Casey Stoner's implication did not go unnoticed. Taking stock of his career while indicating that he was available to serve his sport, the double Australian World Champion regretted that a promising young driver had excluded him from the Honda adventure. You didn't have to be a great cleric to guess that Marc Marquez was thus targeted. Is the current eight-time World Champion Machiavellian? Livio Suppo, the former team manager of Ducati and Honda and who knows Casey Stoner well, denies…
Casey Stoner expressed a regret about his time with Honda in MotoGP: that of having been taken out by a promising young rider who therefore did not wish to share his space with him. Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant was at that time still in charge at Repsol Honda. So he reacted to this interpretation of history. To better contradict it: “ If you know Casey and you talk to him, he'll say "believe me" at least twice within ten minutes. He always knows everything. In reality, Marquez was not involved in this decision. I can say it »Assures suppo said during the MotoGP Round Table.
« We informed him but he did not comment. I know Marc and I don't think he would have minded being with Casey. He probably would have loved it ", said suppo, which worked with Honda until 2017 before moving into manufacturing Thok electric bikes.
The case of the 2015 season
According to suppo, the declarations of Stoner should not be taken too seriously. However, they have a basis that dates back to the 2015 season… When Dani Pedrosa, found himself injured at the start of the 2015 season, Stoner volunteered and wanted to participate in the Austin race. “ We seriously thought about it at the time ", recognize suppo. " In the end we thought it was better not to do it. There were several reasons for this ».
He explains : " First of all, Shuhei Nakamoto, the former vice president of HRC, had great respect for Casey. We must not forget that Casey was the driver who gave HRC another title after several years of waiting. Nakamoto didn't want Casey to do something that would put his reputation in trouble. It was also a difficult phase of the season for Marc. He had won two consecutive titles at the time, but in 2015 the start of the season was not easy for him ».
« Overall we thought it was better not to do it. Casey still thinks I was the one against it, so he doesn't talk to me anymore. But Casey is like that , Note suppo.
