Davide Brivio: Jack of all trades becomes a master of 1

It’s virtually like we know programs to time these MotoGP™ Podcasts to perfection, isn’t it? We spoke to Pit Beirer honest sooner than Brad Binder’s (Red Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing) Brno victory, Lin Jarvis sooner than Yamaha’s Jerez podium lockout, Wilco Zeelenberg sooner than Franco Morbidelli’s (Petronas Yamaha SRT) maiden MotoGP™ victory and Chad Reed true sooner than he launched his retirement.

Now, we’ve carried out it once more. After Joan Mir claimed the 2020 World Championship and Group Suzuki Ecstar picked up the Group Championship, who higher to starting up a Podcast about than the figurehead on the abet of the entire success: Davide Brivio! Are making an are attempting to grab what it takes to be a Group Supervisor and how Suzuki have gone from the returning new children on the block to World Champions? Sight no further. We caught up with one in every of the paddock’s most loved characters sooner than their unreal weekend in Valencia. 

“With Suzuki, the very good part is we in actuality began from a white paper,” comments Brivio, chatting about Suzuki began their walk to becoming MotoGP™ world-beaters once more. “And I dangle display of 1 among the first meetings the place I requested, on story of they, Suzuki left MotoGP in 2011, and once I started to chat to them became once the stop of 2012, and I started formally on the 1st of April 2013!

“So, we desired to reorganise the team after which I acknowledged ‘Okay, what about equipment?’ I imply, the place became once the execrable of the team, the autos, the equipment, the crates and whatever. And they acknowledged “we’ve bought nothing!” I acknowledged, “what fabricate you imply you’ve bought nothing? The place is the truck?!” – “They weren’t our autos!” “Okay, the place is the equipment?” “No longer our equipment!” “The place is the workshop?” “We create now now not have any workshop!” So, we began, and that’s what made things device more attractive. It became once very… I would restart day after these days! As an excitement, you respect. So we began from a white paper. “What’s going to we must get? Let’s get this! We desire this, we need that…” Additionally of us, equipment, the entire lot! We starting up from scratch. So yeah, we’re all very chuffed, very proud what we’ve carried out.

“That’s also a excellent part that we as Suzuki, we’re proud, can be this plan to sing young riders and to grow up from the starting place and beget a more or much less Suzuki riders. Okay, you never know on story of they would perhaps perhaps also gallop away the team within the future and they now to now not any extent further Suzuki riders like it happens. But anyway, especially our president, our high administration always strive and stimulate us for going this form. You know. It’s device more complicated, device more grand, for folk that like. But yeah, we’re also comfy with this like we began on the starting place, when we began this mission there became once Viñales which we took from Moto2 in actuality handiest after 365 days of Moto2 and also of us taking into account that became once too early and that became once now now not the honest manner to manufacture.

“Then when he left we did that with Alex motive we loved it that manner. So we acknowledged OK, Viñales is leaving so we diminished in dimension Alex Rins, and convey OK, he left, and we starting up once more. With Alex, we are capable of stumble on true outcomes so we made up our minds to manufacture the identical with Joan Mir. Another time, handiest 365 days in Moto2 then sing in on to MotoGP. And with Joan, when he arrived to us, he became once handiest his 4th season within the World Championship! Two years Moto3, one Moto2 after which leaping in MotoGP. And for Suzuki it’s device more grand on story of we don’t have a satellite team, we don’t have a position the place we are capable of get young riders, depend on a pair of years to glean how they’re and transfer into manufacturing facility team – we must fabricate a bet without prolong!

“We were lucky sufficient to glean true guys, true riders. True expertise. Additionally, one necessary part that we always tried to manufacture for the explanation that starting place of this mission is that we wanted of us – riders and also team workers – more or much less chuffed to affix Suzuki, now now not like second, third or fourth more than just a few. I suspect – we ought to ask them – at that time when we first began it became once Aleix and Viñales and for them, it became once an achievement for them to rush for Suzuki and be in a producing facility team. Aleix became once in a non-public team and he joined a producing facility team sooner or later, Viñales primary to be in MotoGP and pointless to remark in a producing facility team – the identical goes for Alex and Joan. I dangle display of the first assembly with Joan, I acknowledged, “OK, we would love you” and we requested ‘fabricate that you just would possibly perhaps be making an are attempting to reach abet to Suzuki?’ He acknowledged, “yes, I are making an are attempting to reach abet to Suzuki!” So we acknowledged OK, let’s focus on. We in actuality desire of us to be motivated to be with us.”

Right here’s what else Brivio chats about on this week’s episode:

– The place Davide’s enjoy of racing came from

– His first ‘jobs’ in racing

– First experiences working in MotoGP™ & the Rossi hay day

– Taking the a hit mentality to Suzuki

– Atmosphere up dwelling grown Suzuki Superstars

– Kenwood Quickfire

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