The Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP enters a new era in 2022 with the direct strategic commitment of the Japanese parent concern, Kawasaki Motors Ltd, to the FIM World Motocross Championship.
Established in 1994 under the direction of legendary Dutch engineer Jan de Groot, the Kawasaki Racing Team clinched its first world title in the then-premier 250cc class in 1995 with Stefan Everts and followed up with multiple titles during the next decade with Sebastien Tortelli and Mickael Maschio. In the wake of the untimely death of the de Groot in 2007 the responsibility for KRT motocross racing activities passed to French entrepreneur Thierry Chizat Suzzoni and the Green machines recorded a succession of MXGP victories on an annual basis with Gautier Paulin, US superstar Ryan Villopoto, Clement Desalle and, most-recently, Romain Febvre - the Frenchman taking the title battle down to the wire before narrowly surrendering the championship at the very last moto of the 2021 series.