Suzuki coming back to world bike championships



Yaaaay – Suzuki are coming back to world motorcycle racing. Boo – it won’t be until 2015.

Still it’s great news for this, the most exciting, physical and thrilling form of motorsport.

Suzuki’s return ends a three year absence – they pulled out of MotoGP racing at the end of 2011, after 37 years, because of lack of cash.

Their development rider Randy de Puniet tested the new Suzuki after its first public test at the Catalunya Circuit in Spain on Monday and posted a time seven tenths slower than Jorge Lorenzo's fastest lap of 1'41.908 set when he won this round of the world championship on Sunday

Randy said: "I think this bike has a really good potential already."
Suzuki pulled out of MotoGP in 2011 after 37 years to focus on development of their 1,000cc project. 

De Puniet, 32, who currently rides an Aprilia for the Aspar CRT team but also has a contract as Suzuki test rider for 2013, first tested the 800cc version of the bike at the end of 2011. 

The Suzuki team will now travel to Aragon for a further day of testing.
Suzuki’s team will be run by Davide Brivio, who worked with Valentino Rossi at Yamaha. 

Suzuki’s world championship racing has been memorable but one of their riders hasn't won the world championship since Kenny Roberts Jnr in 2000. Barry Sheene, of course, won world titles in 1976 and 1977. Subsequently winners are Mario Lucchinelli (1981), Franco Uncini (1982) and Kevin Schwantz (1993). 

www.bbc.co.uk

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