| I think part of the problem was signing the deal with Honda and actually getting a bike, this took an age from my understanding and they only had 1 race bike for Qatar which promptly got destroyed in practice, Bostrom had to ride a road bike in the race.
I think Mark saw the huge costs for running 4 999RS04's last year (2 per rider) and decided to cut back, the problem being with Ducati, Renegade had effectively become a satellite team similar to GSE, now he/they are pretty much on their own with limited budget and no time on the bike and as there are quite a few Blades this year I can't imagine they'll be too high up the pecking order for parts/support yet.
At least with a Ducati you know you've got a pretty good package, costly yes, but pretty damn good from day one. |