The former boss of Yamaha and Suzuki, Davide Brivio stressed that brands such as Ducati, Aprilia and KTM are more aggressive with the development of bikes, accelerating the pace of evolution of prototypes. For the leader, now racing director at Alpine, the Honda crisis in Formula 1 is the result of an old working method in the premier class of MotoGP
former head of Yamaha And Suzuki, David Brivio knows what it means to be successful with Japanese factories MotoGP. Today ran director of alpine in Formula 1the Italian looks from a distance and evaluates that the growth of European brands in a sport once dominated by Asian manufacturers is the result of a “more aggressive” behavior of factories such as Ducati, Aprilia And KTM.
Brivio commanded the Yamaha in the victorious period of Valenti Rossi and most recently was the commanding officer of the Suzuki in the title of Joan Mir. In the wake of the conquest with the house of Hamamatsuhe left for Formula 1 for a new professional adventure, but did not lose contact with MotoGP and has already made a few paddock visits.
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Speaking to the Italian magazine Slick, Davide took stock of the current scenario, marked by the growth of European brands and the decline of Japanese houses. In 2022 the Ducati won the MotoGP triple crown, with the titles of pilots, builders And teamswhile the honda closed on the lantern Constructors’ World Championship.
“Europeans are more aggressive in their approach to racing, so they’ve established a new way to compete,” said Brivio. “The model is Formula 1, but the focus has changed, tackling races with the aim of having ever more powerful bikes, without stopping moving a stone and continuing to improve,” he assessed.
According to Brivio, honda And Yamaha they have not yet assimilated that MotoGP has changed and that it is necessary to speed up the introduction of innovations in prototypes.
“Honda and Yamaha go to the track without having precise data. They haven’t fully understood that this MotoGP has nothing to do with the one from 20 years ago,” he said. “There has always been a conservative approach. Before, the changes were small during the season, concentrating a large part of the innovations for the next championship,” reflected Brivio.
“Honda continues to use an old method of copying what it sees around and developing various components in the struggle to understand the results, but that way they don’t advance,” he commented.
Finally, Davide argued that a very close relationship is needed between the people who work on the track and the factory team, which doesn’t always happen.
“The track team must become an integral part of the MotoGP programme, with great synergy between the manufacturer and whoever is on the track. They no longer have to be two different groups,” he concluded.
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