FB Corse, which is planning to enter MotoGP with a three-cylinder motorcycle at select🏅 events in 2010, insists that former Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki MotoGP rider John Hopkins remains part of the project.

Lat📖e last week it was announced that Hopkins would test for the M4 Hammer Suzuki AMA Superbike team, fuelling speculation that 'Hopper' - who made an injury-interrupted switch to WSBK after his factory Kawasaki seat disappeared from under him almost exactly one year ago -🌟 would be switching to the troubled American series.

Indeed, a press release by the M4 Suzuki team quoted crew chief Keith Perry as saying: "The team is hoping this test at Fontana will lay the groundwork for a successful partnership wi𝐆th Hopkins in anticipation of working together this upcoming season."

Nevertheless, in a statement on Bikeracing.it FB Corse has hit back at the 𝔉reports, insisting that it had agreed to the Hopkins AMA test, in order for the Anglo-American to stay bike sharp, and that it in no way compromises his apparent role with FB Corse.

FB Corse'✨s planned MotoGP launch has been postponed until February, while Andrea Ferrari - the F in FB Corse - undergoes a 'minor operation'. FB Corse insists it will be able to clear up any uncertainties about its project at the🌱 launch.

Former grand prix star Luca C💧adalora has also been linked with development of the machine.