Schmidt Racing splits from MV Agusta

Schmidt Racing has ended its partnership with MV Agusta midway through the season after believe the F3 675 was letting its riders down.

Schmidt Racing has opted to end its partnership with MV Agusta midway through the current World Supersport championship after feeling the F3 675 had been failing its team 🅷and riders.

Both Nicolas Terol and Kyle Ryde were dogged by technical problems throughout Friday practice as well as qualifying at Misano which left both riders way ꦓoff the pace.

Despite a strong start by the 2011 125cc world champion, the Spaniard eventually slipped down the 𒆙order to finish 19th while Ry🤡de was continually hampered by mechanical problems to finish 23rd.

With Schꦿmidt Racing team manager Robert Balogh stating his mechanics and engineers have pushed the MV Agusta machine to its limits it has chosen 🎃the summer break to split from the Italian manufacturer and seek a fresh start.

"On the one hand I'm totally unsatisfied with how things have gone here in Misano, but on the other hand I'm pleased because we are working towards our future," Balogh saidꦚ. "We will interrupt our relationship with MV and I'm sure that we can get back to being competitive when the championship resumes after the summer break.

"As ever, our riders and technicians have done their best, but th❀ese results clearly do not reflect our abilities✱."

"The team has done all it could, but the bike prevented me from scoring a better result," Ter📖ol added. "I had both chassis and engine issues. It would slip into neutral and the engine brake wasn't working well.

"I'm angry because I know we can do a lot more and hope that, in the future, we can express our🐭 full potential."

As a result, Terol - who has claimed a rostrum result this year with third place at Aragon - and Ryde will cease competition on MV Agustas and t🐭he team will look to secure a new man🍬ufacturer for the remainder of the season.

No ♏early hint at a replacement has been made by Schmidt Racing, but a strong possibility could be a switch to Yamaha, the machinery Ryde began the season on with Ranieri Med - SC Racing before the squad unexpectedly withdrew after the Imola round.

Yamaha is also rumoured to be laun🎀ching its updated R6 challenger for next year - while searching for a team to run the bikes as an 'official' Yamaha crew - which may point to Schmidt Racing making a similar switch to Crescent Racing in World Superbikes who ditched Suzuki for Yamaha last winter.

Any confirmation 🦂of machinery for the remainder of 2016 is expected over the summer break.

World Supersport has just began its length mid-season pause, with only World Superbikes heading to Lagunaཧ Seca, which means the intermediate class won't resume until 16-18 September at Lausitzring.

The highest-placed rider in the current World Supersport championship competing on MV Agusta is GRT Racing's Gino Re𓃲a who is fourth with two rostrum results in Assen and Sepang.

൲In the combined manufacturers' championship MV Agusta is thir⛦d behind Kawasaki and Honda.

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