Aspar says MotoGP deal not done yet

Aspar are currently leading the 125cc standings with Hector Faubel and challenging for the 250cc title with Alex de Angelis, and have been strongly linked to a deal to run a satellite Suzuki in MotoGP next season, and a two-bike team the year after.

But the team boss told told the official MotoGP website that they were still some way from completing an agreement with a manufacturer, and that Yamaha were an option as well as Suzuki.

"We continue to talk with Suzuki and Yamaha, running over several different options for a move up to MotoGP," Aspar said.

"Right now things are still unclear; we haven't defined anything as such."

Aspar said that the rest of the programme would not fall into place until a deal with a manufacturer was confirmed.

"We have been talking with various riders and getting to know the technical requirements, but the key thing will be confirming which bike we run - something that he don't know at this point," he said.