Back in July, 2022, Suzuki Motor Corporation dropped a shock announcement on the motorsport world. It said that at the end of 2022, it would completely pull its efforts from motorcycle racing, in all its forms. Recent championships, while great at the time, seemed to have no bearing on this outcome. The end, Suzuki said, was nigh—but thanks for all the memories.
It’s now December 16, 2022—and we’re about two weeks away (give or take) from when Suzuki also said it would be shutting down all of its official motorsport-related web presences at the end of the year. But wait, not so fast! It appears that someone at Yoshimura SERT Motul was incredibly good this year, and Santa Suzuki has brought them a holiday miracle. (Let’s not forget that “SERT,” incidentally, stands for “Suzuki Endurance Racing Team,” so it’s right there in the acronym.)
