Carmelo to sue Kawasaki

The Manchester Guardian (of all papers) is reporting that Carmelo will sue Kawasaki for pulling out of MotoGP.

You cannot be serious, man!

There are two scenarios here.

1. Carmelo is so desperate to keep the minimum of 18 bikes on the grid, as is his commitment by contract with the FIM, the various circuits, and some say TV networks, he would risk alienating one of the few manufacturers who have supported MotoGP recently, or

2. Carmelo was so reluctant to hand complete rule making power to the MSMA, so concerned was he about the long term interests of the sport, the total lack of transparency, and any other sporting governance, that he only did so with the reassurance of contracts to race from all the member manufacturers.

You to decide.

As mocket suggests in the cartoon, perhaps WCM should have done the same thing, and sued Dorna for not honoring the "franchise" system agreements put in place by Dorna to protect teams investments in the new MotoGP class only a fewyears ago.

To quote WCM team principle Bob Maclean at the time:

"The franchise team arrangements take motorcycle grand prix racing into a new era by giving teams some equity in the world championships, something of value, and its a logical step forward for WCM"

What happened to those franchises??