Suzuki MotoGP team hire Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales to race in their 2015 comeback season
THE final piece of Suzuki’s return to MotoGP has been confirmed with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales announced as their riders for the 2015 season.
The Japanese manufacturer will return to the world championship as a full-time, factory backed entry next year, ending a three-year absence from the grid.
The new bike, christened the GSX-RR, was officially unveiled at the Intermot Fair in Germany on Tuesday, where the team confirmed its rider line-up.
Espargaro and Vinales fit the brief outlined by team manager Davide Brivio, who aimed to recruit two young riders; one fast, experienced gun alongside a rising star.
Espargaro will lead the team next year, the announcement coming off the back of him finishing second at the Aragon MotoGP, a career best in what has been a breakthrough season for the Spaniard.
Vinales, the reigning Moto3 champion, will make the step up to the sport’s top class after spending a single season in Moto2 where has won two grand prix, including the most recent Moto2 race at Aragon.
Suzuki also confirmed they will compete as a wildcard entry in the final MotoGP round of 2014 at Valencia, as revealed by SPEED in June.
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