Kent given Moto2 return as injury stand-in

The 2015 Moto3 champion will ride for the Garage Plus Interwetten squad in Italy, marking a return to the second tier after splitting from the Kiefer team.

Kent won the Moto3 title with Kiefer under the Leopard Racing banner and started the Moto2 season with that entity, but left after sitting out April's Austin race.

He was given a reprieve with a one-off return to Moto3 (pictured above) with the Ajo KTM team at Le Mans, where he finished 10th.

Now he will step back up to the Moto2 division at Mugello after being handed the chance to replace Iker Leucona, who fractured his collarbone in a practice crash at Le Mans.

The 17-year-old Spaniard had already sat out the first three races of the year following a heavy crash in Jerez testing prior to the start of the year, and was replaced in Qatar and Argentina by Julian Simon.

Kent joins Swiss duo Thomas Luthi and Jesko Raffin in the three-rider Interwetten line-up.