Riders and teams – The Suzuki MotoGP team remains in the Mir line – Used SUZUKI

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Suzuki MotoGP team remains in Mir line

Riders and teams - Suzuki MotoGP team remains in the Mir line - Used SUZUKI

MotoGP rider Joan Mir, 22, continues for two more seasons in the official Suzuki team where he will continue to drive the competitive GSX-RR alongside Alex Rins. Explanations and objectives.

Joan Mir, Moto3 world champion in 2017 and 6th in Moto2 the following year, is one of the MotoGP beginners who suffered from the comparison with the exceptional Fabio Quartararo last season…. The Mallorcan certainly distinguished himself with his 5th place in Australia and his 6th position in Catalonia, but without bursting the screen like the "good French 20" !

  • MNC of April 20, 2020 : Rins and Suzuki remain united for the 2021 and 2022 seasons
  • MNC file : 

Still, the first year of No. 36 among the elite is overall satisfactory since he finished 12th with 92 points scored, between the KTM of Pol Espargaro and the Honda of Takaaki Nakagami who are much more experienced. A notable performance for a "Rookie" in MotoGP, especially as Mir had to deal with a bad injury in the middle of the season.

In these conditions, his reappointment within the official Suzuki team for the 2021 and 2022 seasons is as logical as it is sensible: Mir has real talent and also gets along rather well with his teammate Alex Rins, who has also just been reconfirmed. for two years on the GSX-RR.

  • MNC of February 20, 2020 : Marc Marquez will remain at HRC until 2024 ! 
  • MNC of January 28, 2020 : Viñales remains with Yamaha until 2022

The Suzuki Boys thus join Fabio Quartararo, and Mar c Marquez among the MotoGP riders who are already set for the two coming seasons. Remember that the reigning world champion even resigned with Honda-Repsol until …! To date, Marc Marquez is the only one on the plateau to have committed for so long.

Official statements

Joan mir 

"I’m extremely happy to sign with Suzuki for another two years – renewal is the best thing that can happen and it’s a dream come true again! It’s really important for me to keep going because now I have more time to learn and more time to show my potential. Two years may go by quickly, but I am ready to take it to the next level and we are working every day to get there. I am also very happy on the plan personal because I have a very good team and a good crew around me. I really want to thank everyone at Suzuki for their confidence in me, and let’s see if I can achieve the results that we are capable of. ".

Shinichi Sahara (Suzuki MotoGP Project Manager)

“We are proud to have struck a deal with Mir alongside Rins and to maintain the current lineup. This will give us a continuity which will be very helpful for development from a technical point of view. The consistency of keeping the same riders. is very important because it helps us keep track of progress and keeps us on track. Next to that Joan is a talented driver, he has already shown strong skills last year and we believe that he could reap important successes with our team as soon as his experience grows ".

Davide Brivio (Suzuki MotoGP team manager)

"We are very happy to have reached an agreement with Joan Mir and to have her complete our range for the next two years. We consider Joan to be a very talented rider and it is important to continue together to fully benefit from the experience that we have accumulated so far and try to improve even more. We are also happy to have a young team with two very strong drivers like Alex and Joan, who has always been our real target ".

"This allows us to look to the future with confidence. I also want to thank Joan for trusting us for her future and also all the Suzuki Motor Corporation who support us. To be able to extend the agreements with Alex Rins and Joan Mir for a Such an extraordinary and strange moment in history is a sign that gives us great hope for the future, and encourages all fans to look to the future with positivity and optimism, with the hope that we can get back on the path on as quickly as possible ".

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