Alex Rins says he’s back in a positive place with Suzuki and sees the British MotoGP as an ideal opportunity to maintain his recent momentum given his dip before the summer break.
MotoGP rookie Joan Mir will sit out this weekend's British Grand Prix as he continues to recover from the massive testing accident at Brno earlier this month.
Joan Mir has been released from hospital and allowed to return home one week on from his heavy fall during the Brno MotoGP test which ruled him out of the Austrian round.
Franco Morbidelli felt a 'non-elegant' move by a 'frustrated' Johann Zarco was to blame for their opening lap incident in Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP.
After just eight points from his opening five MotoGP races, all from an eighth place in Qatar, Joan Mir heads for the summer break having pulled in 31 points from the past four rounds.
The Ducati and Suzuki are two of the most contrasting machines on the MotoGP grid. While the Desmosedici is famed for its stop-and-go performance, the Italian factory has long battled with turning difficulties.
Ducati may have a holeshot device, but it was the Suzukis of Alex Rins and Joan Mir that bolted to first and second at turn one of the Dutch MotoGP. And when Rins fell on lap three, his rookie team-mate took the lead of a MotoGP race for the very first time.
Runner-up in last year's Assen race, Alex Rins returns to the Netherlands holding third in the world championship with five more podiums under his belt, including a debut MotoGP victory.
Rookie Joan Mir 'can't wait' to experience the exciting Mugello circuit, which includes the fastest straight of the season, on MotoGP machinery this weekend.
Riders losing the front and falling under braking for the first chicane at Le Mans is nothing new. But Karel Abraham and Joan Mir were sent sliding into the gravel even before Sunday's French MotoGP even started!
Four races into his MotoGP career and rookie Joan Mir is discovering more of the secrets of the premier-class. After an impressive eighth on his debut in Qatar, the Suzuki rider has failed to score since, including a fall in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Maverick Vinales feels he could “easily ride” at the same pace of the front-runners at the Americas MotoGP despite his race being wrecked by a ride-through penalty for a jump start.
Having charged from tenth to fifth in Qatar followed by a 16th to fifth recovery in Argentina, Alex Rins and Suzuki badly need to qualify better at this weekend's Austin MotoGP.
The first round of this year's hotly contested MotoGP Rookie of the Year title ended resounding in favour of Joan Mir. The Suzuki rider ran as high as fourth on has way to finishing the Qatar Grand Prix in eighth, thus scoring eight points.
Runner-up in the last two races of 2018, then a fierce pace during pre-season tests at Sepang and Qatar means Alex Rins and Suzuki have their sights set on MotoGP race wins in 2019.
Suzuki’s technical manager Ken Kawauchi confirms a new specification of engine and chassis will be provided at the Sepang pre-season test following the consistency of feedback and requests from all its MotoGP riders at the end of last season.
MotoGP’s Dr. Xavier Mir has estimated Jorge Lorenzo will be “without doubt” ready for the 2019 season opener in Qatar and his scaphoid fracture was unrelated to his recent left wrist injuries.