Kwak OUT?!?! - Page 3

Mr Lefty · 01-10-2009, 07:22 PM

actually I just read that though FACTORY KAWI may be out... there may be a privateer Kawi team... though other than giving Hopper and Melandri a ride... there's no point... can't see them finishing better then the factory team could...

but then again... they couldn't finish any worse

Mr Lefty · 01-15-2009, 02:29 PM

Kawasaki testing 2009 MotoGP bike in Australia!

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sp...?&R=EPI-105485

Quote:

Kawasaki might have withdrawn from the MotoGP world championship, but bizarrely test rider Olivier Jacque is poised to evaluate the new ZX-RR in a test double-header in Australia.

Kawasaki confirmed last Friday that it was to withdraw from the premier class with immediate effect because of the global economic crisis.

* Private Kawasaki team to run in MotoGP?

Yet French rider Jacque is at the Eastern Creek circuit near Sydney for a test on the 2009 ZX-RR that John Hopkins and Marco Melandri had expected to test in Sepang on February 5.

He is due to begin evaluating an all-new in-line four-cylinder motor and revised chassis at the Eastern Creek test, which is due to start on Saturday.

The test team will then move down to the Phillip Island for further testing.
News of the test gives fresh hope to rumours of a rescue package for Kawasaki, which quit MotoGP having informed team personnel in between Christmas and New Year.

Team boss Michael Bartholemy has been strongly linked with a rescue package, though he has yet to make any official comment on future plans or Kawasaki’s withdrawal.

xx CURVE xx · 01-22-2009, 11:43 AM

another nail in the coffin

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/21012009/...ki-rescue.html

Rider · 01-22-2009, 03:05 PM

According to MotoGP.com Kawasaki has a team for 09. John Hopkins and Marco Melandri.

smileyman · 01-22-2009, 03:35 PM

MotoGP needs bikes on the grid, maybe they coughed up some Euros? It has to be more than a 3 manufacturer series...

Mr Lefty · 01-22-2009, 03:44 PM

well I'll be watch'n Motogp this year... but if it and WSBK are on at the same time... WSBK gets watched first...

01-22-2009, 03:35 PM	#5
smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	MotoGP needs bikes on the grid, maybe they coughed up some Euros? It has to be more than a 3 manufacturer series... __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!

01-10-2009, 07:22 PM	#1
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	actually I just read that though FACTORY KAWI may be out... there may be a privateer Kawi team... though other than giving Hopper and Melandri a ride... there's no point... can't see them finishing better then the factory team could... but then again... they couldn't finish any worse

01-22-2009, 11:43 AM	#3
xx CURVE xx SMELL MY LEVER Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Texas Moto: Tards Posts: 1,034	another nail in the coffin http://eurosport.yahoo.com/21012009/...ki-rescue.html

01-22-2009, 03:05 PM	#4
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	According to MotoGP.com Kawasaki has a team for 09. John Hopkins and Marco Melandri.

01-22-2009, 03:44 PM	#6
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	well I'll be watch'n Motogp this year... but if it and WSBK are on at the same time... WSBK gets watched first...