[kropotkin thinks...] - Danny Kent Confirms Return To Red Bull KTM Ajo In Moto3

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Danny Kent is to return to the Red Bull KTM Ajo team in Moto3 for 2014. The move had been widely anticipated after Kent made the surprise announcement after the Aragon round that he was to leave the Tech 3 Moto2 team. Kent rejoins the Ajo Moto3 team aiming to compete for wins and the Moto3 title, and completes a very strong rider line up in the team. Kent will be teammates with Australian sensation Jack Miller, and the highly regarded Red Bull Rookies Cup winner Karel Hanika. Zulfahmi Khairuddin, currently inside the Red Bull KTM Ajo team, will be shifted out to the one-rider structure currently occupied by Niklas Ajo, with Air Asia backing.

The KTM Ajo team will be one of the favorites for the 2014 Moto3 title, with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team being the other. That team, run by Emilio Alzamora, will field Alex Marquez and, if he doesn't win the Moto3 championship next Sunday at Valencia, Alex Rins, though they will be switching from KTM to Honda, with HRC building a brand new, far more powerful Moto3 machine to take on the mighty KTMs.

Other teams to watch in 2014 include the Gresini squad, who will be switching to KTM and fielding Isaac Vinales and Niccolo Antonelli, Team Sky (the VR46-backed team run by Vitto Guareschi) with Romano Fenati, and possibly Team Calvo, if they can secure the services of Miguel Oliveira.

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