Eugene Laverty back to WSB http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2016/Laverty%20returns%20with%20sights%20on%202017%20WorldSBK%20title

Probably with Shaun Muir, Aprilia.
http://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/232167/1/aprilia-interested-in-smr-laverty-for-wsbk-return.html

That probably is the best move for him, but I'm not sure about that team. And what does that mean for Brookes and Abraham?

If he'd jumped sooner, he might have got Sykes' ride and that would have been interesting.

Now with a bigger grid, can Dorna please sort out the calendar and produce a proper set of races without a 3 month break in the middle. And go back to 2 races on Sunday? Melandri, Bradl, Laverty joining Rea, Sykes, Davies, Hayden, Van de Mark, Lowes looks good. That's a nice mix of crazy, fast, experience and villains.