SUZUKI SAYS GOODBYE TO MOTOGP IN CIRCUIT RICARDO TORMO VALENCIA

This weekend’s Valencia finale will also be the last event for the Suzuki MotoGP team and title-winning GSX-RR machine. It was at the same track just two years ago that Joan Mir joined the likes of Barry Sheene, Kevin Schwantz and Kenny Roberts Jr as a Suzuki premier-class world champion. A subsequent five-year extension with Dorna looked to have secured Suzuki’s MotoGP future, alongside the other manufacturers, until at least 2026. But then came a shock decision from the Suzuki board, delivered to the team at Jerez in May, that they had decided to pull out of MotoGP at the end of this year. Until that moment, the 2022 GSX-RR had been inside the top six at every round, including two podiums, but wouldn’t do so again until Alex Rins’ emotional victory in Australia. Rins and Mir have sealed a move to Honda for next season, when their current Suzuki crew, many with the project since the factory’s 2015 return, will likewise try and disperse among rival teams. But first, there will be one 'last dance', at Valencia.

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