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Well JPS, you win the shocking post of the year.
Never saw that coming and neither did the team members it seems. So they say Mir will likely go to Repsol Honda. Could Rins make a deal with Yamaha to replace Dovi or Morbidelli?
This also leaves 2 slots in the championship free for a team (or manufacturer) to come on board.
I'm interested to learn what the reasoning behind pulling out is.
They just brought Livio Suppo on board as team principal, so what changed all of a sudden?
.Just pure speculation on my part, but I wonder if the direction of MotoGP with the winglets and shapeshifters might have been enough for them as you can't really tie that into road going bikes. WSBK maybe? If it comes down to something like this, Dorna/FIM are going to have to figure out what they want the future of GP racing to look like
Dorna caprices? Shrinking sport bike motorcycle sales? Worldwide economic contraction?
The coming electric revolution?
There are any number of plausible reasons for withdrawing.
This shouldn't be allowed. Once you commit to this thing, you're in.
This is MotoGP, not Hotel California....
Wow, that is huge. Instead of an expanding tent, we get a shrinking model.
Back to the age of aliens with just the bigs, with Aprilia picking up Suzuki’s role?
What? The other 5 manufacturers made room at the table. Welcomed them with open arms to have a seat.
God forbid someone stood in the way of suzuki earning. And now they think there's a retirement plan? The balls on these pricks!!
If a manufacturer is spending money somewhere, production racing is a better gig. If you can sell a couple thousand homologation specials to racing team, club amateurs, and avid enthusiasts (collectors) at $35,000 you're looking at some big numbers. Of course, those rosy revenue projections are assuming Dorna and the FIM actually get the rulebook sorted, and the bikes are all relatively competitive without $5M in electronics research and development.
I don't recall Suzuki having a major or title sponsor either, so this has all been coming out of their own pocket. Kawasaki left and haven't looked back.
Kawasaki got screwed royally by all of the changes that occurred in the 800cc era. I wouldn't trust Dorna or the MSMA after that, either..
Sorry to go off topic, but my fading memory and respect for your opinion urge me to ask you to elaborate a bit further on this. Thx in advance