Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Last season saw Joan Mir become only the sixth rider in history to win a 500cc/MotoGP World Championship for Suzuki. Of those, only one Suzuki champion has so far been able to repeat the feat, Barry Sheene winning both the 1976 and 1977 500cc crowns. Meanwhile, Marco Lucchinelli (1981), Franco Uncini (1982), Kevin Schwantz (1993) and Kenny Roberts (2000) had to be content with a single title. At the age of just 23, time is certainly on Mir's side as far as eventually joining Sheene as a multiple Suzuki champion,...
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