Eugene Laverty’s Voltcom Suzuki World Superbike team have this morning confirmed the Irishman will leave at the end of the season to go to MotoGP.

It is not confirmed yet where he will land but the smart money is on a Production Aspar Honda. bikesportnews.com expects an announcement shortly.

“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,” said Laverty.

“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.”