That’s what Reuters are saying at least.

In an interview with Carmelo Ezpeleta, head honcho of MotoGP rights holder Dorna, stated that Kawasaki have a contract that runs to 2011 and despite frantic work behind the scenes trying to get another team to run the Kawasaki bikes, if no agreement was reached then legal proceedings against Kawasaki could follow.

Carmelo Ezpeleta told Reuters: “Legal action is the last step. We would try to ask them for compensation. It must be resolved because the season is almost starting. “In two or three weeks maximum we have to have a solution or even earlier.”

“The financial crisis has impacted the sport in a big manner,” he said. “We think it’s an important issue but we have enough tools to resolve it. I am very, very optimistic about the measures we are taking in this situation because I think this is an opportunity to better place MotoGP in the world than before the crisis.”

When asked about the growing threat of World Superbikes to MotoGP, a series that is more popular than ever before and offers two races per weekend and a packed grid, Ezpeleta said he did not see any threat to MotoGP.

“We can both survive fantastically. We were surviving for many years and there is no reason to think it’s a problem. If superbike is going well then that’s good for us to.”

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