Eugene Laverty correrà il prossimo anno nel mondiale 250
Eugene Laverty will ride for the Italian based LCR Honda team in the 2007 250cc world championship.
This will be the first time that Northern Ireland has been represented at grand prix level since Jeremy McWilliams competed in MotoGP in 2004.
"This is a golden opportunity for me. I had the offer of rides in the British Superbike Championship but I felt this was the right move," said Laverty.
The 20-year-old was third in this year's British Supersport championship.
The LCR team took Australian Casey Stoner to second place in the 250cc championship before moving to MotoGP with the Australian this year.
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