42We will continue to race in the 2022 MotoGP and EWC championships, maintaining our maximum efiorts to win the remaining races. We aim to continue our support for our customers’ racing activities through our global distributor network.We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all Suzuki fans who have given us their enthusiastic support and to all those who have supported Suzuki’s motorcycle racing activities for many years.Quote from Toshihiro Suzuki, Representative Director and President;“Suzuki has decided to end the participation of MotoGP and EWC in the face of the need to re-allocate resources on other initiatives for sustainability. Motorcycle racing has always been a challenging place for technological innovation, including sustainability, and human resource development. This decision means that we will take on the challenge to build the new motorcycle business operation by redirecting the technological capabilities and human resources we have cultivated through the motorcycle racing activities to investigate other routes for a sustainable society.“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all our fans, riders and all stakeholders who joined us and enthusiastically supported us from the development stage since we returned to MotoGP racing.“I will continue to do my best to support Alex Rins, Joan Mir, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR and YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL to compete competitively until the end of the season.“Thank you for your kind support.”TEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWSand Dorna have come to an agreement to terminate Suzuki’s participation in MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season. Suzuki will also terminate its factory participation in the World Endurance Championship (EWC) at the end of the 2022 season.already tasted real success in the world of virtual racing when he won the title two years ago as a Ducati rider, and this Team Suzuki Ecstar’s riders took part in a very special event ahead of the inaugural Grand Prix at the Pertamina Mandalika circuit back in March. Joan Mir and Alex Rins were invited to meet the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo – known locally as Jokowi.The meeting took place following a parade Since joining Team Suzuki Ecstar at the start of the 2022 season, eSports star Andrea Saveri has shown his dedication and commitment to the squad, working hard to improve his results and standing himself in good stead for this year’s much coveted crown.The 20 year old from Bologna in Italy has through central Jakarta, which was headed by the President himself. A spectacular gathering of 20 riders from the three main GP classes and the Asia Talent Cup rode the 5km route, with Suzuki’s duo hopping onboard GSX-R250s in race replica colours.The parade ended in style at the Merdeka Palace. The building, which dates back to 1873, is the oficial residence of the President and its name means ‘freedom’.Upon their arrival, the MotoGP riders were able to greet Jokowi and have photos taken with him, and a team member had the pleasure of handing over a special gift of an oficial team shirt signed by Mir and Rins.Many passionate and eager Indonesian fans also lined the streets to applaud the riders and witness the history-making occasion.year, proudly sporting Suzuki blue, he has achieved five podiums from a possible six.This year’s series sees a total of ffive rounds, with two races at two difierent circuits per round. The top and tail events of the championship are contested on-site in the MotoGP paddock, and the three in the middle are carried out via a network from the riders’ homes around the world. Although Andrea is yet to take a win on his virtual GSX-RR this year, his impressive consistency has meant his worst finish has been 4th, at a challenging French GP. At Round 3, held at the end of August, Saveri soared into second place in the standings, just four points from the top. Two more events remain: the remote Round 4 at the end of September with the circuits of Chang and Motegi on the menu, and the on-site ffinale at Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia at the start of November where the riders will tackle Termas de Rio Hondo and Mandalika.Kazuki Watanabe will race in the 2022 All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 with the Yoshimura Suzuki Ride Win team.Watanabe, who was part of the Yoshimura SERT Motul Endurance World Championship team in 2021, will race the GSX-R1000R under the Team Directorship of Yohei Kato and with Yukio Kagayama as Team Manager.Yohei Kato – Team Director; “I am very pleased to announce that I will participate fully with Kazuki Watanabe in the 2022 All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000. From the second half of last year I received an enthusiastic request from him for the All-Japan Championship and I thought about how I could fulffil this hope.“In addition to Yoshimura SERT Motul, which is the Endurance World Championship team for Yoshimura Japan, we will launch the All Japan Championship participation team Yoshimura Suzuki Ride Win with Yukio Kagayama, who has built up a relationship of trust mainly in the race scene for many years.“We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of our supporters for their understanding and cooperation and with regards to JSB1000, we will entrust all our power to the new Kagayama Team Manager and liven up the All Japan Championship with our rival teams with the goal of making Kazuki Watanabe the champion.”2022 Summer IssueENDING MOTOGP™ AND EWC FACTORY PARTICIPATION AT THE END OF THE 2022 SEASONSuzuki Motor Corporation KAZUKI WATANABE TO RACE 2022 ALL JAPAN SUPERBIKESMIR AND RINS RIDE OUT WITH PRESIDENT OF INDONESIAANDREA SAVERI POWERS UP ON THE ROAD TO THE 2022 TITLE MOTOGP ESPORTS WORLD SERIESNEWS
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