The Suzuki MotoGP motorcycle code name XRH1 at the EICMA 2013

The Suzuki MotoGP motorcycle code name XRH1 at the EICMA 2013

Eugene Laverty who was supposed to leave World Superbikes to enter MotoGP this year with Aprilia or with Ducati has decided to stay back in WSBK given that the Ducati does not seem like a winning motorcycle and the Aprilia programme in MotoGP went into disarray thanks to the defection of Luigi Dall’Igna from Aprilia to Ducati. Under the circumstances, Laverty chose to take up the Fixi Crescent Suzuki offer in WSBK and immediately rumours came out that he was assured of a ride next year when Suzuki is supposed to be coming back into MotoGP.

However, Eugene Laverty has clarified that the Suzuki MotoGP deal is not a done deal and that while there have been talks about it, everything depended on Suzuki looking like a winning team, if it all it manages to get back into MotoGP. But Suzuki has been showing its efforts with track tests and with the display of the Suzuki XRH1 MotoGP test mule at the recently concluded EICMA 2013.