# 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.

## 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. 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.

#### 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.

## 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 | Total | Total | 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 | 2015–present | 2015–present | 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 |