Eskil Suter

Eskil Suter
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1967-06-29) 29 June 1967 Turbenthal, Switzerland
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1991 – 1996, 1998 First race 1991 250cc Austrian Grand Prix Last race 1998 500cc Catalan Grand Prix Team(s) MuZ Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 82 0 0 0 0 171

Eskil Suter (born 29 June 1967) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current motorcycle chassis constructor from Switzerland.

Motorcycle racing career

Born in Turbenthal, Zürich, Switzerland, Suter finished in second place in the 1991 250cc International Lightweight class at the Daytona International Speedway. Suter had his best seasons in 1994 and 1996 when he finished in 13th place in the 250cc world championship. He raced in one round of the 1997 Superbike World Championship but failed to score any points. In the 1998 500cc season, he was a development rider for the MuZ team that used a Swissauto engine in a French-made ROC frame. When regular rider Doriano Romboni was injured in the second race of the season, Suter took over and scored points in three races.

Suter Racing Technology

Suter founded a company, named Suter Racing Technology (SRT) in 1996, which specialized in project engineering applied in motorcycle racing. Suter developed, in cooperation with Swissauto, the Muz 500 bike, in particular the chassis design and concept for the 1999 season, after the MuZ team decided to cease using the ROC frame.

SRT was responsible for the design and development of the Petronas FP1 900cc three-cylinder engine; the bike competed in Superbike World Championship from 2002 to 2005. The company also helped with the development of Kawasaki ZX-RR MotoGP between 2004 and 2006. In 2006 and 2007, SRT was involved with Ilmor Engineering in the chassis design of the 800cc Ilmor X3 motorcycle.

In 2010, with the introduction of the new 600cc Moto2 class, Suter Racing Technology started providing its chassis to the category. Suter won the Manufacturers' Championship in 2010 and 2011, but none of its riders claimed the title. In 2012, Suter claimed its third consecutive Manufacturers' Championship and claimed its first rider's championship when Marc Márquez became the Moto2 world champion.

SRT also built a MotoGP prototype machine for the 2012 season; the bike, powered by 1000cc BMW S1000RR engines, was tested from late 2010 and during 2011 by Marc VDS Racing Team. The bike competed in the top class with a Claiming Rule Team, Forward Racing.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1988 to 1991:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system in 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1993:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1991	250cc	Marlboro Aprilia Mohag	RS250	JPN	AUS	USA	ESP	ITA	GER	AUT 17	EUR 23	NED	FRA 21	GBR 19	RSM 16	CZE NC	VDM	MAL	0	–	0
1992	250cc	Marlboro Aprilia Mohag	RS250	JPN 14	AUS 23	MAL 19	ESP NC	ITA 15	EUR 13	GER NC	NED 20	HUN 23	FRA 11	GBR NC	BRA 11	RSA 22			0	–	0
1993	250cc	Mohag Aprilia	RS250	AUS NC	MAL 15	JPN 17	ESP 18	AUT 11	GER NC	NED 14	EUR NC	RSM 12	GBR 10	CZE NC	ITA NC	USA NC	FIM 10		24	19th	0
1994	250cc	Mohag Aprilia	RS250	AUS 15	MAL NC	JPN 15	ESP 10	AUT 10	GER NC	NED 8	ITA NC	FRA 14	GBR 10	CZE 8	USA 12	ARG 19	EUR NC		42	13th	0
1995	250cc	Mohag Aprilia	RS250	AUS 13	MAL 12	JPN 8	ESP NC	GER NC	ITA 10	NED NC	FRA 10	GBR 9	CZE NC	BRA 12	ARG	EUR 11			43	14th	0
1996	250cc	Mohag Aprilia	RS250	MAL NC	INA 11	JPN 19	ESP NC	ITA 12	FRA 7	NED 5	GER 13	GBR 10	AUT NC	CZE 7	IMO NC	CAT 9	BRA 15	AUS NC	55	13th	0
1998	500cc	MuZ-Weber	MuZ 500	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA 18	FRA NC	MAD 14	NED	GBR NC	GER 13	CZE 14	IMO NC	CAT NC	AUS	ARG		7	26th	0

External links

• Eskil Suter Racing web site