Pesek secures Ioda MotoGP CRT ride

Lukas Pesek will make his MotoGP debut on Ioda’s second Suter-BMW CRT entry in 2013.

The 27-year-old Czech rider was a 125cc frontrunner in the mid-2000s, with fourth in the ’07 championship his career highlight.

He last raced at world championship level in Moto2 in 2010, and has since been limited to partial programmes in Spanish and German domestic series and a brief World Supersport appearance.

Team boss Giampiero Sacchi said: “Lukas’s return is very welcome – he wrote some great pages of Derbi’s history in 125cc working alongside some of our current team members.

“It’s a tough challenge lying ahead of him but I’m sure he can do well in the premier class.”

Pesek joins existing Ioda rider Danilo Petrucci in the squad.

2013 MotoGP entry list:
 
Yamaha                 Jorge Lorenzo     Valentino Rossi
 Honda                  Dani Pedrosa      Marc Marquez
 Tech 3 Yamaha          Cal Crutchlow     Bradley Smith
 Ducati                 Andrea Dovizioso  Nicky Hayden     Michele Pirro*
 Gresini Honda          Alvaro Bautista
 Gresini FTR-Honda      Bryan Staring
 Aspar Aprilia          Aleix Espargaro   Randy de Puniet
 LCR Honda              Stefan Bradl
 Pramac Ducati          Ben Spies         Andrea Iannone
 Cardion Aprilia        Karel Abraham
 Avintia FTR-Kawasaki   Hector Barbera    Hiroshi Aoyama
 Paul Bird Aprilia      Yonny Hernandez
 Paul Bird PBM-Aprilia  Michael Laverty
 Ioda Suter-BMW         Danilo Petrucci   Lukas Pesek
 Forward FTR-Kawasaki   Colin Edwards     Claudio Corti
 
* Three rounds only
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/pesek-secures-ioda-motogp-crt-ride

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