Sadly I could see this coming, it is a shame because Mugen had achieved an amazing level of performance, but other than the valiant and impressive efforts of the Nottingham University team there was nobody else to compete with.

I discussed this with one of the Mugen guys some years ago now, he was concerned then about lack of entries and I suggested that the only way to increase the grids was for them to offer a motor/battery/controller leasing package with technical support to other teams to build their own bikes around, similar to the days of the Harris and ROC 500's in 90's Grand Prix, which back then gave private teams a chance to lease a competitive motor from Yamaha and boosted dwindling grids for a while, the guy agreed it would be an option but I'm guessing when it came down to it the costs would still have been prohibitive to put a Harris Mugen or similar together for a limited amount of events.