Jorge “Aspar” Martinez and Gábor Talmácsi held a press conference yesterday in Budapest to confirm that he and Talmácsi were unable to reach a common agreement on communication and media rights in Hungary that caused the Hungarian rider to pull out of the Le Mans race. The former 2007 125cc World Champion who won with Martinez will no longer ride with the Balatonring Team and is out of series and no other ride waiting for him.

Martinez had offered Talmácsi a further year under contract and more involvement in the team and the Balatonring circuit that is being built near Balaton Lake and should be finally ready to host MotoGP in 2010.

Both parties emphasized that the “divorce” was a friendly one.

Martinez has hired Nemeth Balazs, a twenty year old rider from Budapest for the Mugello race.

After the jump, Martinez’s comments from the press conference:

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