Suzuki reached MotoGP’s tallest mountaintop when Joan Mir captured the 2020 Rider’s Championship. Just five years after the House of Hamamatsu returned to the MotoGP grid in 2015, the small but resourceful Factory team snatched the sport’s highest honor. Little did anyone know that only two years after that momentous feat, Suzuki would be preparing to exit the MotoGP paddock once again.
Suzuki hasn’t officially announced its departure yet, but several media outlets have reported that the brand informed its MotoGP team that it intends to pull out of the Grand Prix series by year’s end. The news comes as a shock to the racing world following Joan Mir’s third-place finish in the 2021 season standings, and Alex Rins’ early 2022 results.
