From evil, good can always come out of it, as the adage goes, and it's true in MotoGP as elsewhere. Suzuki experienced a dark year in 2017 with its GSX-RR with an unwise engine choice. A collapse after a 2016 campaign marked by podiums and a victory in the company of a conquering Maverick Vinales. But too effective. With his good results, he took Suzuki out of a beginners' ball with relaxed regulations. We were therefore able to test less on the bike, we had to do the season with what we had in terms of mechanics and we saw what that gave. But, good news: in 2018, Suzuki will once again be able to work like Aprilia and KTM!
It is therefore thanks to, and not because of its poor results, that Suzuki will be able to have nine engines instead of seven for the season, work on its mechanics without brakes, carry out tests at will and even align on six occasions a third motorcycle while his Japanese compatriots and the Italian counterpart will only be entitled to three opportunities. The Hamamatsu blues will even be able to change their fairing according to their moods...
A boon for the troops Davide Brivio who had gone astray at the start of the year with their engine. Now in the big leagues, they have not been able to turn back like KTM. And we see the consequences when reading the two trajectories followed by the two manufacturers during this 2017 financial year. Aprilia is also in this case, but its situation is less obvious...
With a Iannone fifteenth in the championship and a Kidneys Seventeenth, Suzuki clearly did not score the six points, called concession points, which would have kept it in the company of Yamaha, Honda and Ducati. The scale is as follows: three points for a victory, two for a second place and one for third position. All acquired in the dry. In 2016, Casa Particular in Viñales had won at Silverstone then he reached the last step of the podium at Le Mans, Motegi and Phillip Island.
In short, in 2018, Suzuki will be able to rise from its ashes...
