Brivio helmed Suzuki from 2013 as he prepared it for its full-time MotoGP return in 2015, and helped guide the marque to its first MotoGP world title in 20 years when Joan Mir won the 2020 championship.
A talismanic figure for Suzuki, he dropped a bombshell on the eve of the 2021 MotoGP season when he announced he would be moving to Formula 1 as Alpine’s racing director.
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With no time to find a direct replacement, Suzuki elected to operate a seven-person management committee headed by project leader Shinichi Sahara.
Last year proved difficult for Suzuki, however, with neither of its riders winning a race for the first time since 2018 and Mir only able to finish the campaign third overall on a GSX-RR that underwent very little development.
Sahara admitted at the end of the season that dovetailing his role as GSX-RR project leader and de facto team boss proved too much for him.
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