James Hillier reacts to the news that his team for the Isle of Man TT has withdrawn from road racing
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00:00Hello, I just wanted to do a video. I think it's easier to try and explain what I do know with the current situation rather than trying to write a big post out.
00:11It's firstly a big thank you to all the messages of support and the phone's been pretty crazy since yesterday afternoon when the news was released.
00:21And that was honestly a big shock. I think I really didn't see that coming.
00:25It's not great timing, especially on April Fool's Day. I wished it was a joke but unfortunately it isn't.
00:32I also want to say a big thank you to Alan Gardner and all the effort and time he's put into racing with OMG and WTF.
00:43The whole team actually, Ollie and Paul at PCR do a lot of the groundwork behind the scenes. It's hard on everybody so a big thank you for their efforts in the past.
00:57But where I stand at the minute, I don't quite know. It's work in progress to try and sort some machinery and get something in place.
01:09We've not got a whole lot of time. We're supposed to be on the new bikes this coming weekend in Spain testing which I was really looking forward to actually.
01:17That's now not happening so we'll have to work something out, get something in place.
01:23But I will share what I can with you when I can and hopefully in the coming days we'll have some good news.
01:31But I need to get thinking hat on and raising some funds really because that's going to be the biggest thing is funding the operation which is certainly in today's economic climate is not easy.
01:46So bear with us. Thanks again for the support and I'll update you soon.