Luke Jones, local motorbike racer, will be riding the factory-supported MV Agusta F3 for next season's British Superbike Championship meetings.

He officially signed the contract at the NEC Birmingham Motor Cycle Show last Wednesday.Luke will contest the British Supersport series, run over 12 rounds starting in April, through to October. The MV Agusta F3 has a 675CC triple engine with a single-sided swinging arm suspension unit and looks stunning with its red and silver body work and black wheels.

The team will be run by Dave Tyson, who owns a motorcycle business, Hampshire Motorcycles'. He will have two supersport F3 and one superbike F4 with full factory support from MV at his disposal.

See the full story in this week's Ross Gazette.