Sylvain Guintoli, a Suzuki MotoGP test racer, has indicated that negotiations to rejoin WorldSBK and to stay in the Endurance World Championship are ongoing. At the completion of this season, Guintoli’s employment with Suzuki will expire. He last competed in WorldSBK for Puccetti Kawasaki during the last two rounds of 2017. Guintoli’s contract with Suzuki […]
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Despite difficulties with the 2022 MotoGP, Yamaha “will never give up” on Morbidelli
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Jul
Jul
Despite a challenging 2022 MotoGP season, Yamaha CEO Massimo Meregalli claims the Japanese manufacturer “would never give up on” putting Franco Morbidelli back to his race-winning speed from 2020. On his Petronas SRT-driven 2019-spec M1, Morbidelli was Yamaha’s top racer in 2020. The Italian won three races and lost the title to Suzuki’s Joan Mir. […]
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Jul
Jul
Alex Rins, a departing Suzuki racer, has formally agreed to a two-year contract with Honda to enter the LCR team in the MotoGP starting in 2023. When Suzuki revealed after the Spanish Grand Prix that it will stop competing in MotoGP at the completion of the 2022 season, three-time MotoGP world champion Rins was suddenly […]
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Jul
Jul
After negotiating on a two-year contract with the Japanese manufacturer to compete for LCR, Alex Rins will enter Honda in MotoGP for the upcoming season. The stunning choice by Suzuki to leave MotoGP at the conclusion of the 2022 season placed the Spaniard onto the riding market. The three-time MotoGP champion had conversations with a number […]
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May
May
After a collision in the Italian Grand Prix, Alex Rins described Takaaki Nakagami as “among the most dangerous” racers in MotoGP. In the beginning phases of Sunday’s race at Mugello, Rins and Nakagami were vying for 12th place after the Suzuki rider qualified 21st. Rins went out on lap seven of 23 while trying to […]
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May
May
Leopard Racing, which has won numerous Moto3 world championships, has said that it is “highly interested” in taking over for Suzuki when the Japanese manufacturer retires from MotoGP at the end of 2022. Suzuki announced its retirement from MotoGP at the end of the season on Monday, a choice it only informed the cycling team about […]
22
May
May
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 […]
22
May
May
Several MotoGP racers have spoken out on Suzuki’s surprise plan to retire at the end of 2022, with Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli describing it as “an ugly episode” for the sport. Suzuki announced on Thursday, before the French Grand Prix, that it was in talks with Dorna Sports to end its MotoGP deal from following year, as […]
22
May
May
According to both racers, Suzuki’s plan to retire from MotoGP at the end of 2022 had no bearing on Friday’s French Grand Prix practise. The race at Le Mans this week is the first after Suzuki announced previous week that it would depart MotoGP at the end of the season, with the Japanese manufacturer announcing its […]
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May
May
Joan Mir of Suzuki feels his fall out of podium position in the MotoGP French Grand Prix this Sunday was “painful mentally.” At the halfway mark of the Le Mans race, the 2020 championship winner was closing in on Jack Miller’s Ducati for third place, having broken away somewhat from Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia. However, on […]
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