Toni Elias was supposed to have signed with Sito Pons Moto2 team when the Spanish rider couldn’t find a MotoGP who wanted him, has had second thoughts about Pons’s capability of paying his future salary.

Hector Barbera, who rides for the Pons’s PepeWorld Team in 250cc, during the Sepang free practice sat out the first twelve minutes in protest against the Spanish team manager who had not paid his salary and this may be the reason Elias has changed his mind.

Pons who announced at Sepang that he would be using the German Kalex motorcycle prototype has now fallen back on rider Alex Debon to spearhead his new team, while Elias seems to be staying with Fausto Gresini, albeit in the Moto2 team, despite Gresini stating that he has problems finding funds in order to run the two bikes designed by Moriwaki. Budget problems are also the reason that Lucio Cecchinello has abandoned plans to run a team in Moto2.

Today will be the last day for all new Moto2 teams to confirm their partecipation in series by paying a 17.000 euro security deposit and at Valencia GP, we’ll probably have more news about who will be actually be in the series.

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Fausto Gresini of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini has announced that he will set up a team for the new Moto 2 series, that will replace the present 250cc Championship in 2010.

Speaking to Italian website GPOne, the former 2 times 125 cc World Champion turned team manager said: “ Next Friday when I arrive at Mugello, the first thing I’m going to do after speaking to Carmelo Ezpeleta is to enter Moto 2 with a team.”

“At the begining it’s going to be expensive to build a Moto2” added Gresini, “I think that the right price would be what they ask you for an official Aprilia, and obviously the investment is destined to pay off in the future. The most important thing is that the team will have an important image to sell.”

Continue reading: Fausto Gresini announces Moto 2 Team

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The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team officially launched its 2009 MotoGP campaign. The team, led by two-time 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini, took off on its 2009 journey at the ‘Officine del Volo’ in Milan.

Fausto Gresini and Alberto Vitaloni, President of San Carlo Gruppo Alimentare, carried out the honours and presented the 2009 team line-up.

Riders Alex De Angelis and Toni Elias will assume riding duties for the Faenza-based squad this year with De Angelis continuing for a second season and Elias rejoining the Honda Gresini family after one year of absence. The San Marinese and the Spaniard unveiled the new liveries on their 2009-spec RC212V machines, emblazoned with the logo of title sponsor San Carlo.

Continue reading: Team Gresini Official 2009 Launch

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