Marco Melandri has shrugged off the news that BMW will exit the World Superbike Championship at the end of this year in order to supply engines to MotoGP, saying he is used to the situation.
Kawasaki ditched its MotoGP team at the end of 2008, leaving Melandri with a skeleton Hayate team to fulfill the factory's contract with Dorna, and that died a death when the 2009 season finished.
He then spent a year with Gresini Honda before joining Yamaha in World Superbike in 2011, only for them to take their ball home. There is, of course, a common denominator in all this…
"I'm sorry for the decision BMW has taken but unfortunately I'm used to such situations. I'm not really worried because for us riders it is always possible to find a solution, although, of course, at this important stage of the season it is not good for our mood. I hope that the experience will help me to handle it," said Melandri.
