Scot out of MotoGP, de Angelis deal sunk

**2k5adam** · 11-11-2009, 03:30 AM

Scot out of MotoGP, de Angelis deal sunk | MotoGP News | Nov 2009 | Crash.Net

Scot Honda has announced that, despite being close to an agreement with Alex de Angelis for the 2010 season, it has been forced to withdraw from the MotoGP class.

Scot expanded into MotoGP via a partnership with JiR in 2008, when Andrea Dovizioso took a podium finish on his way to an excellent fifth in the world championship, as the top satellite rider.

Having split from JiR, Scot hit financial problems early in 2009, forcing Yuki Takahashi to be dropped after round seven in favour of well-financed Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi. However the former 125cc world champion remained a fixture at the back of the field and has dropped down to the new Moto2 class for 2010.

Although a new satellite Honda MotoGP team has been formed to run Scot's 250cc world champion Hiroshi Aoyama next year, Honda was willing to supply a seventh RCV for Scot - if the team could find the funding to race on.

Former Gresini Honda rider Alex de Angelis had been closely linked to the Scot project, which was thought to include Sammarinese government backing. Scot has confirmed that it was close to an agreement with de Angelis, but missed Honda's deadline for a decision.

'Honda has declared itself unable to deliver the bike due to expired time limit relevant to the request' said a team statement.

\\"After the happiness of winning the world championship in the 250cc class for me and for the whole team this is a great disappointment, that no reward for all the work done over the years,\\" said team manager Cirano Mularoni. \\"Now we just have to concentrate on the Moto2 project.\\"

It is also a great disappointment for de Angelis, who now looks to have no chance of staying in MotoGP for a third season.

That's what you get, Alex, for taking out Colin and Nicky. Karma is a bitch.