Kawasaki and Eckl...

Post by **MadKaw** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:18 pm

MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
KAWASAKI RACING TEAM PRESS OFFICE
02 FEBRUARY 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KAWASAKI AND ECKL REACH AGREEMENT

AKASHI, February 2nd 2007: After several months of discussions about the sudden termination of their MotoGP cooperation in November last year, Japanese motorcycle giant Kawasaki and Harald Eckl have solved their dispute. Following apologies from the side of Eckl for the situation that resulted in the termination by Kawasaki, negotiations followed in Japan and Kawasaki and Eckl worked out a solution.

They both declared that the negotiations had been "constructive" and they stated to be "happy that further legal escalation could be avoided". They agreed that further information about the deal would not be disclosed.

Kawasaki in the meantime is preparing for the first MotoGP race in Qatar in March with a new - "in house" - factory team.

Harald Eckl: "I'm really happy that after years of cooperation this could now finally be brought to a good end. I wish Kawasaki all the success for the future".

Tack · Post by **Tack** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:19 pm

I wonder what Mr Eckl said that caused the problem?

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:58 pm

"Das bike ist schiezen-haussen" ?????

just a guess..........

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:45 pm

Wasnt he developing the ilmor while telling nackers its okay to run tenth or something to that effect.

Or maybe suzuki was looking like getting a result in either case management had to step in.

Post by **icebreaker** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:53 pm

So sounds like Heckle got paid out by Kawasaki so that's the end of the law suit...

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:04 am

icebreaker wrote:So sounds like Heckle got paid out by Kawasaki...

And who could blame them? With a name like Eckl, he probably gets paid out a lot.