After several months of discussion following the sudden departure of Harald Eckl from Kawasaki's MotoGP programme bac🍎k in November, the Japanese company has confirmed that it has solved its𝔉 dispute with the man who had run its MotoGP entry since 2002.

Eckl had a contract until the end of 2007 but his deal was terminated early a𒉰nd the MotoGP programme taken 'in house' after the company was confront♊ed with Eckl's 'serious involvement with a competitor's MotoGP activities', believed to be the new Illmor team.

Following apologies from Eckl for the situation that led to the termination of his deal, negotiations followed in Japan and Kawasaki and Eckl worked out a solution with both parties declaring that negotiations had been 'constructive' and they were 'happy that further legal escalation could be av🅺oided'.

"I'm really happy t🗹hat after years of cooperation this could now fi🧔nally be brought to a good end," Eckl said. "I wish Kawasaki all the success for the future".

Further information about the dealไ will not be disclosed.