Suzuki MotoGP
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Suzuki MotoGP is the official factory-backed
team of Suzuki
in the MotoGP World Championship. The team currently compete under the name Rizla Suzuki MotoGP.
first entered a works team in the 500cc Grand Prix
World Championship in with riders Barry Sheene
and Jack Findlay
riding the Suzuki RG500
. A 2nd-place finish by Sheene in the opening round was the best result of the season. The team's first victory came in , a pole-to-finish win by Barry Sheene
at the Dutch TT
. Sheene finished the season 6th overall with 2 wins.
Barry Sheene
won the rider's championship in with a total of five wins. Sheene's second 500cc rider's championship came in with six wins. Teammate Steve Parrish
was fifth.
In with two wins on the new Suzuki RGA, Sheene finished 2nd in the championship behind Kenny Roberts
. Team mate Wil Hartog
was 4th overall, also won two races. The championship was again won by Yamaha
rider Kenny Roberts
with Virginio Ferrari
finishing 2nd, Barry Sheene
3rd and Wil Hartog
4th, all riding the new Suzuki RGB.
Randy Mamola
joined Suzuki in . While Yamaha
rider Kenny Roberts
won his third title, Suzuki riders Mamola was 2nd, and Marco Lucchinelli
3rd. Marco Lucchinelli
become the 500cc World Champion in riding the new Suzuki RG-Gamma.
Marco Lucchinelli
left Suzuki
to join Honda
in . He was replaced by Franco Uncini
who went on to win the World Championship with five wins. Uncini was severely injured at the Assen TT in and was unable to defend his title. Suzuki withdraw factory support at the end of the season.
After three years away Suzuki
returned in with factory supported entries. While not a full time return, riders Takumi Itoh and Kevin Schwantz
had some good results. Suzuki made a full return to racing in with Kevin Schwantz
finishing 8th overall with two wins whilst teammate Rob McElnea
finished the season in 10th place.
With a total of six wins, Schwantz was ranked fourth for the season. In he was 2nd overall with five wins while teammate Niall Mackenzie
was 4th. Another five wins ranked Schwantz 3rd overall in . Doug Chandler
became Schwantz's teammate for during which Schwantz enjoyed one win to finish the season fourth followed by Chandler's 5th place overall.
Schwantz won his long-awaited first World Championship in with four race wins. His new team-mate Alex Barros
also scored a win and finished 6th overall.
In Kevin Schwantz
was 4th overall with two wins whilst Alex Barros
was 8th. Early in the season, Schwantz decided to retire from motorcycle competition. The other Suzuki rider Daryl Beattie
finished the season 2nd with two race wins.
Scott Russell
joined Daryl Beattie
in . Russell finished the season 6th while Beattie suffered serious injuries pre-season and did not have his previous form. He finished 18th.
Daryl Beattie
was joined by Anthony Gobert
in . Beattie finished the season 11th and Gobert 15th. A 5th-place finish by Beattie was the team's best result that season.
Suzuki entered an all Japanese riders lineup in with Nobuatsu Aoki
and Katsuaki Fujiwara. Fujiwara however was injured during pre-season tests and Aoki contested the world championship alone. He finished 9th for the season with a best result of 4th place.
New rider Kenny Roberts, Jr. joined Nobuatsu Aoki
in . Roberts Jr. took Suzuki's first win in the four years since 1995. His four wins gave him 2nd place in the championship. Aoki was 13th.
Kenny Roberts, Jr. became World Champion in with a total of four victories, Aoki was 10th overall
Sete Gibernau
joined Kenny Roberts, Jr. riding the Suzuki RGV500
. Gibernau finished 9th overall and Roberts Jr. 11th.
In , the debut year of the new MotoGP class, Kenny Roberts, Jr. and Sete Gibernau
rode the new Suzuki GSV-R
four-stroke motorcycle. The team's best result was a 3rd-place podium finish by Roberts Jr. at the Brazilian Grand Prix
. Overall, Roberts Jr. finished 9th and Gibernau 16th.
John Hopkins
joined Kenny Roberts, Jr. in . John Hopkins came 7th at the Spanish GP. However, Kenny Roberts Jr. missed three races due to a crash in the Italian Grand Prix
and finished the season 19th two places behind Hopkins in 17th place.
The rider line-up remained the same for while Bridgestone
replaced Michelin
as the team's tyre supplier. Hopkins finished the season 16th with Roberts Jr. again two places behind in 18th.
