BRADLEY Smith will make his Factory Yamaha Team debut at tomorrow’s Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan.

The 24-year-old from Forest Hill, near Oxford, joins Tech 3 MotoGP teammate Pol Espargaro and Katsuyuki Nakasuga in the three-man lineup.

The Yamaha trio set the early pace in practice and advanced to today’s super pole qualifying session ahead of tomorrow’s race.

It is the first time since 2002 that Yamaha have fielded a factory team at the annual race.