Forward Yamaha have been forced to pull out of the upcoming Indianapolis MotoGP round after reaction from sponsors and partners over the arrest of princial Giovanni Cuzari made it impossible for the squad to compete in America.

However, there is some hope for the team - which field Loris Baz and Stefan Bradl - as managing director Marco Curioni has had positive dialogue with some of the sponsors and also with IRTA. Curiono has agreed with IRTA boss Mike Trimby to abandon the Indy race in favour of building resources and to better organize the upcoming trips, starting with the Brno race.

“It was a very difficult week for the Forward Racing. Only in the last hours we have glimpsed the real possibility of overcome this situation. I hope to have Giovanni - who until proven to the contrary he is correct to assume innocent - soon with us and available to find a solution,” said Curioni.

“In this dark moment, several ‘partners’ and ‘friends’ have understandably distanced himself from the team and then for this reason I want to thank those who are helping us: Dorna and IRTA gave us full support from the beginning, all members of the team that they gave their unconditional support and those sponsors and the new companies - that despite the objective concerns - gave us confidence and are interpreting the meaning of sponsorship in the original reason: financial aid to allow the athlete to realize his talent”.