Kawasaki strutted onto the track in the 2002 inaugural MotoGP with the ZX-RR and seasoned rider Akira Yanagawa, and while neither the 2002 nor 2003 seasons would see a Kawasaki placing above ninth ...

2008: Starts his first full season with Kawasaki in MotoGP, riding alongside John Hopkins, but the ZX-RR has fundamental problems from the start of the season - West in particular battling chronic ...