It took the misfortune of a alex rins seriously injured and with a long convalescence so that Sylvain Guintoli remembers fondly the world of Grands Prix. Add to this a clear drop in form in the results of the Suzuki troops and you will have the opportunity to support a factory in search of answers. The Frenchman competed in three Grands Prix and collected a point in the first of three, in France. But he also generally scored points with Davide Brivio who could well use his services again this year…
The Italian team manager serving Hamamatsu has already extended the mission of the 2014 Superbike World Champion, by requesting his skills during the last tests in Catalonia. A system put in place at the last minute as explained Davide Brivio in an interview with Motomatters : " we had the opportunity to have Sylvain, and we are very happy to work with him because he gives us good information on the bike. So we wanted to keep him with us so that he could try new parts, solutions and get his opinion. ».
He pursues : " for that, we needed a team, and our test team is in Japan. We took a test bike that we have from Japan, we asked Tom O'Kane to coordinate all this with electronics specialists from Japan and a pair of mechanics. It's like a small test team and it was a good opportunity to work with Sylvain again. We are happy to collaborate with him ».
So much so that in the event of weakness of a Alex Rins which has not yet been handed over, a fourth Grand Prix could be on the horizon… “ Sylvain is doing the BSB championship and if it is certain that he will not be able to be there at the Sachsenring for this reason, he will not have a competition for Assen. If Alex Rins is not recovered enough, then we will ask Sylvain to also run with us in Assen ».
So let's wait for the medical decision...
