Herve Poncharal must be in love with his rider Bradley Smith, because the French manager announced that the has signed a three-year agreement with the British youngster will continue to ride for his Moto2 team in 2012 and get this, the long term agreement also forsees that Smith will be in MotoGP in 2013 and 2014 with his Yamaha Tech3 squad.

Moto2 rookie Xavier Simeon (sponsored by RTL-Sport) has also received the confirmation that he’ll be staying with the French Moto2 team in 2012.

An estactic Bradley Smith said, “I am thrilled to have signed a three-year deal with the Tech 3 Racing Team and I am looking forward to continuing the excellent relationship we’ve developed in 2011. I have a fantastic relationship with Herve, my crew chief Tom Jojic and all my crew, who all have an amazing passion for racing. It is that dedication and desire to succeed that convinced me to join Tech 3 in 2011, so to be staying until the end of 2014 is the perfect scenario for me. There was never any doubt in my mind that Tech 3 would be the best option to develop my career. It has been flattering to have attracted interest from so many top teams in Moto2, but the opportunity to move to MotoGP in 2013 was simply too good for me to turn down. To think I’ll be riding a Yamaha 1000cc MotoGP bike just over a year from now is hard to believe. I’ve worked so hard for many years to earn the chance to be given an opportunity like this, and now it has come I intend to grab it with both hands. Tech 3 gave me the chance to move to MotoGP in 2012 and it was an honour to be even considered at this stage of my career. The decision to stay in Moto2 was one of the hardest of my life but I believe that together, we can be fighting at the front from the start of next season and pushing to challenge for the Championship.”

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