Source: Suzuki Racing.

Suzuki is yet to confirm its rider line-up for the 2015 MotoGP World Championship, with European reports linking Spaniard Dani Pedrosa to the lead role in recent weeks.

Suzuki MotoGP Test Team manager Davide Brivio told the official MotoGP website that the returning manufacturer is yet to decide on its riders upon its planned return next year.

“We still do not have any agreement with any rider and we don’t yet have a clear idea on who our future riders will be,” Brivio said. “Obviously we are talking, considering our various options, making contact with agents to see what the riders’ contract situations are and weighing up the interest in riding our bike.

“Regarding Pedrosa we would have to find out if he is interested. We are currently not negotiating with anyone. Perhaps things will start to get moving in the coming weeks. It will be hard to get a top rider and we want the very strongest possible riders, but we will have to see who is up for the challenge and who wants to ride for us. It’s difficult to state names at this stage.

“Randy de Puniet is one of the candidates. The fact that he will have been working with us for two years could be a plus. We have not guaranteed anything to Randy but he is on our list of candidates.”

Following their recent test at the Circuit of the Americas, Suzuki are also set to test at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina), Phillip Island and Catalunya in the coming weeks, with Brivio confirming that they aim to test at Mugello and Aragon later in the year.

Suzuki have not yet officially confirmed whether a potential test with rider Eugene Laverty will happen, though it is possible that with the approval of his Superbike team and at the request of Bridgestone he will ride the Suzuki XRH-1 in Japan and Australia in order to test tyre durability.