Once again the rider line-up remained the same for . Roberts Jr. took a 2nd place podium-finish in the wet British Grand Prix
but finished the season 13th. Hopkins finished 14th for the season.
Chris Vermeulen
joined John Hopkins
in . Hopkins finished the season 10th while Vermeulen finished 11th with a 2nd place podium-finish at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix
.
Both riders stayed with the team in and raced the new 800cc Suzuki GSV-R
. Chris Vermeulen
took Suzuki
's first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and finished the season 6th overall. John Hopkins
finished 4th with four podium finishes.
For 2008
, Chris Vermeulen
was joined by Loris Capirossi
as the rider lineup and the same lineup remained in 2009. For the 2010 season
Álvaro Bautista
joined the team.
Factory-backed
Factory-backed is a term commonly used in motorsports to describe a sponsored racing team, car, motorcycle or driver that competes with official sanction and financial support, or "backing" from a manufacturer. As motorsports competition is an expensive endeavor, some degree of factory support is...
team of Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
in the MotoGP World Championship. The team currently compete under the name Rizla Suzuki MotoGP.
History
SuzukiSuzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
first entered a works team in the 500cc Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...
World Championship in with riders Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...
and Jack Findlay
Jack Findlay
Cyril John Findlay was an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is noted for having one of the longest racing careers in Grand Prix history spanning 20 years...
riding the Suzuki RG500
Suzuki RG500
The Suzuki RG500 "Gamma" was a motorcycle built by Suzuki between 1985 and 1987 and inspired by the 1984 Suzuki RG500 "Gamma" Grand Prix motorcycle, capitalizing on Suzuki's seven consecutive constructors title wins in the 500 cc-class. The Gamma was powered by a two stroke, rotary valve, twin...
. A 2nd-place finish by Sheene in the opening round was the best result of the season. The team's first victory came in , a pole-to-finish win by Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...
at the Dutch TT
Dutch TT
The Dutch TT is a motorcycling event, traditionally held on the last Saturday of June at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands, as part of the MotoGP World Championship. In the past all classes , nowadays only the 125 cc, Moto2 and the MotoGP...
. Sheene finished the season 6th overall with 2 wins.
Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...
won the rider's championship in with a total of five wins. Sheene's second 500cc rider's championship came in with six wins. Teammate Steve Parrish
Steve Parrish
Steve Parrish is a former motorcycle and truck racer, who now commentates for various British television channels on motorsport.-Racing career:...
was fifth.
In with two wins on the new Suzuki RGA, Sheene finished 2nd in the championship behind Kenny Roberts
Kenny Roberts
Kenneth Leroy Roberts is a former motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
. Team mate Wil Hartog
Wil Hartog
Wil Hartog is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1977, Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed a victory at the Dutch TT. That victory earned him a ride with the Suzuki factory team as a team-mate to Barry Sheene. Hartog won five Grands Prix during his...
was 4th overall, also won two races. The championship was again won by Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...
rider Kenny Roberts
Kenny Roberts
Kenneth Leroy Roberts is a former motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
with Virginio Ferrari
Virginio Ferrari
Virginio Ferrari is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in the 1979 500cc world championship, when he finished second to Kenny Roberts....
finishing 2nd, Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...
3rd and Wil Hartog
Wil Hartog
Wil Hartog is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1977, Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed a victory at the Dutch TT. That victory earned him a ride with the Suzuki factory team as a team-mate to Barry Sheene. Hartog won five Grands Prix during his...
4th, all riding the new Suzuki RGB.
Randy Mamola
Randy Mamola
Randy Mamola born in San Jose, California is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is considered one of the most talented riders never to have won a world championship.-Career:...
joined Suzuki in . While Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...
rider Kenny Roberts
Kenny Roberts
Kenneth Leroy Roberts is a former motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
won his third title, Suzuki riders Mamola was 2nd, and Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981 he won the FIM 500cc World Championship.Lucchinelli began his road racing career in 1975 on a Laverda in endurance racing...
3rd. Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981 he won the FIM 500cc World Championship.Lucchinelli began his road racing career in 1975 on a Laverda in endurance racing...
become the 500cc World Champion in riding the new Suzuki RG-Gamma.
Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981 he won the FIM 500cc World Championship.Lucchinelli began his road racing career in 1975 on a Laverda in endurance racing...
left Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
to join Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
in . He was replaced by Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.-Career:Uncini was born at Recanati, province of Macerata....
who went on to win the World Championship with five wins. Uncini was severely injured at the Assen TT in and was unable to defend his title. Suzuki withdraw factory support at the end of the season.
