Yamaha has officially announced Pol Espargaro will cease to feature among its ranks from 2017 onwards, paving the way for the Spaniard to join KTM. Espargaro, who had signed a contract with Yamaha back in 2013 during his title run in Moto2, has raced in MotoGP for satellite team Tech 3 Yamaha since 2014. However, a weak sophomore campaign last year meant that Yamaha's Lin Jarvis publicly admitted Espargaro had not even been considered as a candidate to replace Ducati-bound Jorge Lorenzo in the factory team in 2017. As such, while Espargaro had the option to remain with Tech 3 for another year, he will instead leave the marque, joining forces with KTM for the Austrian manufacturer's premier...
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