Aussie GP rider Mark Willis is looking for another ride after splitting with the Pulse GP 500cc team. The 25-year-old said the all-new GP squad is having budget cuts, revealing that he hasn't been paid a salary since joining the team in January 2001.

Willis said he has come to an agreement with Pulse GP, and will be paid a proportion of his original contract amount.

Pulse GP has just announced that it has cut back to a one rider team with English incumbent, Jay Vincent.

"We did no testing before the season started, and this along with some mechanical teething problems has hindered me from reaching the goals we had set out to achieve."

Asked why he had continued to ride without pay, Willis had been optimistic and had hoped that the situation would improve. The Australian also believed that second half of the year would bring better results, having raced at most of the tracks scheduled for that part of the season.

"For some GP's, I missed two sessions each weekend because we had mechanical trouble with my bike. The places where we had no trouble with the bike, I was as quick or quicker than Jay [Vincent].

Willis has been in contact with the French Yamaha Endurance team with whom he won the Spa and Bol d'Or 24 World Endurance Championship races in 2000, and expects to test with them at Magny-Cours in the near future. He is also looking at other options in the GP Paddock as well as the Superbike World Championship, World Supersport Championship and the AMA Superbike series for 2002.

"The last three years have been very difficult, but I've given it everything," said Willis. "I'm still only 25, but I need to be part of an experienced, stable team so I can get back to being the real Mark Willis.

"I wish the Pulse GP Team every success in the future," he added. "Although I am disappointed about not being able to compete with them for the remainder of the year, I am focusing on keeping my chin up and looking forward to new challenges for the remainder of this year and next."