After the Grand Prix of Portugal, during which Alex Hofmann entered the pit boxes with 17 laps remaining, and said, “I don’t have the motivation to fight for the last positions”, the Team management of Pramac-d’Antin have decided to release Hofmann from his contractual obligations for the remainder of the 2007 MotoGP season. The last four races in the MotoGP World Championship will see a substitute rider in place of Hofmann, who will be named within a few days in a following press release.