Courtesy of Kawasaki Racing

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced last week that it has decided to suspend its factory MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season.

Amid a quickly changing business environment, Kawasaki has been promptly taking countermeasures to cope with the situation. As the world economy is not likely to recover in a short period due to the major impact of the financial crisis, Kawasaki decided to suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season onward and reallocate management resources more efficiently.

Kawasaki will continue racing activities using mass-produced motorcycles as well as supporting general race-oriented customers.

Kawasaki would like to thank all the fans and all those who have forwarded them great help.

Mr. Yoshio Kawamura, the Managing Director of Kawasaki Motors Racing B.V. deeply appreciates the contribution and the dedication brought by staff members of the MotoGP team.

If you like this post then please consider subscribing to our full feed RSS or receive new posts by Email.