Suzuki’s plan to exit the MotoGP competition at the end of 2022 has left one-time reigning champion Joan Mir “mad.”
Suzuki said on Thursday before the French Grand Prix that it was in talks with Dorna about terminating its current contract, according to Motorsport.com. Suzuki told its cycling team of its plans to leave MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season.
The official explanation cited was economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as changes in the automobile business — despite the fact that Suzuki’s economic data released lately claimed that the company was in good shape for this year.
Mir, who had his MotoGP start with Suzuki in 2019 and won the world championship with the company in 2020, believes the squad is “among the most outstanding” in the paddock and is disappointed by the choice to leave because of it.
“I’m angry for the decision someone took,” Mir said on Thursday at Le Mans.
“The team is so great, it’s one of the special teams in the paddock – the people that work here make it so special.
“I arrived here four years ago, but there are a lot of people working here working before me.
“They worked hard to become champions in 2020, last year in third [in the standings], this year again.
“It’s a manufacturer that normally fights for championships every year since I was here.”
Mir’s future is uncertain at this time, but he is expected to join Honda next year with Marc Marquez.
The Spaniard acknowledged that his management was in negotiations with Honda, but he did not elaborate on his proposals for 2023.
“From Jerez, we were officially in the market,” Mir said, when asked by Motorsport.com if the rumours linking him to Honda were true.
“We were in talks with Suzuki before everything happened – now, for sure, my manager will have more work than he expected.
“He is speaking with Honda, with different manufacturers to try to fit my future outside Suzuki. Yeah, not easy.”
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