Team Suzuki Ecstar of MotoGP has confirmed their riders’ line-up until the end of the 2022 season as they inked a new contract with their young Spanish star, Joan Mir. This was done shortly after the Japanese manufacturer struck a similar deal with its ‘senior’ rider, Alex Rins just a few days back. (more…)
Suzuki akan terus mempertaruhkan Alex Rins dan Joan Mir selepas kedua-duanya menandatangani kontrak lanjutan sehingga 2022.
Mir mengesahkan tempatnya bersama Suzuki selepas Rins turut membuat keputusan sama minggu lalu.
“Saya mengumumkan bahawa akan kekal bersama Suzuki bagi musim 2021 dan 2022.
“Kami telah mempamerkan kemajuan setiap kali ujian jadi saya yakin kami berpotensi besar.
“Sasaran saya adalah untuk menjadi antara pelumba terbaik MotoGP bersama Suzuki, kerana itulah saya memilih untuk kekal,” jelas Mir dalam satu kenyataan.
Mir muncul pelumba keenam untuk mengesahakn tempat di grid bagi musim depan dan hanya pasukan kedua yang telah melengkapkan barisan pelumba selepas pasukan factory Yamaha.
Sementara itu, pengurus pasukan, Davide Brivio meluahkan rasa gembira dengan persetujuan dicapai bersama Mir.
“Saya mahu berterima kasih kepada Mir kerana memberi kepercayaan kami dan seluruh Suzuki Motor Corporation yang sering menyokong kami.
“Kejayaan mengekalkan kedua-dua pelumba memberi harapan besar kepada kami,” katanya.
Sementara itu, MotoGP musim 2020 masih lagi terkandas susulan pandemik Covid-19 dengan terbaru, tiga pusingan telah pun dibatalkan melibatkan GP Jerman, Belanda dan Finland.
When it comes to MotoGP factory team liveries, Team Suzuki Ecstar probably has the best looking one for the 2020 season as they’re the only one so far who introduced a brand-new fresh look as compared to Repsol Honda, Monster Energy Yamaha, and Ducati. (more…)
Alex Rins dan Joan Mir bersama-sama Suzuki Ecstar melancarkan livery dan jentera baharu bagi menghadapi saingan MotoGP musim 2020 di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang (SIC), hari ini.
Rins dan Mir bakal turun untuk ujian pra-musim bersama GSX-RR 2020 di SIC esok hingga Ahad ini.
Jentera GSX-RR kini ditampilkan dengan gabungan warna biru dan perak yang diinspirasikan daripada Suzuki RM62 yang menyumbang kejuaraan dunia pertama bersama Ernst Degner pada kejuaraan dunia 50cc 1962.
Rins dan Mir sekali lagi menjadi tonggak pasukan musim ini tatkala Suzuki bercadang meneruskan rentak musim lalu.
Pada 2019, Rins merekodkan dua kemenangan – GP Amerika dan GP Britain – di samping berjaya menduduki tempat keempat keseluruhan.
Sementara Mir mempamerkan tunggangan memberangsangkan untuk menamatkan musim lalu dikedudukan ke-12 keseluruhan meskipun terlepas aksi di Austria dan Britain susulan kecederaan.
Bagi musim ini, Suzuki mahu merapatkan jurang dengan pesaing lain dengan mempertingkatkan prestasi dan kelajuan jentera.
Team Suzuki Ecstar has launched the 2019 Suzuki GSX-RR for the MotoGP 2019 season.
Unlike other teams, Suzuki chose to unveil their bikes through a video on YouTube, instead of a “live” launch event. The team unveiled their all-Spanish rider line-up last season. Three-year factory veteran Alex Rins is joined by newcomer Joan Mir. The latter replaces Andrea Iannone who left for Aprilia. Sylvain Guintoli continues his role as test rider for Suzuki.
Alex Rins finished in second place in the last three rounds of 2018 and hopes to move up to the front step in 2019. Suzuki last won a race with Maverik Vinalez in 2016.
“After the last test in November I left clear feedback for the engineers to work on, as far as I know the improvements we will try in Sepang will not be drastic but many small improvements in many areas, which is totally the Suzuki philosophy. We know what we were missing on the bike, so I believe the R&D in Japan will deliver a package which will help us to improve further,” said Rins.
Joan Mir made his first Moto3 appearance in 2015 to replace the injured Hiroki Ono. He crashed out after making contact with John McPhee. Mir came back as a full rider in 2016 and finished 5thoverall. In 2017, he dominated the series with 10 wins and a 91 point advantage over his closest rival. Pundits felt that he could be the next Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez.
He moved to the EG 0,0 Marc VDS team in Moto2 in 2018 where he captured 4 podiums and finished the season in 6th.
“Of course I still need many more hours on the bike, there are so many things I still need to understand to be even more effective, but I feel very supported by the team and I will rely on their wealth of experience to improve, and also to contribute my own improvements to my bike,” he said.
The 2019 bike follows the basic shape of the 2018 model with some visible but small modifications.
Those are differences we could see, but the team’s Technical Manager Ken Kawauchi said that the factory has developed a new engine, chassis, besides improvements in the electronics and fairing. He also added that Suzuki’s approach to the MotoGP project is by taking step-by-step improvements rather than redesigning something completely new all the time.
That last statement proves how important it is for the riders to start off their new season with something familiar yet improved, instead of riding something which completely alien to them. It helps the rider to familiarize himself to the bike quicker and hopefully translate to great results from the beginning.
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