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Frenchman Loris Baz will make his MotoGP debut in 2015 with the NGM Forward Racing Team, stepping up from World Superbike to join Stefan Bradl in an all-new line-up.

Baz, who is currently riding for Kawasaki’s factory team in World Superbikes, will make his debut in the MotoGP World Championship in NGM Forward Racing colours.

“It’s a pleasure to welcome Loris Baz to our team,” commented team owner Giovanni Cuzari. “He is a young rider who has proved to be fast in World Superbikes and we would like to give him the possibility to show his talent also in MotoGP.

“I’m very happy to start this new adventure with Loris and bring this new rider in the premiere class, continuing our mission of talent scout team alongside Yamaha. Loris will partner Stefan Bradl and we are delighted to line up a very young team with a 21-year-old Frenchman and a 24-year-old experienced German rider.”

Current Forward Racing lead rider Aleix Espargaro, fresh from his podium finish at Aragon, will switch to the factory Suzuki team next season.