Two Suzuki Ecstar Officials Want To Continue The Struggle, But Dorna Refuses: Don't Accept The Half-hearted

Suzuki Ecstar will withdraw from MotoGP. (Photo: Doc. MotoGP)

JAKARTA - The Suzuki factory team is still holding on to their decision to withdraw from MotoGP. Suzuki is still negotiating with Dorna Sport regarding this issue.

But recently emerged interesting news. Two Suzuki Ecstar officials, Shinichi Sahara (team manager) and Livio Suppo (team principal), are said to want to take over ownership.

They want to buy all the materials that Suzuki MotoGP has and use it in 2023 with limited development. This news was reported by Speedweek from a trusted source.

Unfortunately, that wish was rejected by Dorna. Dorna CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta, has a good reason.

Ezpeleta could not accept the "half-hearted" concept. He wants teams that appear in MotoGP to have a strong desire to compete without being limited in their development.

The Dorna boss also reportedly has no problem if in MotoGP 2023 there are only 11 competing teams. The reason is, this condition has also been experienced in the 2019 2020 and 2021 seasons.

When Speedweek confirmed this to Suppo, he denied it. The man who replaced Davide Brivio said he never had that desire.

"It's not true that we have that intention," said the Suzuki Ecstar official.