After three years away Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
returned in with factory supported entries. While not a full time return, riders Takumi Itoh and Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz is an American former World Champion motorcycle road racer during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
had some good results. Suzuki made a full return to racing in with Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz is an American former World Champion motorcycle road racer during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
finishing 8th overall with two wins whilst teammate Rob McElnea
Rob McElnea
Rob McElnea is a retired motorcycle road racer, who won three Isle of Man TT races, and with a best of fifth overall in Grands Prix....
finished the season in 10th place.
With a total of six wins, Schwantz was ranked fourth for the season. In he was 2nd overall with five wins while teammate Niall Mackenzie
Niall Mackenzie
Niall Macfarlane Mackenzie is a retired motorcycle road racer from Denny, Falkirk, Scotland.-Career:MacKenzie won the British Superbike Championship three times from 1996 to 1998 on a Rob McElnea-run Yamaha team, and the British 250cc and 350cc titles earlier in his career...
was 4th. Another five wins ranked Schwantz 3rd overall in . Doug Chandler
Doug Chandler
John Douglas Chandler is a professional motorcycle racer. He earned a reputation as one of the most versatile racers of the 1980s and 1990s. Chandler is one of only four riders in AMA racing history to win the AMA Grand Slam, representing national wins at a mile, half-mile, short track, TT and...
became Schwantz's teammate for during which Schwantz enjoyed one win to finish the season fourth followed by Chandler's 5th place overall.
Schwantz won his long-awaited first World Championship in with four race wins. His new team-mate Alex Barros
Alex Barros
Alex Barros is a Brazilian motorcycle road racer. After a long career in MotoGP, for 2006 he moved to the Superbike World Championship...
also scored a win and finished 6th overall.
In Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz is an American former World Champion motorcycle road racer during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
was 4th overall with two wins whilst Alex Barros
Alex Barros
Alex Barros is a Brazilian motorcycle road racer. After a long career in MotoGP, for 2006 he moved to the Superbike World Championship...
was 8th. Early in the season, Schwantz decided to retire from motorcycle competition. The other Suzuki rider Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then teamed up with Wayne Gardner to win the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in Japan...
finished the season 2nd with two race wins.
Scott Russell
Scott Russell (motorcyclist)
Raymond Scott Russell , aka Mr. Daytona, is an American sportscar racer and former championship motorcycle road racer, born in East Point, Georgia. He is a former World Superbike and AMA Superbike Champion, has won the Daytona 200 a record five times, and won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 1993...
joined Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then teamed up with Wayne Gardner to win the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in Japan...
in . Russell finished the season 6th while Beattie suffered serious injuries pre-season and did not have his previous form. He finished 18th.
Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then teamed up with Wayne Gardner to win the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in Japan...
was joined by Anthony Gobert
Anthony Gobert
Anthony Gobert is a professional motorcycle road racer nicknamed The Go Show. He was a rider of immense promise and talent who had his career derailed by a personal struggle with drug abuse...
in . Beattie finished the season 11th and Gobert 15th. A 5th-place finish by Beattie was the team's best result that season.
Suzuki entered an all Japanese riders lineup in with Nobuatsu Aoki
Nobuatsu Aoki
is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Aoki began his Grand Prix career in 1990 and won his first and only Grand Prix at the 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix. His best season was in 1997, when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Mick Doohan and Tadayuki Okada...
and Katsuaki Fujiwara. Fujiwara however was injured during pre-season tests and Aoki contested the world championship alone. He finished 9th for the season with a best result of 4th place.
New rider Kenny Roberts, Jr. joined Nobuatsu Aoki
Nobuatsu Aoki
is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Aoki began his Grand Prix career in 1990 and won his first and only Grand Prix at the 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix. His best season was in 1997, when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Mick Doohan and Tadayuki Okada...
in . Roberts Jr. took Suzuki's first win in the four years since 1995. His four wins gave him 2nd place in the championship. Aoki was 13th.
Kenny Roberts, Jr. became World Champion in with a total of four victories, Aoki was 10th overall
Sete Gibernau
Sete Gibernau
Manuel Sete Gibernau Bultó is a former Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His racing career spanned two different eras of motorcycle racing, beginning with the two-stroke-dominated period prior to the 2002 season, and the four-stroke MotoGP era...
joined Kenny Roberts, Jr. riding the Suzuki RGV500
Suzuki RGV500
The Suzuki RGV500 was Suzuki's entry in 500 cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing. It won its first 500 cc championship in 1993 in the hands of Kevin Schwantz, who beat both Wayne Rainey and Mick Doohan to the prize. This was the most successful period in the motorcycle's history...
