The Suzuki GSX-RR was a road racing

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developed to race in the

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series. Officially introduced on 30 September 2014 as the GSV-R replacement, it was developed by

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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

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and

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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

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, Spain, ridden by

as a wild-card entry, who failed to complete more than half of the race.

2015 season

On September 30, 2014, at the

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fair, Suzuki officially announced to return in the Premier class in 2015, with

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and

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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

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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

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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.

and

stayed for another season with the team In the 12th round of the season at Silverstone, Viñales started from 3rd and broke away from

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and

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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

Complete MotoGP results

Motorcycle summary

*World Championship titles: 2 :Riders: 1 (

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) :Teams: 1 ( Team Suzuki Ecstar:

) *Races won: 7 :2016:

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1 (1 in total) :2019: Rins 2 (2 in total) :2020: Rins 1,

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1 (2 in total) :2022: Rins 2 (2 in total) *Podiums: 38 :2016:

4 (4 in total) :2018: Iannone 4, Rins 5 (9 in total) :2019: Rins 3 (3 in total) :2020:

7, Rins 4 (11 in total) :2021:

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)

Notes

References

External links

*http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/209207/1/pics-suzuki-reveals-its-gsxrr-2015-motogp-bike.html {{Suzuki motorcycles GSX-RR Grand Prix motorcycles Motorcycles introduced in 2014