Bradley Smith was planning to have talks to resolve his contract situation on Friday evening with Yamaha but was disappointed to be 'obviously second in line' with the manufacturer. Having won the factory's first Suzuka 8 Hour since 1996 over the summer break, Smith had been hopeful a new Tech 3 contract would have been resolved before now. Instead he had to watch team-mate Pol Espargaro announce that he would stay with the team and manufacturer a further year on the first day of free practice at Indianapolis. Speaking on Friday evening, Smith told journalists that he expected to have a meeting that night to resolve some details but was frustrated that the manufactuer's priority was to...
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