. Gibernau finished 9th overall and Roberts Jr. 11th.
In , the debut year of the new MotoGP class, Kenny Roberts, Jr. and Sete Gibernau
Sete Gibernau
Manuel Sete Gibernau Bultó is a former Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His racing career spanned two different eras of motorcycle racing, beginning with the two-stroke-dominated period prior to the 2002 season, and the four-stroke MotoGP era...
rode the new Suzuki GSV-R
Suzuki GSV-R
Suzuki GSV-R is the name of the series of 4-Stroke V4 prototype motorcycles developed by Suzuki to compete in the MotoGP World Championship. GSV-R replaced Suzuki's 500 cc 2-Stroke V4 RGV500 which was ridden by Kenny Roberts, Jr. to win the GP500 Championship in 2000.The GSV-R was introduced...
four-stroke motorcycle. The team's best result was a 3rd-place podium finish by Roberts Jr. at the Brazilian Grand Prix
Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix
The Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.-Multiple winners :-Multiple winners :-By year:...
. Overall, Roberts Jr. finished 9th and Gibernau 16th.
John Hopkins
John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)
John "Hopper" Hopkins is an American motorcycle racer currently racing in the British Superbike Championship . Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, AMA Superbike Championship, and Superbike World Championship. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke...
joined Kenny Roberts, Jr. in . John Hopkins came 7th at the Spanish GP. However, Kenny Roberts Jr. missed three races due to a crash in the Italian Grand Prix
Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
The Italian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. From 1949 to 1990 the event was known as the Nations Grand Prix. It was one of the original rounds of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar. The race was held exclusively at Monza...
and finished the season 19th two places behind Hopkins in 17th place.
The rider line-up remained the same for while Bridgestone
Bridgestone
The is a multinational rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese....
replaced Michelin
Michelin
Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands...
as the team's tyre supplier. Hopkins finished the season 16th with Roberts Jr. again two places behind in 18th.
Once again the rider line-up remained the same for . Roberts Jr. took a 2nd place podium-finish in the wet British Grand Prix
British motorcycle Grand Prix
The British motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the World Motorcycle Racing season. Before 1977, the British Grand Prix was the Isle of Man TT, held there from 1949-1976.-Winners of the British motorcycle Grand Prix:...
but finished the season 13th. Hopkins finished 14th for the season.
Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen is a motorcycle racer, currently competing in the World Superbike Championship for the works Kawasaki team. He originally raced in this class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005...
joined John Hopkins
John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)
John "Hopper" Hopkins is an American motorcycle racer currently racing in the British Superbike Championship . Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, AMA Superbike Championship, and Superbike World Championship. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke...
in . Hopkins finished the season 10th while Vermeulen finished 11th with a 2nd place podium-finish at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix
2006 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
__FORCETOC__The 2006 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth race of the 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 September 2006 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.-Moto GP Classification:...
.
Both riders stayed with the team in and raced the new 800cc Suzuki GSV-R
Suzuki GSV-R
Suzuki GSV-R is the name of the series of 4-Stroke V4 prototype motorcycles developed by Suzuki to compete in the MotoGP World Championship. GSV-R replaced Suzuki's 500 cc 2-Stroke V4 RGV500 which was ridden by Kenny Roberts, Jr. to win the GP500 Championship in 2000.The GSV-R was introduced...
. Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen is a motorcycle racer, currently competing in the World Superbike Championship for the works Kawasaki team. He originally raced in this class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005...
took Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
's first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and finished the season 6th overall. John Hopkins
John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)
John "Hopper" Hopkins is an American motorcycle racer currently racing in the British Superbike Championship . Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, AMA Superbike Championship, and Superbike World Championship. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke...
finished 4th with four podium finishes.
For 2008
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.-MotoGP:The MotoGP class opened with the historic Qatar Grand Prix, the first night race held in the World Championship history...
, Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen is a motorcycle racer, currently competing in the World Superbike Championship for the works Kawasaki team. He originally raced in this class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005...
was joined by Loris Capirossi
Loris Capirossi
Loris Capirossi is a retired Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who competed between and...
as the rider lineup and the same lineup remained in 2009. For the 2010 season
2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 62nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. It was the first season for the new Moto2 class....
Álvaro Bautista
Álvaro Bautista
Álvaro Bautista is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the MotoGP class of the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship...
joined the team.
External links
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