MotoGP » Suzuki plans Barcelona MotoGP test return

awesome finally more competition thank you suzuki hopefully kawasaki next year too. bring back the japan four hehe. leon camier for suzki rider

WTF !!!! Asking for grid places ????
Dorna...Doing Over Racing Nations Again !!!
We need another Kenny Roberts....somebody to say "look,sort this boring premier championship out or we will make our own".
Far too over rated and predictable. As for CRT, what's all that about ??? Come Race Tomorow ,we need the numbers....!!!
It's the begining of the end ..... pay per view next....ish don't think so amigo !!!

Excellent!

Interesting that they're using their own ECU software, and fantastic that they're fielding 2 riders.

re: "they will prove that Suzuki is still one of the Top teams on the fastest bikes on the planet"

therein lies the rub, suzuki hasn't been one of the top teams with one of the fastest bikes on the planet in more than a decade...?

Q1: why does there seem to be some kind of mass delusion regarding suzuki...?

Q2: why no mass delusion regarding kawasaki...?

re: "Everybody want the return of Suzuki except Dorna..."

proof that mass delusions are a real human condition and the phenomena can happen in almost any context, not just cult religions.

Please let it be Ben Spies instead of Mr. Hopkins.....

It really is a joke. First they bring in the CRTs to bring up the number of bikes on the grid, then suddenly they have the opposite problem? I don't see how two more bikes would be a bad thing... Grid's still pretty small if you look at the big picture.

@Elguevo

I'm talking about the running of the sport as the story was strongly talking about Dorna. Go figure.

And the fact that riders from other nations can hardly get a chance in the sport because there is so many Spanish run teams who only hire Spanish riders due to sponsors etc it probably would be a different story if other riders from other nations got a chance to come in and for teams to be born out of it with sponsors hopefully coming with them. Hense why the red bull rookies cup has been conceived.

"Dorna has indicated that Suzuki will need to source its grid places from an existing team."
Absolutely, the grid is already to big now.

Good for Suzuki.Lets hope some other manufacturers can be tempted back into the fold.God knows,Motogp needs it!

My semi-educated guess is that RdP will be the European rider, which strongly hints at the possibility of Team Aspar being the Suzuki team in 2014. There is a history of negotiations between them (Aspar wanted to use Suzukis when he first moved into MotoGP). I'm sure Aleix Espargaro would be delighted at the prospect of riding a prototype again!