Suzuki surprised everyone, including its own team and its riders, when it announced its departure from MotoGP in 2022. The season, perhaps, has been a reflection of melancholy and uncertainty. But Álex Rins was able to bid a special farewell: with victories in Australia and Valencia
THE Suzukisurprisingly, he decided to say hello MotoGP 2022🇧🇷 And it wasn’t just a surprise for the press or fans of the brand. Drivers and teams were also unaware of the Japanese brand’s final decision, which was released shortly after Spanish GP and made official on 13 July.
First of all, it should be emphasized that Suzuki’s history in the championship is made up of comings and goings. The last one happened at the end of 2011, when it left in the wake of the economic crisis that hit the world with the promise to return years later, which actually materialized in 2015. Since then, the Japanese factory has built a GSX-RR solid and protagonist, always with good drivers and concluded a long fast by winning with Joan Mir the 2020 title.
Seeing as everything was fine, the Japanese house signed with Sleeppromoter of the world championship, to remain in the world championship until 2026, but, on April 2, he took everyone by surprise when he announced that he would leave MotoGP at the end of 2022. The decision was sudden and took place in the midst of negotiations to renew look contracts e Alex Rins for another two years. The two, coincidentally, had decided to stay with the team.
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The decision obviously reflected the team’s performance in the league. Álex Rins was the best of the year, with two podiums in the first five stages. After two abandonments, he ended up hurting his left wrist when touched Takaaki Nakagami to the GP of Catalonia — and where, consequently, he also left the race early due to the crash. Even though he was released for the next stop in Germany, he decided not to participate for the whole weekend.
After that, it took a while for Rins to get back to good results, but he had good surprises in the final stretch: he won in Australia and, in the latter part of the year, in Valencia🇧🇷 A gift of consolation to him for playing a season under notice, and to Suzuki for remembering his latest triumphs in the race. premier class.
“All right [ter uma vitória]🇧🇷 We really deserved it and in many races we know that our weak point was qualifying – he commented – I’ve been in MotoGP since 2017 and this is my fourth or fifth competitive year for me, but Suzuki and I haven’t never been able to make a good bike for a lap”, hypothesizes Álex.
“We struggled, but in some races we had incredible pace and were forced to finish in fifth position, sixth. The win was good. It’s sad that Suzuki is leaving, but we will leave with a win,” he concluded.
His teammate suffered much more instead. The 2020 champion didn’t even stand on the podium in 2022. In addition to six retirements and four other stages missed due to injury, his best finish was fourth in the GP of Argentina, United States and Catalonia.
In the championship, Suzuki finished penultimate among the Constructors and sixth among the 12 teams competing. A melancholic end of the year, but with some positive aspects. As for the duo, both will go to honda in different formats. Mir will be watching Marc Marquez in the factory team, while Rins will start a new trajectory with LCR extensionsatellite of the gold wing brand.
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