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Contrary to recent Internet reports, members of Mat Mladin’s Yoshimura Suzuki crew say they have not even begun discussions about contract renewals beyond the 2003 season.

“It hasn’t even been discussed with team management or with Mat,” said Mladin Crew Chief Peter Doyle Wednesday in the paddock at Laguna Seca. “That goes for everybody, not just me.”

Asked if he knew when Yoshimura Suzuki team management would start contract discussions with him, Doyle said, “when the management is ready.”

Mladin recently extended his contract to ride for Yoshimura Suzuki in AMA Superbike through the 2005 season.