MotoGP: Alex Rins signs for Suzuki
Suzuki wil🍸l have an all-new MotoGP line-up next se🔥ason after signing Moto2 title leader Alex Rins to join Andrea Iannone.
The young Spaniard turned down satellite teams in pursuit of a factory ride and has been linked to Suzuki since it became clear that Maverick Vinales 👍would join Yamaha.
Rins has agreed a two-year deal.
"Alex Rins is a young rider who has already proven to have much talent, always fighting within the top positions of the World Ch💫ampionship since his debut in every class, making him the type of rider who we want to support for the future," said Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio.
"To pair Andrea Iannone, an experienced rider with such a young talent as Alex creates a perfect combination for our challenge. We believe that the combination of these two riders, together with the further development of t🎐he Suzuki GS♏X-RR, can help us to create a strong team to compete at the maximum level."
The long awaited anജnouncement confirms tha💞t Aleix Espargaro will leave the team.
Espargaro aไnd Vinales have formed the Suzuki line-up since its 20🧔15 comeback season and are currently fifth (Vinales) and seventh (Espargaro) in the world championship standings.
But while Vinales - who clinched the GSX-RR'🎉s first rostrum at Le Mans - has chosen to join Yamaha in place of reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo, Espargaro has been forced out of the team.
Suzuki will thus repeat the mix of youth and experience that served them well with Vinales and Espargaro. Rins is the best replacement for Vinales from that point of view - the bad news for Espa♐rgaro is that Ducati's Iannone was selected as the 'proven' rider.
"It wasn't an easy choice and we feel sorry for Aleix who we would like to thank for his hard work and the real passion he has continued to put in our project since it started," Brivio said. "We wish him all the best for his future but in the meantime we will support as best as we can to try to get the best possible results together until the end of this season."
Espargaro is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: tipped to join Aprilia, where he would ride alongside 🔥Rins' Moto2 title rival Sam Lowes.
The 2017 Suzuki situation ha🦹s been further complicated by an 'option' in place with reigning Moto2 champion Johann Zarco. It is thought the Frenchman🀅 was in-line to ride a satellite Suzuki, but such a deal is yet to materialise and Zarco is now hotly tipped to fill the vacancy at Tech 3 Yamaha.
As part of the 'option' agreement, Zarco recently 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: made his MotoGP debut during a private test on the GSX-RR in Japan, ahead of preparations for the Suzuka 8 Hours. However the Rins deal, combined with news that Zarco is set for Tech 3, means it is now unli🌄kely that the Frenchman will compete in the 8 Hours.
Rins is the third rider to be officඣially💛 named as moving from Moto2 to MotoGP next season: Lowes has long been confirmed at Aprilia while Jonas Folger signed for Tech 3 in May.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit s🅠tory and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
