Listen to this article On Monday Motorsport.com broke the bombshell news that Suzuki will quit MotoGP at the end of the season in a decision it only communicated to the race team on the same day during the post-race test at Jerez. An official announcement was expected on Tuesday, but did not materialise. Instead, Dorna Sports – MotoGP owners – issued its own statement saying Suzuki could not decide to quit the series on its own as it is bound to a contract through to the end of 2026 along with the rest of the manufacturers. Dorna also noted that it had “high levels of interest” from independent teams and official factories about joining the grid if the opportunity arose. Leopard – Moto3 title winners with Danny Kent in 2015, Joan Mir in 2017 and Lorenzo Dalla Porta in 2019 – has been keen to j …