The off-season is over and we are at the MotoGP weapons vigil. The opportunity to assess the forces present and it is one that we expected better. It's Suzuki. Off to a good start with his new servant Andrea Iannone, the GSX-RR then returned to the rand to become more than discreet at the end of this winter period. Enough to ask questions. And in fact, the boss on the ground Davide Brivio is wondering about it.
Davide Brivio don't hide anything in an interview GP One about the winter tests which seemed to cast a chill on the bruises. He admits : " like Rossi, we suffered and we end this winter with doubts. When we look at the times and the rankings, it is difficult to understand. In Qatar in particular, the riders did not feel the front of the bike, especially Andrea. We worked on that, and we found solutions which made us progress in the end. During the last hour, Iannone found something that allowed him to be more comfortable on the bike ».
Certainly, but doubt still lingers: “ we will show up at the first Grand Prix with certain things to check, and then we will see. I readily admit that we suffered, which did not allow us to express ourselves at our best. But we also solved things. Everything changes when we're in a race weekend and that's when we'll have the answers to our questions ».
« We started well in November in Valencia, then we slowed down. You have to analyze all the data to understand the impact on the bike of all the changes made. We still have work to do and it will only be when we really start the season that we will have a clearer idea of the situation. In my opinion after the first two or three Grands Prix ».
On the technical level, he concludes: “ we will dissect the data at leisure and decide on definitive configurations. But there will be no revolution. We will have the same base, we will refine the last details ". And among them, there will be the new fairing.
As for the pilots, Brivio found Iannone very motivated : " he never gives up, even when things don't go well, he is always ready to try things ». alex rins is studious: “ he surprised me with his ability to assimilate and listen. It interprets the data well and reports it to the track. It's good news. He has real potential ».
Weapons which should help achieve this year's objective: to do better than last year. Or improve the record of a victory and a fourth place in the championship.
