Just one day after the 2022 Spanish GP, on May 2, 2022, Suzuki informed its Factory MotoGP team of the brand’s plans to pull out of Grand Prix racing at the conclusion of the 2022 season. As the rumors swirled about the paddock, the House of Hamamatsu scrambled to clean up the PR mess.
That frenetic rollout meant that Suzuki didn’t officially announce its intention to depart the MotoGP series until ten days later, on May 12, 2022. However, the manufacturer couldn’t confirm those plans until it negotiated early contract termination with MotoGP organizing body Dorna Sports. Just one year earlier, Suzuki signed a five-year extension to keep the Factory team in MotoGP until 2026.
