Luthi joins Marc VDS for 2018 MotoGP season
Thomas Luthi
Thomas Luthi will step up to the premier class of grand prix motorcycle racing next season with satellite Honda operation Marc VDS Racing.
Luthi will join fellow to-be MotoGP rookie Franco Morbidelli at the current home of Australian Jack Miller.
The 30-year-old Luthi finished runner-up in Moto2 last year and currently occupies the same position this year, having won the 125cc title in 2005.
He will become the first Swiss premier class rider since Eskil Suter in 1998.
The news leaves the Avintia Ducati team as the only squad left with an unconfirmed 2018 rider line-up, after news earlier in the week that Czech Karel Abraham would remain at Aspar Ducati next year.
2018 MotoGP teams and riders
| Team | Riders |
| Repsol Honda | Marc Marquez |
| Dani Pedrosa | |
| Movistar Yamaha | Valentino Rossi |
| Maverick Viñales | |
| Ducati Team | Andrea Dovizioso |
| Jorge Lorenzo | |
| Suzuki | Andrea Iannone |
| Alex Rins | |
| Gresini Aprilia | Aleix Espargaro |
| Scott Redding | |
| KTM | Pol Espargaro |
| Bradley Smith | |
| LCR Honda | Cal Crutchlow |
| Takaaki Nakagami | |
| Marc VDS Honda | Franco Morbidelli |
| Thomas Luthi | |
| Tech 3 Yamaha | Johann Zarco |
| Jonas Folger | |
| Pramac Ducati | Danilo Petrucci |
| Jack Miller | |
| Aspar Ducati | Alvaro Bautista |
| Karel Abraham | |
| Avintia Ducati | TBA |
| TBA |
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