Swiss MXGP star Arnaud Tonus, who lost his Monster Energy Yamaha factory ride for 2021, will stay in blue after joining the new hostettler Yamaha Racing team.

The 29-year-old has had a tough season with injuries dropping him from fifth in 2019 to 17th just 12 months later. The hostettler group is a major Swiss company with strong links to motorsport and will field two more Swiss riders – Valentin Guillod and Joel Elsener – as well as Petr Polak from the Czech Republic. Guillod will join Tonus in the MXGP class with Elsener and Polak lining up in MX2.

ā€œI’m really motivated and happy to stay with Yamaha,ā€ said Tonus. ā€œI have been on that bike for years now and it’s great to continue with them. Having the support from hostettler is very helpful and I’m thankful for that. 

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ā€œIt’s actually a challenge for a new team to put it all together but we have a really good group of people and that makes the team perform well. We have a bit of time now before the season starts, let’s have a good preparation and a great season.ā€