The Italian manufacturers are now racing in MotoGP, the Japanese are struggling. Davide Brivio Honda and Yamaha stick.
In the World Cup MotoGP a clear trend reversal is being recorded. From time immemorial i Japanese giants they had become i dominators of the premier class, but something is changing. The triumph Ducati of 2022 doesn’t appear just a flash in the pan as it was in 2007, but it looks like something much more serious. To this we add the beautiful growth seen indoors Aprilia, which came to compete for the World Championship until the last races of the year! There is then KTM who has yet to find consistency, but who has placed both of his official riders on the podium. It really stays little for Japanese motorcycles, apart from the usual Quartararo… David Brivioformer Suzuki team manager, had his opinion on the matter and it was rather clear with Yamaha and Honda.
MotoGP, European assault
There was a time when i Italian brands dominated the premier class of the World Championship. It was still called 500cc, then the story changed radically. The modern MotoGP then it is a clear domain Honda And Yamahaplus the parenthesis Suzuki with the title 2020 by Joan Mir. But now Japanese brands have a serious reason to tremble. “European manufacturers are more aggressive in their approach to racing” he underlined David Brivio at Slick Magazine. “They established a new way running. The goal is to have ever more performing bikes, leave no stone unturned and keep going improve.” A race therefore continues step forward even between one race and another, a way of doing much more frantic compared to a few years ago. But that’s rewarding both Ducati that Aprilia with their continuous innovations, while the Japanese try to ‘get inspired‘ to recover…
“It’s not like 20 years ago”
This is exactly it striking fact. By now, on more than one occasion, evolutions have been seen on the Yamahas and Hondas they attracted even too much some novelties from the Italian MotoGP manufacturers. One of the latest examples is the presence of the wings “stegosaurus“, brought from Borgo Panigale and also appeared on Quartararo’s M1 in the MotoGP tests in Valencia. It’s not a coincidence… Davide Brivio finally picks up the complaints of the Honda and Yamaha riders, Marquez and Quartararo in the lead: we need to improve too much time. “They take to the track without precise data” said the former Suzuki team manager. “They didn’t understand that this MotoGP is not like the one it was 20 years ago. There has always been an approach conservative.” Finally the jab: “The golden years are over of Doohan, Rossi, Marquez, when the bike was enough to win.”
