From an open letter on Katja Poensgen’s website, www.katja-poensgen.de:

Hi All,

I will start at the beginning: Einstein says that all things are relative! What a profound discovery … All characteristics are relative, and therefore I cannot tell if what I am about to report is eventually good or bad!

Eager to know :=)

The Plain Truth: I shall not be riding in the MotoGP.com this Year!!!

You have heard it alright! I have not found any sponsors for the 400,000 Euro to join a GP team.

It is already the beginning of February and NO TEAM, NO BIKE, NO TRUCK, und NO whatsoever … Only my loyal mechanic Gerd from last year’s season remains on my side.

What else is there to do than looking for a regular job? Racing is my life, and yet still while I see all the other important things of life as well, nevertheless BIKE = LIFE !!

One thing is for sure, that I cannot grasp certain business decisions at all.

I will from tomorrow on assemble a racing team for the Superstock IDM.

My personal sponsors will all continue to go with me what I wholeheartedly thank them for, since those people keep my dream of racing a reality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back to the roots: My new Baby is a Suzuki GSX-R1000 now.

I hope you all have no hard feeling against me when I say that I am also looking forward to this season.

Last year’s stress was great and this year kept on going on that very same high level.

My next objective is the GP1 class (new classifications) anyway and now I can already be working on just that with my Suzuki (in regard to 4 stroke engines) 🙂

I really tried all I could up to just today. But believe me, I am actually exhausted by having to go begging for cash over and over.

Last weekend I was on short notice in Italy. There was a chance to ride for a team 400,000 Euro to bring in sounds not that much but it is bloody (sorry!) much and in any case it is bloody (sorry again!) late for all general preparations to race in the 250cc class of www.motogp.com.

I had again not a single day of test driving from all the starting pilots while of course being expected to position myself in upper midfield at the 1st GP at Valencia, Spain. Who says that I am GENIE?

Off to bed is next in order to process all of this uneasy situation I am in to digest now…

I guess I should open up a relief fund since then at least I could go on vacation big time with the money for now 🙂

low rating joke, I know!

Kisses
Kat
btw Huz

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