VOLTCOM Crescent Suzuki have announced that their current World Superbike rider Eugene Laverty will be leaving them at the end of the 2014 season and moving to the MotoGP Championship.
The statement from Laverty’s current World Superbike team read: “Voltcom Crescent Suzuki extends its thanks and best wishes to Eugene Laverty as he prepares to move to the MotoGP Championship for the 2015 season.”
Laverty said: “I’d like to thank everyone at Voltcom Crescent Suzuki for all their efforts this season. They’re an incredibly hard working team and we share the same desire to win.
“We started the year fantastically with a win first time out at Phillip Island, something nobody expected us to do. Even if the results haven’t always come our way, I’ve really enjoyed working with the team and the GSX-R, there is so much potential there.
“We still have two rounds remaining and my aim is to climb back up on that rostrum before I move to MotoGP in 2015.”
It is still unknown as to where Laverty will be in MotoGP, however he has been strongly linked to the Aspar Racing Team. No official statement regarding this has been issued as of yet, but presumably an announcement will be imminent.
Paul Denning, Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Team Manager, concluded: “We wanted to move forward with Eugene into 2015 but at the same time we completely understand his desire to compete in MotoGP.
“It is positive to see a skilful, intelligent Superbike rider’s abilities recognised by a strong MotoGP team and all at Crescent, title partner Voltcom and Suzuki wish Eugene the very best of luck in this next stage of his career.”
Denning also stated that Voltcom Crescent Suzuki’s 2015 rider line-up will be announced in the near future.
