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Interview with MotoGP star Alex Rins

March 14, 2021 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 13. Alex Rins looks ahead to the new MotoGP™ season that starts in Qatar at the end of the month, under regulations, and is optimistic and positive about his […]

Interview with MotoGP Team Suzuki Ecstar Project Director Shinichi Sahara

March 8, 2021 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 7. Team Suzuki Ecstar Project Director Shinichi Sahara talks about the new management in place for 2021 and the way Suzuki plans to move forward with Suzuki’s World Championship-winning […]

Team Suzuki Ecstar Team Manager and Suzuki end collaboration

January 7, 2021 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – January 7. After eight years at the helm of Team Suzuki Ecstar in the role of Team Manager, Davide Brivio and Suzuki have announced an end to their collaboration. The […]

MotoGP Misano Team Suzuki Ecstar Swing Arm Improvements

September 16, 2020 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 15. Alex Rins: 5th – 1’32.114 (+ 0.582) Joan Mir: 6th – 1’32.162 (+ 0.630) Just two days after the San Marino Grand Prix, the MotoGP riders took to […]

RINS AND MIR ENJOY SOLID DAY 1 AS MOTOGP SEPANG TEST OPENS 2020

February 8, 2020 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 7. Alex Rins: 3rd – 1:59.195 (+ 0.250) Joan Mir: 9th – 1:59.568 (+ 0.623) Sylvain Guintoli: 18th – 2:00.371 (+ 1.426) The Sepang International Circuit played host to […]

DAVIDE BRIVIO SUZUKI ECSTAR MotoGP BLOG

December 25, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 24. SUZUKI ECSTAR Team Manager Davide Brivio reflects on a positive MotoGP season with targets met and expectations soar. Q: Did you expect the results you had this year, […]

FIRST TEST OF 2020 COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY FOR SUZUKI

November 21, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 20. Joan Mir: 5th – 1’30.427 (+ 0.578) Alex Rins: 6th – 1’30.503 (+ 0.654) The second day of testing in Valencia brought very close lap times among all […]

2020 MotoGP SEASON BEGINS WITH DAY ONE OF THE VALENCIA TEST

November 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 19. Joan Mir: 6th – 1:30.811 (+ 0.648) Alex Rins: 7th – 1:30.958 (+ 0.795) The 2020 MotoGP™ season began at Ricardo Tormo circuit today with the opening day […]

7TH ON SATURDAY IN SEPANG FOR RINS AND MIR 13TH AT MOTOGP

November 2, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November. Alex Rins: 7th – 1:59.090 Joan Mir: 13th – 1:59.374 • Alex Rins perseveres for third row start tomorrow. • Joan Mir unlucky to be knocked out of Q2 […]

COOL AND CALM START TO SWELTERING SEPANG

November 1, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 1. Alex Rins: 7th – 1:59.546 (+ 0.970) Joan Mir: 12th – 1:59.984 (+ 1.408) • Alex Rins shows speed and consistency on first day. • Joan Mir focused […]

MIR FIGHTS TO 5TH IN PHILLIP ISLAND AS RINS 9TH

October 27, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 27. Joan Mir: 5th (+ 14.817) Alex Rins: 9th (+ 16.032) • Joan Mir claims best ever MotoGP finish. • Alex Rins struggles at end but retains 3rd in […]

DEMANDING DAY 2 SEES MIR AND RINS ON 3RD AND 4TH ROWS

September 22, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 21. Joan Mir: 9th – 1:48.458 Alex Rins: 13th – 1:48.449 • Joan Mir takes 9th spot on the grid at favoured circuit. • Alex Rins narrowly misses out […]

RINS GOES SEVENTH ON SATURDAY IN AUSTRIA

August 11, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 10. Alex Rins: 7th – 1:23.681 • Alex Rins still working on perfect set-up as he goes 3rd row. • Team hoping for a strong result on Austria’s technical […]

BACK ON TRACK FOR SUPER-FAST FP1 AT BRNO MotoGP

August 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 2. Alex Rins: 6th – 1:56.225 (+ 0.423) Joan Mir: 11th – 1:56.620 (+ 0.818) Sylvain Guintoli: 17th – 1:57.098 (+1.296) • Alex Rins 6th as he debuts new […]

STRONG 7TH PLACE FOR MIR, WHILE RINS SUFFERS A DNF

July 8, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 7. Joan Mir: 7th (+ 17.156) Alex Rins: DNF • Joan Mir secures strong finish with 7th place. • Alex Rins crashes out of ‘safe’ 2nd place. • Team […]

SINUOUS SACHSENRING AWAITS RINS AND MIR

July 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 3. There’s no time to take a breather or relax for Team SUZUKI ECSTAR, as they are already travelling towards Germany for Round 9 of the MotoGP World Championship […]

SUZUKI ECSTAR Team Manager Davide Brivio talks about consistency, qualifying, and development

