After just two rounds, Roan Van De Moosdijk and the Honda HRC team have parted ways. Van de Moosdijk was coming off of a preseason injury and joined the Honda team as a fill in for Ruben Fernandez earlier this month. The Dutch rider finished 27-28 for 28th overall at the MXGP of Sardegna and then after qualifying 28th in the MXGP of Trentino race, the #39 decided to withdraw from the motos. He did not start either moto but was credited with 38th overall with his two DNS results. Now, HRC has announced a parting of ways between the race team and the MXGP rookie. The full press release is below.

Team HRC part company with Roan Van De Moosdijk

Fill-in rider Roan Van De Moosdijk and Team HRC have mutually ended their relationship after further check-ups on the Dutch rider’s knee have revealed that it would be unwise for the #39 to race in the immediate future. Instead, v/d Moosdijk will take all the time necessary to recover from this issue, and then hopefully come back to the MXGP world championship where he can then give it 100%.

Everyone at Team HRC wishes v/d Moosdijk all the best in the future and thanks him for the professional attitude he brought to the team in the couple of weeks he spent under the awning.