During the Brno GP and at the height of silly season, Ben Spies admitted that he was talking to Suzuki who was rumored to be planning a couple of wildcard entries and then make a full return in MotoGP in 2014, however Suzuki’s MotoGP project leader Satoru Terada shot down the possibility of wildcard races and futher speculation died out.
Suzuki was also told by Dorna that they wouldn’t be allowed to return for just a season and they needed to at least commit to MotoGP for at least three years – until 2016, which probably further cooled down the Japanese manufacturer’s eventual plans for a comeback.
The latest news regarding Suzuki, however and weirdly enough comes PTR World Supersport team manager Simon Buckmaster, who trying to explain why Jules Cluzel is going to be riding for Crescent Suzuki in World Superbikes wrote on the PTR website: “Jules was influenced by his manager who just so happens is also the new Suzuki MotoGP test rider Randy de Puniet’s manager [Eric Mahe is the name of the manager].
De Puniet as everyone knows is will still be riding for Aspar Power Electronics MotoGP team in 2013 and he is currently on track with his ART machine for the Valencia tests, and the only time the French rider rode a Suzuki GSV-R was during the afternoon session of the first day of testing the 2011 post season test always at Valencia, and just two weeks later Suzuki officially announced their pull out from the series.
