Kawasaki Motors Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing

2008 name	Kawasaki Racing Team
Base	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Principal	Managing Director: Yoshio Kawamura Racing Director: Ichiro Yoda Competition Manager: Michael Bartholemy
Rider(s)	13 Anthony West 21 John Hopkins
Motorcycle	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Tyres	Bridgestone
Riders' Championships	-

Kawasaki Racing Team (World Superbike)

Founded	2012
Headquarters	Granollers, Spain
Key people	General Manager: Guim Roda Crew Chiefs: Pere Riba, Marcel Duinker Riders for 2023: Jonathan Rea, Alex Lowes (World Superbikes)
Parent	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine
Website	Kawasaki Racing Team by Provec Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing was the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, located in the Netherlands. It was responsible for managing the racing activities of the MotoGP team.^{[citation needed]}

The subsidiary was established in 2007 as a result of the Japanese manufacturer's necessary split from Harald Eckl's organisation, who managed the Kawasaki MotoGP team since 2002. The reason for the split was Eckl's involvement with a competitor's MotoGP activities, which forced Kawasaki to terminate the relationship immediately.^[1] For the first time since Kawasaki returned to the premier class of motorcycle racing, the team became a complete ‘in house’ factory team.

On January 9, 2009, Kawasaki announced it had decided to "suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season onward and reallocate management resources more efficiently". The company stated that it will continue racing activities using mass-produced motorcycles as well as supporting general race oriented consumers. The emphasis was subsequently placed on World Superbike Championship racing using the Kawasaki ZX-10R road bike as a basis, with Paul Bird Motorsport (2009–2011) and Provec Racing, based in Granollers, Barcelona Province, Spain from 2012,^[2][3] together with World Supersport 300 from 2019 to 2021.^[4]

After exclusively running their own teams known as Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT),^[5][6][7][8] from 2025 Kawasaki entered into a partnership with Bimota – as a producer of motorcycle chassis – to be known as Bimota by Kawasaki Racing (BbKRT).^[9] Their 2025 World Superbike entry, designated Bimota KB998 Rimini and finished in red, white and black instead of Kawasaki green,^[10] uses ZX-10 Ninja powertrain, as in earlier seasons.^[11] From 2019, Kawasaki has been a major shareholder of Bimota.^[12]

For 2025, Kawasaki has transferred their direct factory KRT Superbike support, including the Ninja green colour branding, to Puccetti Racing, previously a satellite team, and rider Garrett Gerloff.^[13]