Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith has signed a three-year deal that will see him compete in the MotoGP World Championship in 2013 and 2014.
The 20-year-old, from Forest Hill, near Oxford, who races in the Moto2 World Championship, will remain with the Tech 3 Racing Team next year.
He will then move to the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP Team for 2013 and 2014.
Smith said: "The opportunity to move to MotoGP in 2013 was simply too good for me to turn down."
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