Most of Suzuki’s MotoGP Bikes Will Be Crushed

Suzuki ended its time within the pinnacle MotoGP sequence with the final word swan tune: As Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia sealed his first MotoGP World Championship with a ninth-place race end, Suzuki’s Alex Rins received the Valencian Grand Prix. The victory raised the identical query as when the Japanese producer introduced its surprising departure from the game in July. Why would Suzuki withdraw from MotoGP lower than two years after successful the riders’ and groups’ championships?

Suzuki has cited monetary causes behind its MotoGP departure determination. Monetary causes are additionally why Suzuki’s GSX-RR bikes received’t be capable to discover a new residence like its riders. Joan Mir and Alex Rins are departing the folding Workforce Suzuki Ecstar for Honda’s manufacturing unit and satellite tv for pc packages, respectively. Nevertheless, most of Suzuki’s Grand Prix fleet could have a date with a crusher. Livio Suppo, Suzuki’s workforce supervisor, confirmed this in an interview with GPOne.com:

“Sadly, it isn’t a chance, however a certainty. A few these bikes will find yourself in some museum, others can be crushed, together with spare components and every little thing. All of the Japanese producers do it for a matter of taxes, as a result of in any other case there could be property on which to pay taxes. As they’re now not usable, they make this selection of all the time crushing everybody.”

Unsurprisingly, the identical boardroom that determined to finish a championship-winning racing program additionally views its workforce’s bikes as taxable property. The Suzuki GSX-RR can be remembered for Joan Mir’s 2020 MotoGP World Championship-winning season. Mir received the title by means of sheer consistency, and he almost completed the pandemic-impacted season with no race win. Suzuki can be ending its endurance racing program within the FIM Endurance World Championship, which received two of the final three championships in that class.