Whenever Kenny Roberts took the long awaited engine Grand Prix 500cc Class World Championship inside year 2000 season together with his 4 solid victories and uncanny persistence, it marked 1st success for Team Suzuki since rider Kevin Schwantz took the championship in 1993. For Kenny Roberts, Jr. this is not only your own and team victory, but a household victory aswell, as he accompanied into the footsteps of their dad, Kenny Roberts, Sr. (called "King" Kenny), whom reigned victorious in the Motor Grand Prix throughout the 80's. The Roberts became 1st father-son champions in Motor Grand Prix Circuit history. In 2001 period the RGV champ device ended up being again to be used, but would feature a far more effective engine along with other improvements. Spanish telecommunications team, Telfonica continued to be the main sponsor, and top Spanish rider Sete Gibernau joined the team. For coloring, the RGV-Gamma '01 machine featured the same blue base and yellow checkered pattern as the past 12 months's device, with the addition of a bright fluorescent stripe in the cowling. Kenny Robert's Junior's device inherited rushing number 1, designed in the motif of an eagles beak, from this dad King Kenny. On 12th competition in Valencia, despite difficult road conditions the went from wet to dry, Roberts took 3rd and Gibernau took his very first Motor GP competition triumph. At the conclusion regarding the period, Suzuki announced plans to enter a 4-stroke machine inside 2002 period. Thus the RGV-Gamma '01 marked the last 2-stroke V4 engine for the RG show legacy.
