If Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team boss Herve Poncharal had to decide his 2016 MotoGP rider-up line 'right now' he'd keep both Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro. Smith is sixth and the top satellite rider in the world championship standings, with Espargaro regaining form after a tough start to his second season. “If you asked me three months ago I would have said it is almost impossible to retain the same riders because we are in a world of sport, but also in a world of - not show business - but we are here to entertain, to create some buzz, to create some media attention,” Poncharal told Crash.net last time out at Assen. “And if you keep Bradley for four years, Pol for three years,...
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