MotoGP Japan Motegi J2: Sylvain Guintoli's Suzuki disqualified from Friday sessions

The rain stopped above the Moetgi, but there was still a thunderclap with the disqualification of Sylvain Guintoli for the Friday day of this Japanese Grand Prix. The Suzuki official who serves as the brand's test rider is at Motegi with a 2020 version of the GSX-RR. The latter already excites the titular pilots, Rins and Mir. But Suzuki seems to be a little too far ahead. And the Hamamatsu firm was caught up in the regulations…

Sylvain Guintoli does not deserve, however, his times achieved in FP1 and FP2 were canceled by the officials. The fault is a 2020 specification of its engine which is not yet approved and yet used. An error so big that we wonder if it was not premeditated by the brand which thus offered itself a full-scale test session...

« We have already completed a few laps during the last test. But of course if you bring something so new it takes a little time " said Guintoli, who finished Friday after two free practice sessions, with 2,039 seconds to return to 20th place.

The factory driver Alex Rins, double season winner and currently third in the MotoGP World Championship, has high hopes for his equipment for 2020, after speaking with Guintoli after his first attempts: “ his feedback is positive. This gives me extra motivation for 2020 »