Just six seasons later – and in a year that marks the 100th anniversary of Suzuki Motor Corporation – Joan Mir joins an exclusive list of riders to have taken motorcycling’s biggest prize. Suzuki took a sabbatical from Grand Prix racing after the 2011 season, returning with an all-new machine in 2015. as the Suzuki rider rode a canny race to finish seventh and become the 2020 MotoGP champion. was crowned champion in 2000, Suzuki’s last premier class title. RankRiderCountryYearMotoGP/500cc350ccMoto2/250ccMoto3/1. Six riders started the penultimate round of the much-revamped 2020 MotoGP championship in.
Two more back-to-back titles followed in 19, with Italians Marco Lucchinelli and Franco Uncini winning a championship each.Īlso read: Repsol Honda Team confirm Marc Marquez to return in 2021: Will miss Valencia, PortimaoĬharismatic American Kevin Schwantz lifted the gong in 1993 before his compatriot Kenny Roberts Jr. The brand took back-to-back titles with Sheene in 19, with the Briton winning 11 races across both seasons. Suzuki, the smallest of the Japanese factories in MotoGP, has consistently punched above its weight in Grand Prix racing. The 23-year-old from Palma in Spain has lit up the championship this year. To be the person who brings them another crown after 20 years is an unbelievable feeling and a true honour,” – Joan Mir It’s really hard to find the words at the moment, but I must say thank you to so many people to Suzuki for this opportunity, I’m so happy to give them a title. After a shaky start with two crashes in three races, the 23-year-old Spaniard finished on the podium seven times in nine races. With the Valencian Grand Prix closing its veils, Joan Mir of Team Suzuki Ecstar celebrates his run as the 2020 FIM MotoGP World Champion. Sunday, October 24, 2021, a day that will certainly be one of the most special days for French MotoGP rider. This is the second season for Mir in the top class after joining Suzuki in the 2019 season. With the season finale left on the calendar, the run for the title has ended with Joan Mir securing the crown in Valencia. El Diablo is your new world champion at 9:14pm ET.
After six podiums and a victory in the Europe GP, the Majorcan was 37 points clear coming into taking two at Valencia. With this victory, Mir has become the sixth rider to win the premier class for Suzuki since Barry Sheene first took the title for the Japanese manufacturer in 1976. With the Valencian Grand Prix closing its veils, Joan Mir of Team Suzuki Ecstar celebrates his run as the 2020 FIM MotoGP World Champion. Joan Mir was crowned champion after a seventh-place finish at the penultimate round at Valencia. Meanwhile, on the other satellite Yamaha, Quartraro’s challenge ended prematurely with the Frenchman crashing out on lap nine of the race after starting at eleventh and then running off early on.2020 MotoGP world champion has been decided and it is Suzuki to take the top honours this year. Rins finished in fourth behind KTMs Pol Espargro leaving him 33 points behind his team-mate. That is not to say that everyone eyes weren’t on Mir’s lead with a real threat through the course of the race coming from his teammate Alex Rins who qualified in 14th but was soon battling at the front to keep his championship hopes alive. In addition, Quartararo became the youngest Yamaha rider to clinch the premier class world title, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who was 23 years and 159 days old when he took the title in. With only a single race to go, Mir now has an unachievable 29-point lead over Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli. In the MotoGP era, Quartararo is the third-youngest Champion behind Marc Marquez (20 years and 266 days old) and Casey Stoner (21 years and 342 days old). I need some time now to relax to understand what happened because I don't have words." "To finally get this result at the moment I can't laugh, I can't cry. The season has seen a record nine different race victors and a first-time champion in the shape of Suzuki’s Joan Mir. I don't have words to describe this emotion because it's something that I've been fighting for all my life," the 23-year-old Mir former Moto3 world titleholder was quoted saying. The 2020 MotoGP season came to a close on the fast.