DAVIDE BRIVIO AND TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR PART UP
Suzuki Team Press Office – January 7.
After eight years at the head of Team Suzuki Ecstar as Team Manager, Davide Brivio and Suzuki have announced the end of their collaboration.
The Italian has been in the MotoGP World Championship paddock for over 20 years and has been involved with Suzuki since 2013. He held the position of Team Manager when Suzuki embarked on its new MotoGP project, and has remained in place throughout his rise to success, which was capped this year by Joan Mir's incredible World Championship crown, and the World Team Champion title for Team Suzuki Ecstar.
Brivio is satisfied with the results obtained with Suzuki, but he now wants to take on new challenges in his professional and personal life, away from MotoGP.
The Suzuki Ecstar team appreciates the work accomplished by Davide Brivio, and the excellent goals achieved together. The Suzuki team now looks to the future, with lofty goals for the 2021 season.
Davide Brivio:
« A new challenge and a new professional opportunity suddenly presented themselves to me and I finally decided to take them on. It was a difficult decision to make. The hardest part will be leaving this fabulous group of people, with whom I started this project when Suzuki joined the championship. And it's difficult to say goodbye also to all the people who arrived over the years to create this great team. I'm sad from this point of view, but at the same time I feel a lot of motivation for this new challenge, which was the key when I had to decide between renewing my contract with Suzuki or starting a completely new experience.
Achieving a MotoGP title is something that will go down in the Suzuki history books and will always have a special place in my memories. I would like to warmly thank all Suzuki management for the trust they have placed in me from the start. I would like to thank every member of our MotoGP group in Japan and on the track, the entire Suzuki network, and of course all the riders who rode for the Team during this period, especially Joan and Alex who had an excellent 2020 season .
Joan becoming world champion was a dream come true for me and for all the people who worked hard and accompanied me on this wonderful journey. I wish Team Suzuki MotoGP the best, I hope the results in the future will be better and better and I will always be a Suzuki fan. Thank you very much Suzuki. »
Shinichi Sahara – Team Suzuki Ecstar Project Manager:
« Honestly, it was shocking news for us that Davide is leaving Team Suzuki Ecstar. I feel like someone took a part of me, because I always talked with him about how to develop the team and the bikes, and we worked together for a long time. In 2020, we achieved fantastic results despite the unusual and difficult situation due to Covid-19. And 2021 will be an even more important year for us to keep the momentum going. We are now trying to find the best way to cover the “loss of Davide”. Fortunately, in most cases I've had a pretty similar way of thinking to him, so it's not that difficult to maintain the direction we should be taking as Team Suzuki Ecstar, I think. We would like to wish him good luck for the future. »
