After withdrawing from the competition at the end of the 2011 MotoGP season, Suzuki is now looking to return in the Grand Prix. The confirmation came from none other than the Manager of Suzuki MotoGP Test Team, Davide Brivio himself, who said that the house of Hamamatsu is making a comeback in 2015 season of MotoGP, as Factory team. In fact, Suzuki team has already involved in testing its machine along with current Grand Prix teams on different circuits like Sepang, Brno, Aragon and Catalunya in the last 12 months. Now the next circuit where Suzuki was planning to test their machine was Austin, Texas. So finally on Tuesday, April 15th they got500cc world champion of 1993 season, Kevin Schwantz, who rode the MotoGP machine of Suzuki at the Circuit of the Americas for his first laps.
According to RoadRacingWorld.com during the test session best lap time that 49-year old Schwantz managed to achieve was 2m 12.7s. That is 9.2s more than MotoGP’s fastest race lap record that was set by Marc Marquez and 4.1s more than Broc Parkes record that set the slowest race lap time. The Suzuki MotoGP Test Team will continue testing on Wednesday as well, as it’s a two-day test that is a part of their preparation for 2015 season comeback. Therefore, Schwantz has another chance to improve his time, but on Wednesday full time development riders of Suzuki Nobuatsu Aoki and Randy de Puniet will also be present on the track. Schwantz, who previously had legal differences with the Austin circuit, has now settled the issue with COTA and now he is an ambassador of the facility.
Brivio already mentioned in a recent interview to MotoGP.com that they will focus on the upgrades of their internally developed electronics software in the next test sessions. The reason for testing the upgrades is that Suzuki’s Test Team has adapted up to date standard championship ECU hardware. Therefore, in the upcoming test sessions the team will ensure that the new hardware works fine. It is anticipated that Suzuki can make a wild-card entry in the last round of the season in Valencia, whereas start rider of Crescent Suzuki WSBKEugene Laverty will also get the opportunity to ride the MotoGP bike in the coming days.
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On the other hand, Repsol Honda Team’s Marquez is leading the standings with most points, while his teammate Dani Pedrosa is right behind him on the charts. However, Valentino Rossi of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, who finished second in Qatar failed to reach the podium in COTA, as he had a technical issue with his bike during race. As a result, now Rossi is number in overall standings. Now remains to be seen whether the Italian rider will be able to bounce back in the next round of the Grand Prix.
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