MotoGP 2022, new Suzuki of Joan Mir and Alex Rins: photos and technical data

In 2020 Suzuki won the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Joan Mir, breaking a 20-year fast. After a less brilliant 2021, the team of Mir and Alex Rins presented the bike to launch the attack on the 2022 championship. First official round of the tests in Sepang (Malaysia) on 5-6 February.

the suzuki scenario

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In the video prepared by the Suzuki MotoGP team you can see Barcelona, ​​the “home” of Mir – Majorcan by birth – and Rins, and it is from the Catalan city that the challenge of the team that climbed the top of the world two years ago starts again. Then the connection passes to the Sepang paddock, where the riders will then debut on the track with the new bike. Suzuki has been the most balanced bike in the last two years but what proved to be a precious ally in 2020 was not enough in 2021. This is why the Japanese engineers set out from here to improve the bike. “We will be 100% for the first round in Qatar,” says Ken Kawauchi, engineer of Suzuki Gsx-RR 2022.

the pilots

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Mir and Rins told each other. “Joan is competitiveness made person”, says Rins of his partner, “his constancy is his highest quality in my opinion”. “Alex loves karting like me and is a very talented driver”, replied the 2020 champion. Then the two appeared in the paddock and a little excited they said “can’t wait to unveil the new Gsx-RR. 2022 “. “But let’s not say that 2021 went badly, we still finished third in the Drivers’ World Championship and I think it was a great result”, underlined Mir.

suzuki evolution

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Mir himself said he was “convinced by the great work of the team, in my opinion we were able to improve the bike”. While Rins explained that the problem of 2021 was “wasting some great opportunities that I had, I fell a little too much, but probably because I was trying to go as fast as possible. I believe that the great step of 2022 was in our mentality, we feel stronger and more mature like Suzuki ”, warned the Catalan rider, thirteenth in last year’s World Championship.

the suzuki gsx-rr

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With a lot of silver – more evident than the previous white – in the middle of the Suzuki blue, and some details in black on the front panel and under the fairing, the bike for 2022, designed by the Shinichi Sahara team in Hamamatsu, was then unveiled. “Very nice aesthetically”, Rins smiled, “we hope it will be as pleasant on the track as the results”.

the data of the suzuki motogp

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The official data remains known by the team for the Gsx-RR 2022 speak of a motorcycle with over 240 horsepower and about 157 kg of weight. The engine is the 4-cylinder in-line 1000 cc, four-stroke and liquid-cooled, with an aluminum frame and 17-inch wheels. The gearbox is six-speed, with Ohlins suspension (front and rear) and Bembo brakes (carbon ceramic at the front, steel at the rear).