 team this season. Smith is currently fourth in his championship, while di Meglio is 20th in the Moto2 rankings.

Smith will begin his preparations for the 2011 season immediately after the final round in Valencia next weekend, making his debut on Monday, November 8 and Yamaha Tech3 veteran Colin Edwards is expected to take some timeout from his MotoGP testing, to give some precious feedback on the new 2011 Mistral chassis Moto2 bike.

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Aspar’s Moto2 team has decided to change their chassis supplier after just two races.

Julian Simon and Mike Di Meglio are unhappy with the performance of their Italian RSV chassis and the team according to Spanish website Motociclismo.es will be switching to the Swiss Suter to supply their new chassis.

Both riders tested various chassis options including BQR, Moriwaki, RSV, Kalex after Aprilia pulled out of the championship and decided that RSV was the better option, however after two rounds with Julian Simon standing only 13th in the standings with just 8 points and Mike Di Meglio with no points, the Spanish team run by Aspar Martinez has decided to abandon the Italian manufacturer.

The Aspar team has will be testing the MMX Suter chassis at the Albacete circuit this week to familiarize itself with the new package before heading for the LeMans round that is scheduled for May 23rd.

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With the upcoming Moto2 championship season that will kick off on April 11th in Qatar, the Moto2 teams are starting to reveal their official liveries for the upcoming inaugural season.

Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez with Moto2 riders Julian Simon and Mike di Meglio unveiled this colour scheme on their RSV Moto2 bike.

Martinez is the only team manager to run squads in all three GP series. Besides Moto2, he also runs Banjaca Aprilia in 125cc with Nico Terol and Bradley Smith and the Paginas Amarillas Ducati MotoGP team with rookie rider Hector Barbera.

Moto2 teams will be at Jerez again this weekend for another two days of official tests.

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