If one statistic sums up Joan Mir's frustrating MotoGP title defence it's that eleven riders – more than half of the grid - led a racing lap this season, but the Spaniard was not among them. The fact that Mir still finished third overall, as the only rider in the top seven not to lead a lap, says much for his consistency on the GSX-RR. But the reality of the task faced by Suzuki this winter is that the two riders ahead of Mir in the world championship, Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo (5 wins) and Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia (4), led for 99 and 150 laps respectively. Suzuki's only laps at the front this season were 5 by Rins. Notoriously poor qualifying for the GSX-RR exaggerates the laps-led...
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