James Hillier “shocked” by OMG Racing collapse: “Where I stand at the minute I don’t know”
James Hillier has taken to social media to speak about the “big 🎉shock” of OMG Racing’s collapse.
J💃ames Hillier has spoken of the “shock” he felt when it was announced that OMG Racing, and subsequently WTF Racing, have both withdrawn from racing this year.
One-time TT winner Hillier first rode for Alan Gardner’s OMG team on the roads in 2022 on a Yamaha R1. In 2024, when OMG became the official Yamaha UK entry to BSB, the OMG banner disappeared from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:road racing, but was replaced by WTF Racing.
Under Gardner’s ownership, like OMG, WTF ran Honda machinery last year, taking top-five finishes in 𒈔all four 1,000cc races at🐷 last year’s Isle of Man TT.
Hillier, who also rode under the WTF name at this year’s Dakar Rally, was set ♎to return to WTF this year, again on a Honda CBR1000RR-R, but the recent announcements of the fall of OMG and WTF have left Hillier effectively ride-less, just a few days before he was set to begin his 2025 testing programme i♓n Spain.
“My phone’s been pretty crazy since [Tuesday] afternoon when the🌳 news was released,” Hillier said in a video posted to his Instagram account.
“That was honestly a big shock, I really didn’t see that coming; it’s not great timing, especially onꦉ April Fools’ Day.
“I wished it was a joke but unfortunately it isn’t♐.
“I also wanౠt to say a big thank you to Alan Gardner for all the effort and time he’s put into racin😼g; with OMG and WTF – the whole team, actually, [...] it’s hard on everybody, so a big thank you for their efforts in the past.
“But, where I stand at the minute I don’t quite know, it’s a work in pr📖ogress to try and sort some machinery and get something in place.
“We’ve not got a whole lot of time, we were supposed to be on the new bikes this coming weekend in Spain, testing, which I was really looking forward to, actually, and that’s now not happening so we have to work something out, get something in place, but I ♍will share what I can with you when I can.
“Hopefully in the coming days we’ll have some good news, but I need to ge𓆉t my thinking hat on and get raising some funds, really, because that’s going to be the biggestꦑ thing: funding the operation, which certainly in today’s economic climate is not easy.”
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