It’s not that new Suzuki MotoGP livery is bad, it’s just well…sort of what you’d expect from Suzuki’s factory racing team. When we first heard that Troy Lee Designs was going to give the old Rizla Blue the once over, we were excited to see what the talented company could come up with in the go fast/look good department. Yet as we look at these pictures, we wonder what happened in ... more.

A test for some of the top teams in WSB racing got underway on Wednesday at Valencia, and was blessed by warm temperatures and dry track surfaces.Top of the list was Leon Haslam, taking his Suzuki Alstare machine to a 1'34.5 second lap. Next fastest proved to be Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) then double World Superbike Champion of yesteryear, James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda). Toseland, like fourt... more.

Álvaro Bautista’s graduation from 250cc to the premier class continued this week, with the Spanish rider undertaking his second test on the factory Suzuki prototype. Having experienced his first action on the 800cc machine during the Valencia test earlier in the month, Bautista travelled to Portugal with Aoki to get some valuable track time at the Estoril circuit as the Rizla Suzuki team col... more.

Team Suzuki Press Office Loris Capirossi and Álvaro Bautista continued in a positive direction during the penultimate day of testing at Valencia, as the pair made use of the improved conditions in Spain today. Capirossi (1'33.211, 58 laps) produced his quickest ever lap on a Suzuki GSV-R around the 4,005m Ricardo Tormo circuit on race tyres as he resumed from where he left off yesterday... more.

Rizla Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi got the weekend of the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix off to an encouraging start as he recorded the sixth fastest time around the 5.548km Sepang International Circuit in practice on Friday. The experienced Italian laid down a best effort of 2’03.253, leaving him a second adrift of pace-man Jorge Lorenzo, but confident of improving as the we... more.