June 30, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

After seven races in the 2019 MotoGP Season, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Alex Rins is 3rd in the Championship (-39pt from the leader Marc Marquez, -2 from the runner-up Andrea Dovizioso) with one victory (GP of […]

FANTASTIC FOURTH FOR RINS IN MAD MUGELLO GRAND PRIX

June 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 2. Alex Rins: 4th (+ 0.535) Joan Mir: 12th (+ 20.544) • Alex Rins fights back at the front for 4th. • Joan Mir overcomes setback for great 12th. […]

UPHILL BATTLE AWAITS RINS AND MIR AFTER DIFFICULT SATURDAY

June 2, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 1. Alex Rins: 13th – 1:46.539 Joan Mir: 20th – 1:47.519 • Alex Rins narrowly misses out in Q1. • Joan Mir getting to grips with Mugello ahead of […]

MUGELLO’S ROLLING HILLS PRODUCE TIGHT TIMES ON DAY 1

June 1, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 31. Alex Rins: 7th – 1:47.167 (+ 0.435) Joan Mir: 15th – 1:47.579 (+ 0.847) • Alex Rins confident as he clocks top speed. • Joan Mir learning the […]

ALEX RINS SALVAGES TOP 10 FINISH IN DIFFICULT FRENCH GP

May 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 19. Alex Rins: 10th (+ 13.709) Joan Mir: 16th (+ 1 lap) • Alex Rins limits the damage with 10th place. • Joan Mir’s misfortune continues with warm-up lap […]

Circuit of the Americas saw the schedule disrupted as storms swept over Austin

April 14, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 13. Alex Rins: 7th – 2:04.534 Joan Mir: 14th – 2:06.147 • Alex Rins with strong pace and consistency. • Joan Mir happy with progress and ready for the […]

RINS LOOKING KEEN AT COTA ON DAY 1 MIR GAINING GROUND

April 13, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 12. Alex Rins: 6th – 2:04.353 (+ 0.496) Joan Mir: 12th – 2:04.851 (+ 0.994) • Alex Rins makes important progress on Friday. • Joan Mir finding his feet […]

Suzuki 2019 MotoGP World Championship test high temperatures and humidity pushing both bike and rider to the limits

February 12, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 11. Walled by a forest of palm trees, the Sepang International Circuit, in Selangor (Malaysia), designed by the world-renowned engineer Hermann Tilke, is the circuit that serves as the […]

DAVIDE BRIVIO MotoGP 2018 SEASON REVIEW

January 13, 2019 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – January 13. Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Team Manager Davide Brivio talks about an outstanding 2018 season that netted a total of nine podium finishes for the team and the GSX-RR. Before […]

Second Consecutive Podium For Iannone, The Third For Suzuki

May 7, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – May. Andrea Iannone: 3rd (+ 8.214) Alex Rins: DNF • Andrea Iannone seals Suzuki’s third podium of four races. • Alex Rins a victim of a front end crash at […]

ALEX RINS TAKES HIS FIRST MotoGP PODIUM

April 9, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 8 Alex Rins: 3rd (+ 2.501) Andrea Iannone: 8th (+ 23.921) • Alex Rins takes his first ever MotoGP podium. • Iannone perseveres for a Top 10 finish. • […]

TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR READY TO TANGO AT TERMAS

April 4, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 4. The GP of the Republic of Argentina will mark the first long travel for the MotoGP riders this season, with more than 14 hours of journey time to […]

FINAL SETTINGS THE KEY AS THE LAST WINTER TEST KICKS OFF

March 2, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 1st. Andrea Iannone: 3rd – 1:55.107 (+ 0.054) Alex Rins: 6th – 1:55.432 (+ 0.379) • Fast pace as Iannone finds comfortable set-up. • More consistency and many laps […]

TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR THAILAND MotoGP TESTING VIDEO

February 26, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 26. Enjoy the latest video from Team SUZUKI ECSTAR with some great action from Chang International Circuit at Buriram, Thailand, after the first MotoGP visit to the circuit. Check […]

A POSITIVE END TO FIRST EVER THAI TEST FOR SUZUKI ECSTAR

February 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – January 18th. Alex Rins: 5th – 1:30.178 (+ 0.397) Andrea Iannone: 15th – 1:30.718 (+ 0.937) • Team SUZUKI ECSTAR round off a successful test. • Alex Rins effective on […]

NEW FAIRING DEBUTED ON DAY 2 IN BURIRAM

February 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 17th. Alex Rins: 7th – 1:30.446 (+ 0.477) Andrea Iannone: 11th – 1:30.775 (+ 0.806) • Debut of new aerodynamic fairing. • Hard work completed by Alex Rins on […]

