Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced Joan Mir as a factory rider in MotoGP with the Suzuki Ecstar team for the 2019 and 2020 season as a partner of Alex Rins on board the Factory GSX-RR. The two-year contract enables the 20-year-old Spaniard to debut in the top class after just one year in the intermediate class.
I will be replaced by the Italian driver Andrea Iannone from the Suzuki Ecstar team. In the meantime, Aprilia has announced that Iannone will replace Scott Redding on his factory team next year.
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I made my debut at the 2015 World Championship, the Australian GP in the Moto3 class and competed in the same class in 2016 and 2017. In 2016 he made three podiums with a first, a second and a third place. Most of all, he got the confidence he needed to be absolutely fit and ready to fight for the title next year. The following year gave him ten wins, two second places and one third place for a total of 13 podiums (with 1 pole position) 341 points and the 2017 Moto3 World Champion crown.
In his debut year in Moto2, in which he is now racing, he already achieved two podiums (both in third place) at Le Mans and Mugello a few weeks ago and is currently fifth in the overall standings.
Here is the list of riders you would see in MotoGP 2019:
| Movistar yamaha | Valentino Rossi (Italy) |
| Maverick Viñales (Spain) | |
| Honda Racing Corporation | Marc Marquez (Spain) |
| Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) | |
| Ducati team | Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) |
| Danilo Petrucci (Italy) | |
| Team Suzuki Ecstar | Alex Rins (Spain) |
| Joan Mir (Spain) | |
| Red Bull KTM factory racing team | Johann Zarco (France) |
| Pol Espargaro (Spain) | |
| Aprilia Racing | Aleix Espargaro (Spain) |
| Andrea Iannone (Italy) | |
| Tech3 KTM | Hafizh Syahrin (Malaysia) |
| Miguel Oliveira (Portugal) |
For the 2018 season, MotoGP goes to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain for the seventh round of the championship. Marc Marquez continues to lead the World Championship with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi in second place and Maverick Viñales in third place. The Spanish GP is scheduled for Sunday 17th June 2018.