Early development (2012–2013)

Suzuki suspended its MotoGP activities at the end of 2011 season, citing the global economic crisis, but since 2012 a prototype was spotted testing in several occasions.^[1][2] Initially the prototype was dubbed GSV-R by the media, like its predecessor.

In 2013 it started to take part in official tests, with Randy de Puniet and Nobuatsu Aoki as development and test riders. The machine was now internally codenamed XRH-1.

First race (2014)

It began officially racing at the last event of the 2014 season, the Valencian Grand Prix at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain, ridden by Randy de Puniet as a wild-card entry, who failed to complete more than half of the race.^[3]

2015 season

The GSX-RR of Maverick Viñales at the 2015 Catalan Grand Prix

On September 30, 2014, at the Intermot fair, Suzuki officially announced to return in the Premier class in 2015, with Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales as regular riders.^[4] Also, the prototype was publicly named GSX-RR.

On March 6, 2015, prior to the beginning of the 2015 season, Suzuki unveiled its MotoGP team name as Team SUZUKI ECSTAR.^[5]

At the 2015 Indianapolis Grand Prix, the GSX-RR received a new exhaust from Akrapovič.

2016 season

On February 26, Suzuki debuted the 2016-spec GSX-RR. The new model has an improved engine, with an increase in power by 7 kW (9.4 hp), and adopts the standard Magneti Marelli ECU while the dimensions remained unchanged from the previous version.^[6] The team also had sponsorship from PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor, through their Satria F150 and Nyalakan Nyali brands.

During the off-season 3-day test in Qatar the factory team evaluated for the first time the full seamless gearbox, which until then was a major technical lack compared to the other manufacturers. Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró stayed for another season with the team

In the 12th round of the season at Silverstone, Viñales started from 3rd and broke away from Valentino Rossi, Marc Márquez and Cal Crutchlow and established a lead while the others battled. Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since Moto2 Malaysia 2014. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.

Motorcycle summary

• World Championship titles: 2

Riders: 1 (Joan Mir: 2020)

Teams: 1 (Team Suzuki Ecstar: 2020)

• Races won: 7

2016: Viñales 1 (1 in total)

2019: Rins 2 (2 in total)

2020: Rins 1, Mir 1 (2 in total)

2022: Rins 2 (2 in total)

• Podiums: 38

2016: Viñales 4 (4 in total)

2018: Iannone 4, Rins 5 (9 in total)

2019: Rins 3 (3 in total)

2020: Mir 7, Rins 4 (11 in total)

2021: Mir 6, Rins 1 (7 in total)

2022: Rins 4 (4 in total)

• Poles: 1

2015: A. Espargaró 1 (1 in total)

GSX-RR results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Tyres	Team	No.	Rider	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
2014	B				QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team Suzuki MotoGP	14	Randy de Puniet																		Ret			0	NC	0	NC	0	NC
2015	B				QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	25	Maverick Viñales	14	9	10	11	9	7	6	10	11	11	Ret	11	14	11	Ret	6	8	11			97	12th	202	5th	137	4th
			41	Aleix Espargaró	11	8	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	14	9	9	10	6	11	9	7	8			105	11th
2016	M				QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUS	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	25	Maverick Viñales	6	Ret	4	6	3	6	4	9	12	6	9	1	5	4	3	3	6	5			202	4th	295	4th	208	4th
			41	Aleix Espargaró	11	11	5	5	6	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	4	Ret	13	8			93	11th
2017	M				QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUS	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	12	Takuya Tsuda				17																	0	NC	130	6th	100	4th
			29	Andrea Iannone	Ret	16	7	Ret	10	10	16	9	Ret	19	11	Ret	Ret	12	4	6	17	6			70	13th
			42	Álex Rins	9	Ret	DNS					17	21	11	16	9	8	17	5	8	DSQ	4			59	16th
			50	Sylvain Guintoli					15	17	17														1	27th
2018	M				QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUS	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	29	Andrea Iannone	9	8	3	3	Ret	4	10	11	12	10	13	C	8	3	11	Ret	2	Ret	Ret		133	10th	302	4th	233	4th
			42	Álex Rins	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	10	5	Ret	2	Ret	11	8	C	4	4	6	3	5	2	2		169	5th
			50	Sylvain Guintoli							Ret			19						21					0	NC
2019	M				QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUS	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	36	Joan Mir	8	Ret	17	Ret	16	12	6	8	7	Ret			8	14	7	8	5	10	7		92	12th	301 (304)	5th	234	4th
			42	Álex Rins	4	5	1	2	10	4	4	Ret	Ret	4	6	1	Ret	9	5	7	9	5	5		205	4th
			50	Sylvain Guintoli							13			20		12				20					7	25th
2020	M				SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	36	Joan Mir	Ret	5	Ret	2	4	3	2	2	11	3	3	1	7	Ret							171	1st	310	1st	202	3rd
			42	Álex Rins	DNS	10	4	Ret	6	5	12	3	NC	1	2	2	4	15							139	3rd
2021	M				QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	MAL	ALR	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	36	Joan Mir	4	7	3	5	Ret	3	4	9	3	2	4	9	3	6	8	Ret	2	4			208	3rd	307	3rd	240	3rd
			42	Álex Rins	6	4	Ret	20	Ret	Ret		11	11	7	14	2	12	Ret	4	6	8	Ret			99	13th
2022	M				QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
			9	Danilo Petrucci																	20				0	30th	260	6th	199	5th
			36	Joan Mir	6	6	4	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		DNS			18	19	6	87	15th
			42	Álex Rins	7	5	3	2	4	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	7	8	7	9	Ret	12	1	5	1	173	7th
			85	Takuya Tsuda																Ret					0	NC
			92	Kazuki Watanabe															21						0	31st