Tatsuki Suzuki

Tatsuki Suzuki is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Moto3 from Moto3 World Championship|2015] to 2024, and is a 3-time race winner in the category.

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Career

Moto3 World Championship

Mahindra CIP (2015)

Suzuki made his Grand Prix debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship with CIP, riding a Mahindra alongside Remy Gardner. He achieved his best result at Silverstone with a 10th place and he got another point scoring finish in his home race with a 13th place, scoring a total of 9 points that season. Gardner only scored 6.

CIP-Unicom Starker (2016)

Suzuki remained with the same team for the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, but this time partnered by Fabio Spiranelli. Suziki obtained seven point scoring finishes, with a best result of 11th at Sachsenring, finishing the season with 16 points: his teammate Spiranelli ended with 0 points.

Sic58 Squadra Corse (2017–2021)

For the 2017 season, Suzuki left CIP Mahindra, and joined Sic58 Squadra Corse, riding alongside Tony Arbolino. This would be Suzuki's best season yet, finishing in the points scoring positions constantly, amassing 71 points, with a season's best result of 4th in his home Grand Prix of Motegi. Arbolino finished the season with 2 points.
Sticking with Sic58 Squadra Corse for the 2018 season, Suzuki was partnered by Niccolò Antonelli. The two riders both finished with 71 points, and a season high finish of 4th, Suzuki in Australia, Antonelli in Qatar.
The pair was kept for the 2019 season, and as it turned out, it proved to be a very good choice, as both drivers excelled. Suzuki had the best season of his career, winning the race in San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix|San Marino] from Pole Position, and finishing second in Jerez, behind teammate Antonelli who won the race, earning Sic58 Squadra Corse their history's first 1–2. Suzuki finished the year with 124 points, 8th in the championship.
For the third consecutive year, Sic58 Squadra Corse went with Suzuki and Antonelli as its lineup, and Suzuki achieved similar success in the 2020 season as he did in 2019. He won the second race in Jerez, and finished third in San Marino, ending the year with 83 points and 12th in the championship. Antonelli however struggled, scoring no podiums, and only 40 points throughout the season.
In Suzuki's seventh season in Moto3, he failed to replicate his prior two seasons, finishing the 2021 season with no podiums, and 76 points, enough for 14th overall. Following Antonelli's poor season prior, he had a new teammate in Lorenzo Fellon, who was the only full time rider to not score a single point during the season.

Leopard Racing (2022–2023)

Suzuki stayed in Moto3 for his eighth consecutive year in the class and joined Leopard Racing Team in 2022, partnering 2021 championship runner-up Dennis Foggia. After a steady start the Japanese rider went on to score three podiums that season; he finished third in Mugello and in Barcelona and just missed out on a victory in Spielberg finishing second less than a tenth behind his compatriot Ayumu Sasaki. He finished 7th in the championship with 130 points, marking his best season in the Moto3 category. In 2023, Suzuki stayed with Leopard Racing Team and partnered with Jaume Masià. He started the season with a victory in the second race of the season at the Argentine Republic Grand Prix, dominating in wet conditions, however he failed to replicate any sort of his success further on, scoring five DNFs including missing two rounds after an injury sustained in Mugello. He was replaced by Adrian Fernandez after the Japanese Grand Prix.

Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (2024)

In October 2023, it was announced that Suzuki would stay in Moto3 and join Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP, teaming up with Collin Veijer. The team change didn't help the Japanese to get back to form, as he failed to fight for the leading positions and match his teammate's results. His best result of the season was the 6th place finish at the Grand Prix of the Americas. Tatsuki ended the season in 14th place with 91 points on the board, leaving the Moto3 category by the end of the year.