Scot Racing could throw up as many smoke screens as they wanted, announcing its intention to keep both Yuki Takahashi and Gabor Talmacsi.
They could tell us that they were trying to get a couple of extra RC212Vs, that they needed to give each rider a spare bike in case of a flag-to-flag race.
They could feed us news about Yuki Takahashi’s bad back, but we all knew in our cynical hearts that Talmacsi was riding on borrowed time when Gabor Talmacsi showed up in the Scot Racing Team garage with his big name sponsor MOL.
Honda, in their official press release with the preview of U.
S GP this weekend, nine paragraphs down, announced that Takahashi has been politely removed from the team due to the usual financial difficulties:From Laguna onwards, the Scot Racing Team will continue with Gabor Talmacsi in the MotoGP class.
Due to unavoidable circumstances Yuki Takahashi will no longer ride with the team.
This decision was reached after exhaustive attempts to find a way to continue with two riders, but the economic realities facing the team, combined with the increased cost involved in running two riders, has led to this regrettable outcome.
“For Honda as well as the Scot Racing Team, this is a sad announcement,” said HRC vice president Shuhei Nakamoto.
“But we understand that the extremely challenging financial circumstances facing the team left them with no choice.
Takahashi was the only Japanese rider in the MotoGP championship and of course Honda wanted to see him continue.
But in the end the team made it clear that this outcome was impossible and we respect their decision.
Honda will continue to support the Scot Racing Team in MotoGP with Gabor Talmacsi riding.
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