Tatsuki Suzuki

Tatsuki Suzuki (鈴木 竜生, Suzuki Tatsuki; born 24 September 1997) is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Moto3 from 2015 to 2024, and is a 3-time race winner of the same category.

Tatsuki Suzuki
Suzuki in 2019
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27) Chiba, Japan
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2015–2024 Manufacturers Mahindra (2015–2016) Honda (2017–2023) Husqvarna (2024) 2024 championship position 14th (91 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 173 3 8 7 4 721

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 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Retirement from motorcycle racing

After failing to find a seat for the new season, Suzuki announced his retirement from racing via social media on 8 February 2025.^[4]

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	Honda	JER1 17	JER2 15	LMS 19	ARA Ret	CAT1 18	CAT2 26	ALB 15	NAV 16	ALG 20	VAL1 29	VAL2 16	32nd	2

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	CIP	18	0	0	0	0	9	28th
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	CIP–Unicom Starker	18	0	0	0	0	16	27th
2017	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	18	0	0	0	0	71	14th
2018	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	17	0	0	0	0	71	14th
2019	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	19	1	2	1	2	124	8th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	13	1	2	3	0	83	12th
2021	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	18	0	0	2	1	76	14th
2022	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	20	0	3	1	0	130	7th
2023	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	12	1	1	0	0	50	19th
2024	Moto3	Husqvarna	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	20	0	0	0	1	91	14th
Total				173	3	8	7	4	721

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–present	2015 Qatar	2019 Spain	2019 San Marino	173	3	8	7	4	721	0
Total	2015–present				173	3	8	7	4	721	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 23	AME Ret	ARG 27	SPA 23	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 22	NED Ret	GER Ret	INP 23	CZE 20	GBR 10	RSM Ret	ARA 16	JPN 13	AUS Ret	MAL 21	VAL Ret			28th	9
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 28	ARG 27	AME 19	SPA 15	FRA 15	ITA 19	CAT 14	NED Ret	GER 11	AUT Ret	CZE 13	GBR 25	RSM Ret	ARA 21	JPN 15	AUS 13	MAL Ret	VAL 18			27th	16
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 15	ARG 8	AME Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 10	NED 8	GER 9	CZE 8	AUT Ret	GBR 11	RSM Ret	ARA 13	JPN 4	AUS 9	MAL Ret	VAL 11			14th	71
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT DNS	ARG 21	AME 9	SPA 6	FRA 9	ITA 17	CAT 5	NED 13	GER Ret	CZE 14	AUT 18	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 6	THA Ret	JPN 15	AUS 4	MAL 9	VAL Ret		14th	71
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	ARG 13	AME Ret	SPA 2	FRA Ret	ITA 8	CAT 19	NED Ret	GER 8	CZE Ret	AUT Ret	GBR 5	RSM 1	ARA 6	THA Ret	JPN 4	AUS 4	MAL Ret	VAL 4		8th	124
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 5	SPA 8	ANC 1	CZE Ret	AUT 10	STY 7	RSM 3	EMI DNS	CAT	FRA Ret	ARA 8	TER Ret	EUR Ret	VAL Ret	POR Ret						12th	83
2021	Moto3	Honda	QAT 8	DOH 12	POR Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT Ret	GER 8	NED 5	STY 15	AUT 11	GBR 5	ARA 9	RSM 15	AME 9	EMI Ret	ALR 9	VAL Ret			14th	76
2022	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	INA 10	ARG 5	AME 10	POR 12	SPA Ret	FRA 5	ITA 3	CAT 3	GER 5	NED 4	GBR Ret	AUT 2	RSM 6	ARA 12	JPN Ret	THA Ret	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 14	7th	130
2023	Moto3	Honda	POR 14	ARG 1	AME Ret	SPA 8	FRA 13	ITA Ret	GER	NED	GBR Ret	AUT 13	CAT 8	RSM 15	IND Ret	JPN Ret	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	19th	50
2024	Moto3	Husqvarna	QAT 7	POR 12	AME 6	SPA 25	FRA 9	CAT 15	ITA Ret	NED Ret	GER 9	GBR 10	AUT 12	ARA 14	RSM 8	EMI 14	INA 7	JPN 7	AUS 15	THA 10	MAL Ret	SLD 13	14th	91