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SPEEDWEEK.com readers already found out in advance, now it’s official: Tom Lüthi will leave the Intact GP team and will instead start with the Spanish SAG team in the Moto2 class in 2021.
The team change means a new starting position for the experienced Swiss to compete at the top of the Moto2 world; not only Tom Lüthi and manager Daniel M. Epp are looking forward to it, but also team owner Eduardo Perales and his Stop and Go racing team: «We are very happy to welcome Tom to our team for the next season. We think he fits very well with our team, he is a very competitive rider and the goal for next season is to fight him for the Moto2 World Cup. “
Lüthi, a 17-time GP winner and third overall in the Moto2 World Championship last year, emphasized: “I am very happy that the contract with the Stop and Go Racing Team has been signed, thank you very much to everyone involved. that made it possible. The team that surrounds owner Eduardo Perales is small and very family-oriented, which gives me a good feeling and is a good basis for a trusted cooperation. The technology, I will also be in a Kalex with the SAG team, remains relatively unchanged, which is also a very positive factor. With all the joy of starting next year in a good position, I would now like to refocus on my work. After all, we still have a few races to go before we start the first tests with the SAG team at the end of November. “
Manager Daniel Epp added: “We are very pleased that the collaboration with the Stop and Go Racing team has emerged. The team is kept very small, the distances are short and we feel very comfortable from the first conversations. The short distances will help us in the future to find the right paths and means to create a base on which we can build together in the medium term and stay on top of Moto2. The motivation for this can also be clearly felt from the team and preparations for 2021 are already underway behind the scenes, while of course we are mainly concentrating on continuing the current season as successfully as possible. “
