Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

2002 FIM 125cc Grand Prix World Champion Arnaud Vincent has signed a two-year deal to ride for the KTM factory 125cc Grand Prix team, starting in the 2003 FIM World Championship. Frenchman Vincent, 27, will team with 2000 125cc GP World Champion Roberto Locatelli.

In other MotoGP news, Gresini Honda team owner Fausto Gresini has said he will not field a 250cc World Championship team in 2003. Instead, Gresini’s team will focus its efforts on the MotoGP class with Daijiro Kato and Sete Gibernau riding Telefonica Movistar Honda RC211Vs.

Gresini ran Roberto Rolfo and Emilio Alzamora on Fortuna Honda Gresini machines in the 2002 250cc World Championship; the team won the 2001 250cc World Championship with Kato on a Telefonica Movistar Honda.