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500cc world champion and official MotoGP Legend Kevin Schwantz feels electronics have been the biggest influence on grand prix racing since his glory days in the late '80s and early '90s.

- 1993 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz has named Rob McElnea and Alex Barros as his most memorable team-mates.

With Suzuki celebrating its 100 th anniversary and 60 th year of racing, it is the perfect time to look through the history of the Hamamatsu team.

Valentino Rossi has had plenty of rivals during his 24-year grand prix career, sparring with the likes of Noby Ueda, Jorge Martinez, Tomomi Manako, Tetsuya Harada, Tohru Ukawa and Loris Capirossi even before reaching the premier-class in 2000.

"I think the distress in the team right now is coming from no real direction" - Kevin Schwantz.

Suzuki legend Kevin Schwantz is highly critical of Andrea Iannone; believes the GSX-RR still has the potential to fight for podiums.

"Instead of it being a four-to-six horse race at the front of MotoGP, I think it could be a ten-to-twelve horse race" - Kevin Schwantz.

"I said to Suzuki that they had to get the bike racing before Valencia... At the least I would enter the bike at Motegi as well" - Kevin Schwantz.

"I remember [Satoshi Tsujimoto] and I managed fairly similar lap-times in 1986... It is good to be back together again after 28 years" - Kevin Schwantz.

1993 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz and the Circuit of the Americas settle legal differences - Schwantz to promote the upcoming MotoGP event.

"It feels unbelievable to be on the podium with my hero Kevin Schwantz!" - Yukio Kagayama.

"Let me set the record straight: I am the reason MotoGP is coming to Texas and no one currently associated with COTA had anything to do with the design of the actual race track" - Kevin Schwantz.

1993 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz and former four-times title runner-up Randy Mamola rolled back the years at Valencia on Tuesday, when they completed some high-speed demonstration laps on Rizla Suzuki's 2006 MotoGP machinery.