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In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Cal Crutchlow is set to replace Maverick Vinales for the British Grand Prix, Thomas Luthi confirms he will retire at the end of 2021 and how rookie sensation Jorge Martin came close to quitting the sport.

Thomas Luthi has claimed he is “motivated like never before” as he makes his hotly anticipated return to the Moto2 class, where he hopes to prove “this old guy can still go fast.”

An exclusive interview with former 125cc world champion and double Moto2 title runner-up Tom Luthi, who finally joined MotoGP this season with the Marc VDS Honda team.

Thomas Luthi could barely conceal his excitement on the eve of his debut aboard the Marc VDS Honda RC213V, and believes he has made a sufficient recovery from injury over the winter months to ensure he is “100 percent fit” to manhandle a MotoGP machine.

Thomas Luthi may be the man standing between him and this year’s Moto2 world title, but Franco Morbidelli has spoken highly of the Swiss rider, even going as far as saying he used to cheer him on before he joined the class.

Franco Morbidelli doesn’t come across as your average motorcycle racer. Smiling, laid back and rarely flustered in front of the camera, his demeanour doesn’t always speak of the usual fiercely driven individual with eyes on the ultimate prize.

Fred Corminboeuf, team manager of Thomas Luthi's Interwetten Moto2 team, is in no doubt that Sam Lowes can carry the team to a championship victory in 2018, when the Englishman returns to the intermediate category.