Just when I was preparing for the first test of the year at Sepang I was given the unfortunate news that the Honda Pons team, with whom I was supposed to be contesting the next edition of the MotoGP World Championship, has ended its competitive involvement in the series due to a lack of sponsorship. This decision, so close to the start of the 2006 preseason, leaves me in a very complicated situation with regard to the future because I find myself with no remaining alternatives that would allow me to challenge for decent results. It is particularly ironic that, after looking towards the future with utter confidence in a project that would see me riding a Honda with a team that know me well and in which I have complete faith, things have swung around so dramatically and left me out in the cold. This is clearly not the time to start feeling sorry for myself or try to find somebody to blame for this regrettable situation I have never done that because it is not my style. The only thing I can say is that all the hope I had placed in the 2006 season, based on the confidence I had in what had been offered to me, has disappeared in a single moment. In the face of this disappointing situation I am determined not to let my guard down because I am, and always have been, a fighter. Circumstances have left me out of the championship against my will but I still consider myself as an active rider and I wouldn’t rule out anything with respect to the future.