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MotoGP: Davide Brivio Plays Down Suzuki Link
Reports linking Davide Brivio to running Suzuki’s 2014 MotoGP effort appear to have been premature. Less than 24 hours after reports first emerged on Italian TV, and were later picked up by other...
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MotoGP: Randy de Puniet Testing with Suzuki in Japan
Suzuki’s return to MotoGP takes another step closer to being realized this week. Frenchman Randy de Puniet is flying to Japan today to test Suzuki’s inline four MotoGP machine at Motegi, as part of the...
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How the Law of Supply & Demand is Growing MotoGP
Dorna took Suzuki’s departure from MotoGP at the end of the 2011 season badly. After bending over backwards to accommodate the Japanese factory during their final few years in the class, Suzuki finally...
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Suzuki Returning to the MotoGP Championship in 2015
Just hours before the development team’s public debut on the track (private debuts here & here), Suzuki has announced that it will return to the MotoGP Championship in 2015, not 2014. That gives...
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MotoGP: Randy de Puniet & Davide Brivio Talk About Suzuki Racing Testing at...
One of the great joys of private testing in the MotoGP class is the lack of media control and censorship placed upon the teams. We know that this seems like a backwards concept, but since Dorna can’t...
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Photos: Suzuki MotoGP Team Testing at Motegi with RdP
Getting on the track one out of the two planned days at the Twin Ring Motegi Circuit last week (Day One was hampered by rain), Suzuki Racing got some more time on the track with its MotoGP race bike....
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Video: Suzuki MotoGP Development Report, Part 2
Continuing its video series on the progress of its MotoGP project, Suzuki today released the second part of the series. Today’s video documents the first tests which Suzuki undertook at Motegi in April...
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Video: Suzuki MotoGP Development Report, Part 3
Suzuki have released the third video in their four-part series (part #1 & part #2 here), documenting the development of the Suzuki XRH-1 that they are preparing for their re-entry into the MotoGP...
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Suzuki To Race in MotoGP with Maverick Viñales & Aleix Espargaro — Will Ride...
Suzuki have revealed yet another of MotoGP’s worst-kept secrets (and the competition has been tough for that claim this year) at the INTERMOT motorcycle show in Cologne, Germany, officially confirming...
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Sepang 1 Test Summary – Day 3: Honda vs. Yamaha
Who has the best bike? Is it Honda? Or have they been passed by Yamaha? Did the first MotoGP test of the year at Sepang answer that question? After Monday, we thought the answer was yes.After Friday,...
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Friday Summary at Mugello: More on the Problem with the Honda RC213V, &...
What did we learn from the first day of practice at Mugello? We learned that Jorge Lorenzo is still at the same steamroller pace he was at Jerez and Le Mans. That Valentino Rossi is following a plan,...
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MotoGP Grid Expansion Plans Withdrawn for 2017
There will be only 23 bikes on the MotoGP grid in 2017. The FIM today officially announced that the 24th grid slot has been officially withdrawn, after manufacturers could not pledge to supply...
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Andrea Iannone Signs with ECSTAR Suzuki in MotoGP
The MotoGP silly season has been rapidly developing this week. First, Dani Pedrosa renewed his contract with Repsol Honda, and then we heard that Maverick Viñales would be headed to the Movistar Yamaha...
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MotoGP Silly Season Update: Filling the Leftover Factory Seats & Satellite...
In any other year, the approaching weekend at Barcelona would see speculation around MotoGP’s Silly Season nearing its peak, with a spate of contracts signed in the weeks which follow. But this is not...
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MotoGP Silly Season Update: Zarco, Rins, & Espargaro
While Johann Zarco is out in Japan, testing the Suzuki GSX-RR MotoGP bike, the 2017 MotoGP rider line up is starting to solidify further. Ironically, it is looking like Johann Zarco will not be the...
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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Silverstone: A Golden Age of Motorcycle Racing
This is truly a golden age of motorcycle racing. The Silverstone race was proof of that. A stunning contest, with positions fiercely fought over. A new winner added to MotoGP’s pantheon. Five riders...
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Preview of the Valencia MotoGP Test: 2017, Lorenzo, & Engine Firing Orders
The Monday after the final race at Valencia has not been the first day of the official test for a few years now. This is a good thing: the riders are exhausted after a full season of racing, and need a...
View ArticleQ&A: Davide Brivio – On Iannone, Bike Development, Satellite Teams, & The...
It is not often that journalists get to speak to team managers at length, but test days provide the perfect opportunity to do just that. So it was that a small group of journalists attending the tests...
View ArticleMotoGP Silly Season Begins – Who Goes Where in 2018?
With all twelve factory riders on two-year contracts, there wasn’t supposed to be a MotoGP Silly Season in 2017, or at least, not much of one. That impression was further reinforced when the Monster...
View ArticleSome Leftover MotoGP Notes from the German GP
Every race weekend, there are dozens of things I either miss, or don’t have time to write about. Here’s what I missed from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring: About Those Chassis Since the...
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Suzuki or Yamaha: The Dilemma of Marc VDS Racing
The Tech3 team's decision to switch from Yamaha to KTM is having major consequences. With the Yamaha satellite bikes available, and with Suzuki ready to step up and supply a satellite team with bikes,...
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Suzuki GSX-RR MotoGP Race Bike Gets Bold New Graphics for 2020
That's it, give them the trophy. The Suzuki MotoGP livery for 2020 is our pick for best looking in the paddock. This GSX-RR looks stunning. The post Suzuki GSX-RR MotoGP Race Bike Gets Bold New...
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Suzuki’s Davide Brivio Talks About COVID-19 Cost-Cutting, Satellite Teams, &...
Davide Brivio talks about how the coronavirus has changed the MotoGP paddock. The post Suzuki’s Davide Brivio Talks About COVID-19 Cost-Cutting, Satellite Teams, & Paddock Life in a Pandemic...
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Suzuki’s Davide Brivio Talks About How Suzuki Sees a Shortened Season And...
Part 2 of our interview with Davide Brivio, the Suzuki boss talks expectations for 2020. The post Suzuki’s Davide Brivio Talks About How Suzuki Sees a Shortened Season And Negotiations with Rins &...
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Davide Brivio Leaves Suzuki for the Formula 1 Paddock
In a surprising bit of news, Suzuki MotoGP boss Davide Brivio is leaving motorcycles for the Formula 1 paddock, with the new Alpine F1 team. The post Davide Brivio Leaves Suzuki for the Formula 1...
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