LEARNING FAST ON OPENING DAY AT CHANG INTERNATIONAL

February 16, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 16th. Alex Rins: 2nd – 1:30.809 (+ 0.012) Andrea Iannone: 9th – 1:31.235 (+0.438) • Alex Rins sets 2nd fastest time as he quickly gets to grips with new […]

SUZUKI ECSTAR SEPANG MotoGP TESTING VIDEO

February 5, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 2. Suzuki Motor Corporation has today released a new video from the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR MotoGP test at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia earlier this week. The new production […]

IANNONE AND RINS REACT AS THE BAR IS RAISED

January 30, 2018 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – January 30th. Alex Rins: 6th – 1:59.348 (+ 0.518) Andrea Iannone: 12th – 1:59.615 (+ 0.785) Sylvain Guintoli: 22nd – 2:01.120 (+ 2.290) • Alex Rins shows strong and consistent […]

2018 has Finally Begun for Iannone and Rins In Valencia

November 16, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. After overcoming yesterday´s illness, finally today Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins were feeling better and were able to kick off the 2018 season with the first laps of […]

Fourth Place For Rins In Valencia With Iannone In Sixth

November 14, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 12. Alex Rins: P4 – +13.567s Andrea Iannone: P6 – +14.516s A brilliant final race of the season gave Team SUZUKI ECSTAR some deserved satisfaction, with Alex Rins reaching […]

Iannone Takes The First Row (P3) In Valencia Qualifying

November 13, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 11. Andrea Iannone: P3 – 1’30.399 +0.502 Alex Rins: P10 – 1’30.972 +1.075 Andrea Iannone capitalized on the positive improvements made at the weekend and put together a very […]

Suzuki to Valencia for the Last Race of the 2017 MotoGP Season

November 8, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 8. As per tradition, the Valencian Grand Prix will be the round that brings an end to the 2017 MotoGP World Championship and bridges into the 2018 season with […]

Unlucky Race For Team Suzuki Ecstar In Malaysia

October 30, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 29. Andrea Iannone: P17 – +58.391 Alex Rins: DNF After two positive races in Japan and Australia, rain arrived right before the Malaysian GP began and heavily affected a […]

Tough Day In Tricky Conditions In Sepang

October 27, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 27. Andrea Iannone: P13 – 2’01.740 +1.069 Alex Rins: P22 – 2’04.381 +3.710 The first day at the Malaysian Grand Prix was dominated and affected by the weather. Rain […]

6th And 8th Place For Iannone And Rins at Phillip Island

October 24, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 22. Andrea IANNONE: P6 – +3.871 Alex RINS: P8 – +12.208 A solid race at the Phillip Island circuit allowed Team SUZUKI ECSTAR to achieve a favourable result, with […]

Solid Improvements On Day 1 At Phillip Island

October 20, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 20. Andrea IANNONE: P7 – 1’29.604 (+0.379) Alex RINS: P15 – 1’30.085 (+0.860) Sunny yet bracingly cold weather welcomed Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins on their first day of […]

Team Suzuki Ecstar Straight To Phillip Island After Positive Japan

October 19, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 18. With no time to rest, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR is enjoying the good feeling after the advantageous race in Motegi while travelling onwards to Australia, for the second of […]

Rins And Iannone To Start From 4th Row At The Motegi GP

October 16, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 14. Alex Rins: P10 – 1’55.483 +2.014 Andrea Iannone: P11 – 1’55.617 +2.148 Today’s qualifying session saw Alex Rins and Andrea Iannone secure two solid places in the top […]

TOP TEN FOR BOTH IANNONE AND RINS IN MOTEGI FIRST DAY

October 13, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 13. Andrea Iannone: P7 – 1’55.614 +0.737 Alex Rins: P10 – 1’56.229 +1.352 It has been a positive day for the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR in Motegi, with both Andrea […]

Iannone Well Into Point In Aragon, Rins Finishes 17th

September 25, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 23. Andrea Iannone: 12th – +20.632 Alex Rins: 17th – +31.874 The last European race before the three long journeys and the grand finale in Valencia has just ended […]

Fourth Row For Iannone At Aragon, Rins In 20th

September 25, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 23. Andrea Iannone: 10th – 1’48.289 / +0.654 Alex Rins: 20th – 1’49.233 (Q1) After a first day marked by rain, today the sunshine popped out on the Motorland […]

Rain Complicates Plans For First Day In Aragon

September 25, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 22. Andrea Iannone: 14th – 2’01.471 / +1.613 Alex Rins: 21st – 2’02.077 / +2.219 The unexpectedly inclement weather in Aragon complicated the working schedule of Team SUZUKI ECSTAR […]

OFF TO ARAGON FOR THE PENULTIMATE ROUND IN EUROPE

September 21, 2017 Michael Le Pard Comments Off

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 20. The upcoming Aragon GP will be the last European round before the following three far-away races in Asia/Oceania and therefore an important date to consolidate the latest configurations […]