After a less than stellar performance last year and a busy and restless off-season, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR has higher hopes for 2018 and is ready for pre-season testing in Sepang. Suzuki’s Factory GSX-RR will be piloted by Italian Andrea Iannone and Spaniard Alex Rins. We can’t wait for racing to begin on March 18 at Losail in Qatar.
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Team Suzuki Press Office ? January 27
? Iannone and Rins will ride a rejuvenated GSX-RR in their second year with Suzuki.

? The team will be led by Davide Brivio, Shinichi Sahara and Ken Kawauchi.
Once again the Sepang International Circuit, the host of the first 2018 IRTA pre-season test, is the location chosen by Team SUZUKI ECSTAR to present their new project; the fourth since their return to MotoGP, the highest form of motorcycle racing, in which the Japanese factory have invested high hopes. Although 2017 did not match the expectations that had been invested in the project, the team were able to draw good conclusions, and learn from the mistakes made. This experience has been useful in overcoming many obstacles, and strengthening the close-knit team led by Team Manager Davide Brivio, Project Leader Shinichi Sahara and Technical Manager Ken Kawauchi.
For the upcoming season Team SUZUKI ECSTAR will continue with the same riders who competed in 2017: Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins. They will ride the sophisticated and rejuvenated GSX-RR, updated for this new adventure with some important changes to boost the tea...