Joan Mir ' s 2020 MotoGP World Championship win marks an exceptional achievement for technical partner D . I . D and Team Suzuki Ecstar , as well as for Suzuki itself . Even though the Manufacturer ' s Championship evaded them , the Mir / Team Suzuki Ecstar win was a significant achievement for the D . I . D . chain equipped Suzuki race bike . The win comes as Suzuki celebrates its
100th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of its Isle of Man race debut in 1960 , with the legendary contribution that Ernst Degner and ( East ) German two-stroke technology made to Suzuki ' s evolution as a motorcycle manufacturer . Suzuki ' s last premier class World Championship win was in 2000 with Kenny Roberts Jr ., in what was then the 500 cc World Title Class and , in fact ,
D . I . D was there too - D . I . D chain became Suzuki ' s race chain of choice again in 2019 . After four years of Marc Márquez and Repsol Honda domination , despite Márquez ' absence for much of the second half of the ( much altered ) 2020 series , Joan Mir secured his maiden MotoGP title and delivered Team Suzuki Ecstar and Suzuki ' s first team championship since the manufacturer came back into the series in 2015 . This despite the high number of wins by different riders , teams and constructors
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SUZUKI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES
1962 - 50 cc - Ernst Degner ( GER ) 1963 - 125 cc - Hugh Anderson ( NZE ) 1963 - 50 cc - Hugh Anderson ( NZE ) 1964 - 50 cc - Hugh Anderson ( NZE ) 1965 - 125 cc - Hugh Anderson ( NZE ) 1966 - 50 cc - Hans-Georg Anscheidt ( GER ) 1967 - 50 cc - Hans-Georg Anscheidt ( GER ) 1968 - 50 cc - Hans-Georg Anscheidt ( GER ) 1970 - 125 cc - Dieter Braun ( GER ) 1976 - 500 cc - Barry Sheene ( GBR ) 1977 - 500 cc - Barry Sheene ( GBR ) 1981 - 500 cc - Marco Lucchinelli ( ITA ) 1982 - 500 cc - Franco Uncini ( ITA ) 1993 - 500 cc - Kevin Schwantz ( USA ) 2000 - 500 cc - Kenny Roberts , Jr . ( USA ) 2020 - MotoGP - Joan Mir ( SPA )
Spaniard Joan Mir became the first Moto3 World Champion to graduate to a premier class series title and posted the first premier class championship series win of the " modern era " for a Suzuki rider - the last was Kenny Robert ' s Jr . in the 500 cc days , and D . I . D was Suzuki ' s " chain of choice " back then too !
in 2020 , and the Yamaha engine controversy - a 50 point deduction handed the manufacturer ' s title to Ducati , despite no Ducati riders finishing in the championship ' s top three . In fact , Mir ' s championship win was the first for a Suzuki rider since 2000 when Kenny Roberts Jr . was champion and the first non-Honda or non-Yamaha rider to win the title since Ducati
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rider Casey Stoner in 2007 - plus , he became the first Moto3 world champion to graduate to a premier class series title . Mir won the title by 13 points ahead of Franco Morbidelli ( Yamaha ), and Alex Rins , also with D . I . D chain and Team Suzuki Ecstar , was third . www . dideu . it