The decision is not yet official, but according to e-magazine GPWeek.com "In reᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsponse to a dead𒆙line set by Dorna, the axe finally fell on the on-again/off-again Suzuki MotoGP team last Friday, with the factory decision to pull out of the premier-class."

GPWeek adds that an email to team members from Pauౠl Denning states that Suzuki hopes💯 to return to MotoGP in 2014.

Alvaro Bautista, Suzuki's only full time�💎� rider this year, has already signed for Gresini Honda, but ex-Pramac Ducati rider Randy de Puniet posted impressive lap times while testing the 800cc GSV-R at Valencia. The Frenchman made clear he'd like to race the bike next year.

Suzuki last won the premier-class title with Kenny Roberts in 2000, but has taken just one ra🌳ce win - with Chris Vermeulen at a wet Le Mans in 2007 - during the four-stroke era. The team's most recent podium appearance was at Brno in 2🔥008.

Should Suzuki wꦚithdraw it would reduce manufacturer participation in MotoGP to Honda, Ducati and Yamaha, although a new class of privateer 'Claiming Rule Teams' (CRTs) are b𓆉eing introduced to boost grid numbers for the start of the new 1000cc era in 2012.

The departure of Suzuki is a🍨lso likely to sen🍰d John Hopkins to World Superbike, alongside Leon Camier at Denning's Crescent Suzuki team.