MotoGP, Davide Brivio: “I’m worried about the other two Japanese companies”

Davide Brivio, the former manager of a Suzuki team that he practically built around himself at the start of the GSX-RR adventure, and that he saw disappear on the evening of the 2022 Valencia Grand Prix, offers a reflection interesting on the evolution of a MotoGP that he still follows, since his functions in Formula 1. A step back and an experience which predicts a strange future for Honda and Yamaha, who suffer from following Ducati, while Suzuki which seemed the one best suited to meet the challenge imposed by the Europeans withdrew…

The 2022 season demonstrated this, and the first disillusioned comments from fabio quartararo, but also and above all Marc Marquez after the first test of the 2023 offseason in Valencia have confirmed it: there is now a world between Ducati, probably also a little Aprilia and tomorrow certainly KTM et Yamaha as Honda, whose status as the world's leading manufacturer no longer impresses much. It would even now be like an irony defining the contours of a king in rags...

An approach that does not contradict Davide Brivio who knows very well the way the Japanese operate and the mentality. On GP One, we read of him thus: “ I'm worried in this panorama for the health of the two other Japanese companies, having seen that Suzuki's adventure is coming to an end this year. Because I think they need to change pace, to keep up ».

Davide Brivio: “ the Japanese were a little taken by surprise« 

He adds : " from a technical point of view this sport evolves, changes and grows. Maybe the Japanese were a little caught off guard by all this and if they want to continue playing this game, they need to review several things ».

In view of the aforementioned development, a mention with a Formula 1 which is now his professional habitat was necessary: ​​“ I think MotoGP can learn from Formula 1 from a technical point of view, everything is exasperated there. There are more engineers, there is a different analysis of the data, much more careful. But in general I believe that we are already moving in this direction, like in the field of aerodynamics. Several teams are already turning to the world of Formula 1 ". Will this new era classify Japanese brands as low-end on the market?

Valencia test: times

Credit classification motogp.com