Kawasaki Motors Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing
2008 nameKawasaki Racing Team
BaseAmsterdam, Netherlands
PrincipalManaging Director: Yoshio Kawamura
Racing Director: Ichiro Yoda
Competition Manager: Michael Bartholemy
Rider(s)13 Anthony West
21 John Hopkins
MotorcycleKawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
TyresBridgestone
Riders' Championships-
Kawasaki Racing Team (World Superbike)
Founded2012
Headquarters
Granollers, Spain
Key people
General Manager: Guim Roda
Crew Chiefs:
Pere Riba, Marcel Duinker
Riders for 2023:
Jonathan Rea, Alex Lowes (World Superbikes)
ParentKawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine
WebsiteKawasaki Racing Team by Provec Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing was the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, located in the Netherlands. It was responsible for managing the racing activities of the MotoGP team.[citation needed]

The subsidiary was established in 2007 as a result of the Japanese manufacturer's necessary split from Harald Eckl's organisation, who managed the Kawasaki MotoGP team since 2002. The reason for the split was Eckl's involvement with a competitor's MotoGP activities, which forced Kawasaki to terminate the relationship immediately.[1] For the first time since Kawasaki returned to the premier class of motorcycle racing, the team became a complete ‘in house’ factory team.

On January 9, 2009, Kawasaki announced it had decided to "suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season onward and reallocate management resources more efficiently". The company stated that it will continue racing activities using mass-produced motorcycles as well as supporting general race oriented consumers. The emphasis was subsequently placed on World Superbike Championship racing using the Kawasaki ZX-10R road bike as a basis, with Paul Bird Motorsport (2009–2011) and Provec Racing, based in Granollers, Barcelona Province, Spain from 2012,[2][3] together with World Supersport 300 from 2019 to 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "Kawasaki: A new beginning in 2007". kawasaki-motogp.com. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. ^ Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki.eu Retrieved 11 January 2019
  3. ^ KRT 2019 launch date is set Kawasaki.eu Retrieved 11 January 2019
  4. ^ Ana Carrasco signs with Provec Racing in WorldSSP300 wsbk.com, 3 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019