What's going on at Suzuki? Apparently nothing, and it is noticeable in a paddock seized on the contrary by great agitation in view of a 2022 season which will be intense both on the track and behind the scenes. Sportingly, it will be necessary to counter the eight Ducatis and politically it will be necessary to work well with qualified people so as not to end up like the turkey in the farce of the game of musical chairs which is predicted. Precisely, on all these points, it is the Suzuki factory which appears to be the least well equipped, with the position of team manager still vacant. A feeling of a weak link which could cost the Hamamatsu project dearly…
Shinichi Sahara, the project director of a GSX-RR which was the bike of the 2020 World Champion MotoGP Joan mir, however proclaimed it loudly, taking stock of the previous campaign: he was missing from the official team's organization chart Suzuki a team manager of the caliber of Davide Brivio who until then held the position. sahara san tried it, and it was too much for him. He therefore needs a framework to synthesize the energies produced by the two drivers, drive technical developments, and communicate between the team and the factory in Hamamatsu.
The message of Sahara was clear: “ we are looking for a team manager, we understand that we need one for 2022“. As it is still a prominent factory structure among the Grand Prix elite, one would have thought that this call would have been quickly heard and the hiring quickly concluded. But now, less than two weeks from the official presentation of the troops on a route of Sepang which will open the first tests of the year, no news has fallen on the subject.
Suzuki does not find or look for the providential man
Enough to alert the brand's drivers and in particular a Joan mir which had reported the recruitment of a team manager among its conditions for renewing a contract which ends at the end of 2022. Suzuki does not convince his World Champion at the moment, the same one who has his contacts with Honda. alex rins is just as concerned, but his last campaign was so unconvincing that he is not drowning in proposals.
The fact remains that the files are piling up at Suzuki between the pace of technical developments, the distribution of tasks, the cohesion of the group and, of course, the transfer market. Even if the providential man ends up being revealed, he will arrive very late and his mission will be a real challenge. Waiting for, Suzuki gives the impression of presenting himself on the starting line of a 2022 competition which promises to be ruthless as the least feared force on the field...
