After negotiations with DORNA, Kawasaki provided a scaled down team named Hayate Racing Team for the 2009 season.
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He returned to racing only to crash again during practice at the Catalan Grand Prix, missing this race too.
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In August 2008, Kawasaki signed Marco Melandri to join John Hopkins for the 2009 season.
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In the 2005 MotoGP season, he took part in Japanese Grand Prix as a wild-card rider for Kawasaki Moriwaki.