Forward Racing will race in the World Superbike championship in 2016 as the official team for MV Agusta, with former Grand Prix winner Marco Melandri assuming a development role. The Swiss team’s MotoGP future had been in doubt since the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari in July, which forced the team to skip the Indianapolis race and led to the departure of Stefan Bradl to Aprilia. Forward returned at the following Brno round, with Claudio Corti replacing Bradl alongside team regular Loris Baz before Toni Elias joined the team at Aragon. The announcement brings an end to a four-year MotoGP stint for the team, which began in 2012 with Suter machinery under the CRT regulations. Its...
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