The Suzuki GSX-RR was a road racing motorcycle developed to race in the MotoGP series. Officially introduced on 30 September 2014 as the GSV-R replacement, it was developed by Suzuki since 2012.

History

Early development (2012–2013) Suzuki suspended its MotoGP activities at the end of 2011 season, citing the global economic crisis, but since 2012 a prototype was spotted testing in several occasions. Initially the prototype was dubbed GSV-R by the media, like its predecessor.

In 2013 it started to take part in official tests, with Randy de Puniet and Nobuatsu Aoki as development and test riders. The machine was now internally codenamed XRH-1.

First race (2014) It began officially racing at the last event of the 2014 season, the Valencian Grand Prix at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain, ridden by Randy de Puniet as a wild-card entry, who failed to complete more than half of the race. Retrieved 18 November 2014

2015 season

On September 30, 2014, at the Intermot fair, Suzuki officially announced to return in the Premier class in 2015, with Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales as regular riders. Also, the prototype was publicly named GSX-RR.

On March 6, 2015, prior to the beginning of the 2015 season, Suzuki unveiled its MotoGP team name as Team SUZUKI ECSTAR.

At the 2015 Indianapolis Grand Prix, the GSX-RR received a new exhaust from Akrapovič.

2016 season On February 26, Suzuki debuted the 2016-spec GSX-RR. The new model has an improved engine, with an increase in power by , and adopts the standard Magneti Marelli ECU while the dimensions remained unchanged from the previous version. The team also had sponsorship from PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor, through their Satria F150 and Nyalakan Nyali brands.

During the off-season 3-day test in Qatar the factory team evaluated for the first time the full seamless gearbox, which until then was a major technical lack compared to the other manufacturers. Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró stayed for another season with the team

In the 12th round of the season at Silverstone, Viñales started from 3rd and broke away from Valentino Rossi, Marc Márquez and Cal Crutchlow and established a lead while the others battled. Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since Moto2 Malaysia 2014. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.

Specifications 2014201520162017201820192020 Overall length Overall width Overall height Wheelbase Weight Over Over Engine TypeWater-cooled, Four-stroke,DOHC 16-valve, Crossplane crankshaft, Inline-four engine Displacement Max Power Over Over Top Speed Over Over Fuel Capacity Frame Type Aluminum Twin Spar Suspension Front: Inverted telescopic fork (Öhlins)Rear: Link type (Öhlins) Brakes Front: Double carbon disk/steel disk (Brembo)Rear: Single steel disk (Brembo) Wheels Front: 16.5 inchRear: 16.5 inch Front: 17 inchRear: 17 inch Tyres Bridgestone Michelin

Complete MotoGP results

Motorcycle summary

World Championship titles: 2 Riders: 1 (Joan Mir: 2020) Teams: 1 (Team Suzuki Ecstar: 2020)

Races won: 7 2016: Viñales 1 (1 in total) 2019: Rins 2 (2 in total) 2020: Rins 1, Mir 1 (2 in total) 2022: Rins 2 (2 in total)

Podiums: 38 2016: Viñales 4 (4 in total) 2018: Iannone 4, Rins 5 (9 in total) 2019: Rins 3 (3 in total) 2020: Mir 7, Rins 4 (11 in total) 2021: Mir 6, Rins 1 (7 in total) 2022: Rins 4 (4 in total)

Poles: 1 2015: A. Espargaró 1 (1 in total)

GSX-RR results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Tyres Team No. Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points Points Points QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team Suzuki MotoGP 14 Randy de Puniet Ret 0 NC 0 NC 0 NC QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 25 Maverick Viñales 14 9 10 11 9 7 6 10 11 11 Ret 11 14 11 Ret 6 8 11 97 12th 202 5th 137 4th 41 Aleix Espargaró 11 8 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 14 9 9 10 6 11 9 7 8 105 11th QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUS CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 25 Maverick Viñales 6 Ret 4 6 3 64 9 12 6 91 5 4 3 3 6 52024th 295 4th 208 4th 41 Aleix Espargaró 11 11 5 5 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 4 Ret 13 8 93 11th QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUS GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 12 Takuya Tsuda 17 0 NC 130 6th 100 4th 29 Andrea Iannone Ret 16 7 Ret 10 10 16 9 Ret 19 11 Ret Ret 12 4 6 17 6 70 13th 42 Álex Rins 9 Ret DNS 17 21 11 16 9 8 17 5 8 DSQ 4 59 16th 50 Sylvain Guintoli 15 17 17 1 27th QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUS GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 29 Andrea Iannone 9 8 3 3 Ret 4 10 11 12 10 13 C 8 3 11 Ret 2 Ret Ret 133 10th 302 4th 233 4th 42 Álex Rins Ret 3 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 2 Ret 11 8 C 4 4 6 3 5 2 2 169 5th 50 Sylvain Guintoli Ret 19 21 0 NC QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUS GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 36 Joan Mir 8 Ret 17 Ret 16 12 6 8 7 Ret 8 14 7 8 5 10 7 92 12th 301 (304) 5th 234 4th 42 Álex Rins 4 5 1 2 10 4 4 Ret Ret4 6 1 Ret 9 5 7 9 5 5 205 4th 50 Sylvain Guintoli 13 20 12 20 7 25th SPAANCCZEAUTSTYRSMEMICATFRAARATEREURVALPOR Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 36 Joan Mir Ret 5 Ret 2 4 3 2 2 11 3 3 1 7 Ret 171 1st 310 1st 202 3rd 42 Álex Rins DNS 10 4 Ret 6 5 12 3 NC 1 2 2 4 15 139 3rd 2021 QATDOHPORSPAFRAITACATGERNEDSTYAUTGBRARARSMAMEMALALRVAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 36 Joan Mir 4 7 3 5 Ret 3 4 9 3 2 4 9 3 6 8 Ret 2 4 208 3rd 307 3rd 240 3rd 42 Álex Rins 6 4 Ret 20 Ret Ret 11 11 7 14 2 12 Ret 4 6 8 Ret 99 13th 2022 QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL Team SUZUKI ECSTAR9 Danilo Petrucci 20 0 30th 260 6th 199 5th36 Joan Mir 6 6 4 4 Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 Ret 8 Ret Ret DNS 18 19 6 87 15th42 Álex Rins 7 5 3 2 4 19 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 7 8 7 9 Ret 12 1 5 1 173 7th 85 Takuya Tsuda Ret 0 NC92 Kazuki Watanabe 21 0 31st

See also KTM RC16 Aprilia RS-GP Honda RC213V Yamaha YZR-M1 Ducati Desmosedici

Notes

References

External links

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/209207/1/pics-suzuki-reveals-its-gsxrr-2015-motogp-bike.html