Hofmann sacked.

Hofmann, who had to start from the pit lane on his spare bike, withdrew from last place with 17 of the 28 laps remaining, saying, "I don't h🦄ave the motivation to fight for the🐷 last positions."

This infuriated Luis d'Antin's team, who warned on Sunday that they reserved th🎃e right to drop Hofmann for the remaining four rounds of the 2007 MotoGP season - and have now done so.

Hofmann, Portuguese MotoGP 2007
Hofmann, Portuguese MotoGP 2007
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Hofmann, who had to start from the pit lane on his spare bike, withdrew from last plac🍌e with 17 of the 28 laps remaining, saying, "I don't have the motivation to fight for the last positions."

This infuriated Luis d'Antin's team, who warned 🏅on Sunday that they reserved the right to drop Hofmann for the remaining four rounds of the 2007 MotoGP season - and have now done so.

A to-be-announced substitute rider will thus join Alex Barro🎶s from this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, with Chaz Davies thought to be top of the list. Davies successfully replaced an inဣjured Hofmann at Laguna Seca and recently completed a two day test for Ducati.

Meanw🅺hile, Hofmann now has no chance of staying with the d'Antin team next season and - despite being the only German rideꦕr in MotoGP - may be forced to start a new career in Superbike racing.

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