At Suzuki, we did the 2021 season without a team manager. A situation due to the fact that the manufacturer agreed not to replace the one who held this position, namely Davide Brivio, when he made the decision to try the adventure in Formula 1, at the end of the year. fiscal year 2020. Its responsibilities have been diluted in the existing organization chart, and the results, after a year spent like this, are assessed as unsatisfactory. Including by the pilots. Starting with Joan Mir who included the subject in her renewal requirements. So you have to find someone. But Suzuki doesn't have many options...
Who is the team manager at Suzuki in 2022? Because this time, the position is indeed open. The Japanese firm will therefore have two missions during this winter break: to develop a fiery GSX-RR, and to complete its organization. Two missions, each as complicated as the other. Because finding the providential conductor who will make everyone move in the same direction, with the same spirit while having the confidence of the Japanese is a challenge.
Sylvain Guintoli is the perfect son-in-law for Suzuki
The month of December has already started and no names have yet been announced. The return of Davide Brivio seems irrelevant, although we won't really know until December 12, when the Formula 1 campaign is over. Otherwise, Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant, often quoted, is always waiting for his phone to ring. Johan Stigefelt would be in the mix, despite the fact that he experienced a troubled separation with Razlan Razali, embellished with innuendoes damaging the reputation of the Swede. The outsider of choice, however, is called Father Riba who is the current chief mechanic of Jonathan Rea in WSBK at Kawasaki.
And otherwise ? Who is appreciated and respected by everyone in the Suzuki stand, from the drivers to the staff, who presents well and who has great racing experience? This man is already within the walls of Suzuki, since 2017. These are Sylvain Guintoli And the site Motorsport.com put it on the list. Even if the recent Endurance World Champion with the GSX/R always proclaimed to anyone who would listen that 39 years old, he didn't want to leave his jumpsuit for a suit...
