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posted February 26, 2009 12:36 PM
Kawasaki one-rider team will participate in the 2009 MotoGP World Championship.
The decision was made after negotiations which followed Kawasaki’s January 2009 announcement to suspend its factory supported MotoGP activities, due to the global economic downturn.
The rider for the new MotoGP team will be the Italian 26 year-old Marco Melandri. The team will be equipped with Kawasaki motorcycles and supporting materials.
That Kawasaki has arrived at this new team approach is the result of both the need for a significant reduction of MotoGP racing investments and the simultaneous necessity to come to a constructive solution for all related parties.
The new team will disclose more details about its 2009 season plans shortly.
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posted February 26, 2009 01:05 PM
Third parties, a new one-rider team. American John Hopkins, who would have been Melandri's fellow rider at the factory team this season, now looks set to remain without a MotoGP ride in 2009.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringMotorSportsNews/idUKLQ86051220090226
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posted February 26, 2009 04:48 PM
Not very many teams or riders for MotoGP.
Should be, YAWN, dull.
The 250 class is loaded though.
World SuperBike is the series to watch this year, IMO.
Kawasaki aint gonna do squat in the road racing world.
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posted February 26, 2009 04:52 PM
quote:
World SuperBike is the series to watch this year, IMO.
Kawasaki aint gonna do squat in the road racing world.
+1
Yamaha will be the team to watch, they really got their check book out on hiring riders for '09. No matter if they win or lose, they'll have the fan following this year.
Hope Kawasaki does well with such a limited a smaller presence in road racing
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