Source: Suzuki Racing.

Suzuki Motor Corporation has unveiled its MotoGP team name as Team SUZUKI ECSTAR.

Team SUZUKI ECSTAR will participate with the new racing machine GSX-RR, which is installed with the newly-developed in-line four-cylinder engine.

Two riders, Aleix Espargaro, who was ranked seventh in the MotoGP class last season, and Maverick Vinales, who has stepped up from the Moto2 class, will compete aboard the GSX-RR.

Suzuki’s director and senior managing officer Eiji Mochizuki said: “Finally, Suzuki will make a comeback to the MotoGP, the world’s top motorcycle racing series.

“Through high-level competition, we will sharpen up our technologies, and aggressively feed them back to our production models and interact with Suzuki customers all over the world.

“Suzuki will challenge to improve satisfaction of customers all over the world to a higher level, through racing and our products. We ask our fans to support the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR.”

ECSTAR is the brand name of Suzuki’s genuine high-performance engine oil, which has been on sale since 1984. It has been sold mainly in Japan and exported from Japan.

In the occasion of the ECSTAR brand’s 30th anniversary and Suzuki’s participation in the MotoGP, Suzuki will seek to increase global recognition of the ECSTAR brand by establishing the ECSTAR brand as the global umbrella brand of Suzuki genuine oil/ chemical products, and making it the MotoGP team name.

Starting from Europe, the ECSTAR brand will be offered to overseas distributors as a high-quality, dependable brand.