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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