While there are still a lot of unanswered questions regarding the future of the Kawasaki MotoGP program, the company has completed the unexpected Eastern Creek test debut of its 2009 ZX-RR motorcycle with development riders Olivier Jacque and Tamaki Serizawa.

With the well advanced development of the all-new 2009 ZX-RR, contracts in place with riders Marco Melandri and John Hopkins - and warnings from Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta - an agreement to place the green machines with a privateer outfit, probably funded by Kawasaki and Dorna, look ever more likely.

The team is now heading for a second test at Phillip Island indicating that some sort of deal is still being worked on behind the scenes.


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