April 08, 2002
After the press release from the teammanager of the Mama Racing Team, where he stated that Erdem Coban only could leave the team for the huge value of 20 million pounds, ex-driver Coban responded furiously on Lissen's statements:

"This is totally unacceptable! I expected he would act like a gentleman. He wants to destroy my career by giving me a price, from which he knows no team can afford it or wants to pay. He bought me for 8 million and wants to sell me for 20 million. This looks like slave-trade: to make the most money out of people! A big shame!"

He continued: "Luc is p****d off because I left the team. I think he knows very well why I left the team and if he is honest enough he must admit I had a good reason. Now he wants to pay it back to me by making a return impossible, even as a testdriver! A testdriver for Christ's sake! I find it very low what Luc is doing now. After my resignation I never made it hard for him or tried to annoy him however. He obviously does. That's fine by me now."

It seems Coban had some interest in a testdrive for the Hernj-Roaldo team. But because of their financial problems and the "value" of his contract, it seems he can't even drive for them, even if teammanager Roaldo Reurink would be interested.

Coban spoke some hard last words: "Luc has declared me the war. If he wants war, he can have it. In my contract there is no sentence that he can value my contract. I will go to the court and make that clear. I have nothing to say anymore to my old teammanager. From now on he is 'persona non grata' in my life!"