Cal Crutchlow has re-signe💎d with Tech 3 Yamaha, which will field an all-British line-up in the 2013 MotoGP World Championship.

Crꦫutchlow will ride alongside Tech 3's Moto2 star Bradley Smith, whose move to MotoGP was confirmed la🉐st September.

Smith has a two-year MotoGP co🐈ntract while Crutchlow, whose attempts to get a factory ride at either Yamaha or Ducati slipped awa♓y, has signed a one-year deal.

2013 will be Crutchlow's third year in MotoGP and with Tech 3. H🦂e is currently fifth in the world championship with a best MotoGP finish of fourth.

"I am delighted to commit my future to the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team for at least one more year," said 26-year-old Cr🍃utchlow, a former World Supersport champion and🎉 World Superbike race winner with Yamaha.

"Together we have made huge progress this season and achieved some strong results and I am confident we can be even more com✨petitive in 2013.

"Next year will be my fifth with Yamaha and I am excited to continue my MotoGP career with them. My relationship with Tech 3 also 🤪played a big part in my decision.

"Herve Poncharal and all my crew have given me unbelievable backing sಞince I joined in 2011. Yamaha put together a great package for 2012 and next year it will be even stronger.

"Hopefully I can reward their loyalty by challenging foꦿr th💜e podium throughout 2013, which I know we are capable of."

21-year-old Smith will take the place of Andrea Dovizioไso, who has scored five podiums in🗹 his debut season for Tech 3 and is to replace Valentino Rossi at the factory Ducati team next season.

"It is an honour for me to get the opportunity to move to MotoGP with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team," said Smith𒆙, a 125cc grand prix winner and Moto2 podium fi🃏nisher.

"I hav🗹e dreamed abo🌃ut being a MotoGP rider for as long as I can remember and to get this chance with such a professional and successful team is fantastic.

"It is clear from the results achieved by Cal and Andrea in 2012 that together Tech 3, Yamaha and Monster is a very competitive packꦅag🌌e and I can't wait to begin this new adventure in my career.

"I know I have a huge challenge ahead of me b꧑ut I believe in my ability and I am grateful to Herve Poncharal, Yamaha and Monster for showing♕ a lot of confidence in me to offer me this chance.

"I already know the Tech 3 Team so it won't be s uch a huge transition for me and I have a good relationship with Cal. This will b𒅌e very important because I can learn a lot from him.

"I am now looking forward to finishing the season stro🔥ng🧸ly in Moto2 for Tech 3 Racing before I get my first chance to ride a YZR-M1 machine in Valencia."

Team manager Herve Poncharal called the Crutchlow-Smith line-up 'the s🐠trongest we could put together' for 2013.

"Cal has doꩲne an amazing job this season and I am convinced that he is only gཧoing to continue to improve," said Poncharal.

"He is a fast rider but also a big personality and we were determined to keep him with us for next season. We know there was a lot of interest in him, so for us to capture h𓆉i🐠s signature is a big positive.

"Bradley has demonstrated his high potential in Moto2 and I havꦉe every confidence in him that he will be competitive in MotoGP. Of course he faces a very difficult challenge because the level now in MotoGP is incredible.

"But he has a great attitude and a big desire to make this new chapter in his career a successful one. What I can assure him is that Tech 3, Yamaha and Monster will give him 100% su🌳pport to help him show his potential.

"I have no doubt this is the strongest line-up we could have put together for next sꦦeason and we can look ahead to 2013 with high expe༺ctations."

While MotoGP team's having two riders of the same nationality is relatively rare, Tech 3 ran an all-American line-up of Colin Edwards and Beꦍn Spies in 2010 and Repsol Honda has signed Spaniards Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez for 2013.

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