Balatonring Team Issues Statement Over Talmacsi

The Balatonring Team has issued a statement following yesterday's shock announcement of the withdrawl of Gabor Talmacsi from the squad...

Balatonring Team - Le Mans Circuit - 15/05/09

BALATONRING TEAM DISAGREES WITH THE SITUATION PROVOKED BY GÁBOR TALMÁCSI AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

The news has been unexpected for Balatonring Team, which is already in France since yesterday to take part in Grand Prix of France.
After recent news in the media accusing Balatonring Team for breach of the contractual relation with pilot Gábor Talmácsi, the Hungarian team denies these accusations. In fulfilment with his sports obligations, the team has moved the team staff and infrastructure to Le Mans Circuit, to take part in the Grand Prix of France, which will begin tomorrow.
The news has been unexpected for the whole Balatonring Team, which is already in France since yesterday. The team considers groundless the accusations alleged by their pilot Gábor Talmácsi regarding this season's limited provided material due to several reasons:

One of them is summarized in the excellent results achieved by the pilot during the first three tests of the championship, something impossible to obtain achieve if he is not provide with the appropriate material. The second reason regards the confidence placed in him by the leader of the project Balatonring Team, Jorge Martínez "Aspar", who decided to choose the Hungarian pilot in 2007 despite his dicreet performance in the previous world championship, and put at his disposal the means of one of the World Championship's most experienced structures -the Aspar Team - to make him World Champion.
The last reason shows again the confidence of Jorge Martinez in pilot Gábor Talmácsi, searching for a reputed sponsor for this campaign - Milton Group- to create a team exclusively designed for the former World Champion. Thus, Balatonring team finds enough reasons to be in total disagreement with the attitude taken by the Hungarian pilot and his environment, and feels deeply disappointed to be led to such a situation.

Balatonring Team wishes to thank the tremendous support provided by Milton Group and its main representative, Bence Kovács, who despite the incidents has not turn his back on the team and continues to rely on the experience of Jorge Martinez to take the Hungarian project forward.

Jorge Martínez said "The truth is that I did not expect this reaction in any way. This year we had created a new team exclusively designed for Gábor. It has been hard to take the project forward, but we have never surrendered or stopped fighting to offer the best material and support. I feel a tremendous disappointment to be involved in this situation, and I hope that when everything is over, Gábor will realize how much he had bet on him. Of course I completely disagree with his statements and if we cannot manage to cordially reach an agreement, I will proceed as necessary to defend our interests."