Suzuki

Two weeks on from stating he was “pissed off” at Suzuki’s decision to drop him from its MotoGP team, Andrea Iannone’s mood was much enhanced in Catalonia as he spoke of his belief in Aprilia’s MotoGP project, which he will join in 2019.

Suzuki has officially confirmed that rising Moto2 star Joan Mir will complete it's 2019 MotoGP rider line-up. Mir has secured the factory MotoGP ride after just two and a half seasons in grand prix.

Andrea Iannone will move to Aprilia next season in MotoGP after it was confirmed he will be leaving Suzuki at the end of this year.

Suzuki has officially announced Andrea Iannone is set to leave the team at the end of this year, with his expected switch to Aprilia set to be confirmed.

Alex Rins was “very happy” with his showing at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, despite coming home fifth, and narrowly missing out on a podium finish.

Andrea Iannone is bracing for a tough home race at Mugello due to his Suzuki’s top speed deficit to its rivals despite producing promising race pace.

Andrea Iannone has topped the second free practice at Mugello at the Italian MotoGP in a session which saw two red flags with the first triggered by a scary crash for Ducati’s Michele Pirro.

Andrea Iannone has confirmed he will leave the factory Suzuki MotoGP team at the end of this season. The Italian made the announcement, expected given the growing rumours that Joan Mir is to join the team, on the eve of his home Grand Prix at Mugello.

Andrea Iannone feels his Suzuki squad can demonstrate it huge gains at Mugello compared to last year but accepts the team may struggle to fight its front-runners at his home event, while speculation about his future continues to swirl.

Bradley Ray says he can take pride from his World Superbike debut performances with his British Superbike-specification Buildbase Suzuki at Donington Park as his attention sharpens on the national series.

Suzuki MotoGP team manager Davide Brivio has confirmed that Suzuki could sign a 'young rider' in 2019, amid rumours that Moto2 rookie Joan Mir is in contention for a GSX-RR ride.

Andrea Iannone says his MotoGP future will be confirmed “in a few days” as speculation grows at Suzuki after seeing teammate Alex Rins secure a new two-year deal during the build-up to the French round.

As rumoured, Alex Rins has signed a new contract with the factory Suzuki MotoGP team for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Andrea Iannone concedes good fortune fell on him during the Jerez MotoGP race as he claimed his first back-to-back premier class podiums by taking third place for Suzuki.

Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten after third free practice, will now get underway… Jerez has been resurfaced since the 2017 event. Kallio has his first wild-card appearance of the season. FP4:

Bradley Ray has played down the lap time deficit to the Bennetts British Superbike championship front-runners at the recent in-season test at Oulton Park and is confident of fighting back this weekend.

Suzuki arrives for the start of the European season as the big factory improver relative to one year ago. Back-to-back podiums in Argentina (Alex Rins) and Austin (Andrea Iannone) have helped carry Suzuki to 39 constructors' points, compared with just 16 at the same time last year.

Colin Wright has been appointed team manager at Movuno.com Halsall Racing Suzuki and join the Bennetts British Superbike squad from the Knockhill round in July.

After going a full season without silverware, Suzuki was celebrating back-to-back MotoGP podiums in Austin on Sunday. A third place for Andrea Iannone, his first rostrum since Valencia 2016 with Ducati, followed hot on the heels of the same result by team-mate Alex Rins in Argentina.

Andrea Iannone gave a timely reminder of his talents by putting Suzuki on top of the timesheets during day one of the Austin MotoGP.

Bradley Ray says he opted to focus on the long game for his 2018 Bennetts British Superbike championship ambitions with Buildbase Suzuki after retaining his overall points lead at Brands Hatch Indy.

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Full race one results of the second round ahead of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) at Brands Hatch Indy. 1 . Shane Byrne GBR Be Wiser Ducati Panigale R 30 laps, 22m 58.754s 2. Bradley Ray GBR Buildbase Suzuki GSX-R1000 +0.837s

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