MOTOGP » Team KR shuts Banbury factory

The sport only actually needs them if they can be competitive.

sad to see :-(

Don't really get it do you Sycho. Motorsport needs teams like these. Anyway, someone has to run at the back. If all the backmakers quit you would be left with about 11 bikes on the grid.

Gutted! The sport needs as many teams and different participants as possible. I well remember the Honda/Doohan years and while he was an awesome rider the races and series lacked excitment.
KR has always been a breath of fresh air to the paddock and was never afraid of speaking his mind, something sadly lacking in the modern corperate paddock.
Hurry back soon, you'll be missed.

The MotoGP grid is sp**** enough , what we need is more bikes in this class & Roberts provided hope for the "minnows" in bike racing (They did a cracking job in 2006 with their Honda engined machine!)

I did put s.p.a.r.s.e but Crash thought i swore!!

Everything financially broke down couse 800ccm...I hope Honda'll pay for it with their uncompetitive bikes! sorry Hayden, go to Ducati. The 2006 season was so amazing even Rossi lost his crown. Hope that some day Suzuki will be strong and Roberts will join them or...join Yamaha but Honda!

This is a sad day for our sport. Team KR, not the most competitive team, was a brave attempt to build and race a clear thought outside of the Big 5. Good bye Kenny, it was great.

KR will be back in the 250's

Damn it's a shame, more so cos it seems it's the Grim Reaper for not-enough-money teams in MotoGP... Here's to Tec 3 and all the others, cos otherwise it's gonna be a 12 rider grid soon...

Triumph, BMW and Aprilia (and the rest) hurry up into MotoGP before the grid gets so small finishing last will earn you 10 points!

KR were a great addition to MotoGP... come back soon...!