Team Roberts confirms Kurtis for Valencia.

After missing the last five grands prix, Team Roberts will return to MotoGP action for this weekend's Valencia season-finale with 2004 rider Kurtis Roberts at the controls.

The team tested with Kurtis, youngest son of team principal and triple 500cc world champion Kenny, at Almeria last week and have now confirmed to Crash.net that Kurtis will ride their V5 powered racer in Spain this weekend.

Kurtis Roberts, Valencia MotoGP, 2004
Kurtis Roberts, Valencia MotoGP, 2004
© Gold and Goose

After missing the last five grands prix, Team Roberts will return to MotoGP action for this weekend's Valencia season-finale with 2004 rider Kurtis Roberts at the controls.

The team tested with Kurtis, youngest son of team principal and triple 500cc world champion Kenny, at Almeria last week and have now confirmed to Crash.net that Kurtis will ride their V5 powered racer in Spain this weekend.

Kurtis had returned to the AMA Superbike championship with Honda for 2005, while Team Roberts were forced to miss the recent run of 'flyaway' races following the sudden mid-season withdraw of their KTM engines.

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