Frenchman Loris Baz will make his MotoGP™ debut in 2015 with the NGM Forward Racing Team.

The NGM Forward Racing Team is delighted to announce the signing of Baz for the 2015 season. The 21 year-old completes the Forward Racing line up alongside former Moto2™ World Champion Stefan Bradl on board the Forward Yamaha.

Baz, who is currently riding for Kawasaki’s factory team in World Superbikes, will make his debut in the MotoGP™ World Championship in NGM Forward Racing colours.

"It’s a pleasure to welcome Loris Baz to our team," commented team owner Giovanni Cuzari. "He is a young rider who has proved to be fast in World Superbikes and we would like to give him the possibility to show his talent also in MotoGP. I’m very happy to start this new adventure with Loris and bring this new rider in the premiere class, continuing our mission of talent scout team alongside Yamaha. Loris will partner Stefan Bradl and we are delighted to line up a very young team with a 21 year-old Frenchman and a 24 year-old experienced German rider."