EXCLUSIVE: Kawasaki confirms it has no interest in replacing Suzuki in MotoGP

[weeksy]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10035 ... uki-motogp

Kawasaki has confirmed to Crash.net it has no intention of making a return to MotoGP by replacing Suzuki, instead WorldSBK remains the Japanese manufacturer’s ‘more logical way to race’.

With Suzuki intending to pull out of MotoGP at the end of this season, speculation as to which manufacturer could replace the Hamamatsu-based brand remains a significant talking point.

Aprilia and Yamaha have been mentioned in the form of a satellite team, but one manufacturer that we can officially rule out from replacing Suzuki is Kawasaki.

Winners of eight WorldSBK championships since the series began in 1988, six of which have come in the hands of Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki chose to leave MotoGP in 2009 due to financial reasons.

And while rumours have circulated in previous seasons about a possible return, a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

But with Kawasaki so often the benchmark in Superbikes, plus the team having Rea, a rider many would agree deserved a chance to compete in the Grand prix paddock, Suzuki withdrawing could have been the perfect opportunity to make a surprising, yet stunning return.

After speaking to KRT Team Manager Guim Roda, it’s become very evident that such a move is not in Kawasaki’s immediate interest.

[Skub]

a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

I'd love to know what that politely worded phrase actually means.

[Yorick]

a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

I'd love to know what that politely worded phrase actually means.

It's coz they pulled out of MotoGP and had to run that plain black bike.

[Skub]

a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

I'd love to know what that politely worded phrase actually means.

It's coz they pulled out of MotoGP and had to run that plain black bike.

I wonder will they hold Suzuki's feet to a similar fire?

[lostboy]

a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

I'd love to know what that politely worded phrase actually means.

They still think Carmelo Ezpeleta is cunt and are remain unwilling to kowtow to him!

[Skub]

a ‘difficult’ [for a lack of a better word] relationship remains between Kawasaki and those in charge of MotoGP.

I'd love to know what that politely worded phrase actually means.

They still think Carmelo Ezpeleta is cunt and are remain unwilling to kowtow to him!