While Hamamatsu has not yet issued a statement formalizing their intention to leave the MotoGP World Championship at the end of this campaign, the Japanese side of the team explained Monday in Jerez to other Suzuki Ecstar team members, the Dorna Sports officially at 8 pm in Tokyo made a statement in this regard in which they reminded Suzuki that they have a valid championship contract until 2026 that “they will not allow you to make this decision unilaterally”.
Carmelo Ezpeleta Knowing the decision made by the management of Suzuki Motor Corporation where the top has been installed since June last year, Toshihiro Suzuki, one of the sons of the eternal Chairman of the Board of Directors of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki , who retired at age 91. In taking over the company, Toshihiro Suzuki said loudly and clearly that “the company needs to focus on reaching the goal of zero emissions” and despite the fact that Hiroshi Tsuda, the president, is defending the competition project, the board of directors became relentless and the decision was irrevocable, as they had shown in previous escapes. In fact, last 2011, they decided to do so in November, at the end of the competition, and left their employees stranded with no room for maneuvering.
The losses of 14.85% of sales in the motorcycle sector, which Toyota Motor in March stopped more than half of its local production and which it was accruing revenues of -40.20% in this quarter were not collaborated in providing continuity to the competition project which also pays almost 100% because Ecstar, which emerges as the title sponsor of the team, is the lubricants firm of Hamamatsu. So far the decision for MotoGP is known, but Suzuki is in other championships such as the endurance world championship -this is the champion team- and MX and Superbike in the United States.
But this unilateral loss will not come for free because in April last year they signed their continuation to the championship for the 2022-2026 season. That they gave up on Dorna’s wishes for each factory to have their official team as well as a customer team indicated that they were completely on their own in terms of their commitment to the championship.
This is what the whole statement says:
“Following recent rumors about Suzuki’s departure from MotoGP at the end of 2022, Dorna Sports has officially contacted the factory to remind them that the terms of their contract to compete in MotoGP do not allow them to make this decision unilaterally. ” .
“However, in case Suzuki leaves the competition after an agreement between the two parties, Dorna will decide on the ideal number of riders and teams to compete in the MotoGP category from 2023.”
“Dorna continues to receive a high level of interest from several factory works and Independent Teams looking to join the MotoGP grid, as the sport continues to be a global example of close competition, innovation and entertainment , reaching hundreds of millions of fans.fans around the world.
“The interest of all these parties has been reaffirmed in the last 24 hours,” they settled in the statement.
Source: La Verdad
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