Yamaha Motor Europe would like to announce the addition of 18-year-old Dutch rider Joep Overbeeke to the 2018 Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge. Overbeeke will replace Alessandro Arcangeli in the six-rider strong lineup that will compete in the 2018 FIM Supersport 300 World Championship, with the 15-year-old Italian focusing instead on riding his Yamaha R3 full time in the CIV and being given the opportunity for a number of wildcards on the world stage throughout the season. Overbeeke joins the other five riders who were announced after the recent Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Masterclass, Luca Bernardi (16) from Italy, his fellow Dutchman Dennis Koopman (20), Notis Papapavlou (17) from Greece, French rider Hugo de Cancellis (16) and the 18-year-old Indonesian Galang Hendra Pratama who won the final race of the 2017 WorldSSP300 season in Jerez as a wildcard.