MotoGP: Suzuki Officializes Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargarò
The bike will be on the track in Valencia with tester Randy de Puniet, lined up as a wild card
Suzuki made its entry into MotoGP for the 2015 season official at the INTERMOT in Cologne. The riders, as already written several times, will be Aleix Espargarò (second on Sunday in Aragon with the Yamaha Open) and Maverick Vinales (winner of the Moto2 class race) . The new motorbike which is under extensive development given the tests which began in 2012 will be called GSX-RR. It will be possible to see her in action as early as the Valencia race, where she will be on track with test driver Randy de Puniet as a wild card.
It uses a new four-cylinder inline engine concept that gives the engine a strong and flexible character, lower consumption and longer life. The goal was to develop a highly competitive MotoGP that took into account the simple handling developed over the years with the GSX-R.
Suzuki GSX-RR data
Overall length x width x height: 2,096mm x 720mm x 1,140mm.
Wheelbase: 1,457mm.
Body weight: 160kg (based on FIM regulation).
Engine type: Water-cooled, four-stroke in-line four-cylinder, DOHC four-valve.
Displacement: 1,000cm3.
Maximum output: Over 169kw (230PS).
Frame type: Twin-spar aluminum.
Tires (front/rear): 16.5in/16.5in.
Front suspension: Ohlins, inverted fork.
Rear suspension: Ohlins.
Brakes (front/rear): Carbon disk/steel disk, Brembo.
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…bcs, will you be happy? The riders are now here...and what riders...if the bike is even up to par we'll have fun!!! Surely someone will not agree...
very nice..
but I have the feeling that it will be worse than the ducati.
it would be a dream to go back to the world championships where the bikes were closer and the rider was able to make the difference, like those of 2000 2005 and then some wouldn't be happy..
hahaha
Very nice, for Suzuki it is already half a "victory" to be in the big fray once again... clearly next season will be complicated and difficult but it will be useful for testing the product, refining the chassis, engine, electronics etc; Furthermore, they have Aleix as a driver who in my opinion has great qualities...he is young, he is hungry to fight for the title, he knows how to go fast and manages to take the vehicle to the limit while falling even slightly...in my opinion he could retrace Stoner's exploits, not immediately (because the 2007 Ducati was anyway a "potentially" winning bike) but as early as the second year it could throw down the gauntlet to the top riders
From today on I can boast of having a Motogp in the garage, only I'm missing an "R" :).
The bike is STUNNING, it wins the title of "beautiful" hands down.
The riders had known each other for 3 months, but honestly I wouldn't have taken Espargarò... Notwithstanding that he's a nice rider, but in my opinion he's not what he needs now... But others weren't available (Dovi and Pedrosa, with the latter having asked for a crazy amount to race in Suzuki).
Next year at a sporting level I don't expect important results, as in 2016 (where practically everything will change, especially the electronics... We Suzuki fans are a bit intolerant of this devilry).
Always GO SUZUKI!!!
In Valencia I will easily see my beauty demolished by Randy, and he will take a big pay….
Today Suzuki presented the "new" naked (practically a GsxR without fairings), and the electronics have arrived... Too bad, but the market is asking for it.
The Gsx-R with MotoGP livery is wonderful, I'm considering (like many Suzuki enthusiasts) doing it like that too...
Have you seen that H2 monster????
Impressive!!!!
Go Suzuki!
Greetings "to the old ones"...:-)
Aesthetically beautiful, but... Thinking about the race on Sunday I still reflected... when you watch the races you see bikes that don't wheelie when accelerating, that don't skid... and that on a modern and safe circuit like Aragon seemed to never stop after a fall... all those who fell were lucky not to be seriously injured...
These bikes are too fast in my opinion, and the tracks don't have enough escape space for the excessively high speeds of these bikes;
I don't know how these speeds can be limited (350kmh), but they are too many... if we want to avoid tragedies... in my opinion these prototypes should go down to 750, or as happens in other motoring specialties have limitations on the intake.
Hi Rob, for what you say I would be in agreement with lowering the displacement while I am not for the "motorone" issue with bottlenecks we would inevitably encounter the various "little trains" as there are in the minor categories or in F1 and goodbye to the best, in my opinion the limitations in the top categories are immense stupidity.
Could it be a solution to adopt a much larger chainring at the rear?
Probably, even without reducing the displacement, working on the electronics could limit the available cavalry.
But don't ask me to approve a reduction in displacement, the 1000 has something...
The 800s were great bikes, if they had the current level of electronics, I think they would pay off the Opens, but the 1000, for me, has something magical about it, perhaps because it was the first big bike I tried, I don't know, but I would hate to go back to smaller displacements.
To me, most of the circuits seem safe enough, but the certainty of having foreseen everything is not there.
Only Bonneville is the safest circuit in the world, as long as you don't fall.
I'll answer both...:
I remember that Bonneville has numerous tragedies to tell…
The 1000 with throttle wouldn't be a bad idea, I don't think there would be trains, apart from the power and speed of the engines, there are other variables in motorbikes: a) the rider; b) the frame; c) the team; d) electronics;
It is clear that bringing the displacement to 750 or even 600 would also be a solution (I remember that supersports which are not racing bikes, but rather elaborate road bikes, are capable of reaching almost 290 km/h on some circuits) if built as prototypes they would be much more powerful and faster.
But infinitely more expensive to produce.
For Ligera: The ratios are not only made with the crown and pinion, but above all with the clutch bell (invisible from the outside) and with the gear ratios, therefore, the larger crown is not a feasible option.
Greetings to both of you...:-)
I'm very happy for Espargaro, he deserved it, next year it will be fun!!!!