Honda buying in some Ducati know-how
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From: Champ on 6 Nov 2009 06:01 http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Livio+suppo+leaves+ducati+marlboro "Suppo confirms Honda role as Ducati announce his departure" Mind you, I don't think that what Honda really needs right now is a "Marketing Director for MotoGP activities". In the Ducati camp, the article goes on to say "...Vittoriano Guareschi, already the test rider for Ducati, will undertake the role of Team Manager, bringing to the squad a wealth of knowledge and experience that he has gained through being a professional rider and, most recently, a test rider." Hmmm. We'll see. -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Julian Bond on 6 Nov 2009 10:00 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:01:56 >http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Livio+suppo+leaves+ducati+marlboro > >"Suppo confirms Honda role as Ducati announce his departure" > >Mind you, I don't think that what Honda really needs right now is a >"Marketing Director for MotoGP activities". They would if they lost Repsol. And even Honda can always use more money. Marlboro Honda, anyone? >In the Ducati camp, the article goes on to say "...Vittoriano >Guareschi, already the test rider for Ducati, will undertake the role >of Team Manager, bringing to the squad a wealth of knowledge and >experience that he has gained through being a professional rider and, >most recently, a test rider." > >Hmmm. We'll see. We'll see where Davide Tardozzi ends up as well. He's been Mr WSB Ducati Corse for so long that him leaving is really quite sad. -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat Controls Itching & Flaking
From: Chris Paine on 6 Nov 2009 10:14 On 6 Nov, 11:01, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Livio+suppo+leaves+ducati+marlboro > > "Suppo confirms Honda role as Ducati announce his departure" I'd seen that Guareschi was being made team manager, but didn't know what was happening to Suppo. Seems a bit of a strange decision, Suppo has been pretty successful. I wonder what the behind the scenes story is? Cheers, -- Chris Paine "I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy .... and I'll punch the man who says I'm not."
From: antonye on 6 Nov 2009 11:22 Chris Paine wrote: > > I'd seen that Guareschi was being made team manager, but didn't know > what was happening to Suppo. Seems a bit of a strange decision, Suppo > has been pretty successful. I wonder what the behind the scenes story > is? You've not heard the rumours about him knocking off Stoner's wife then? There's also rumours that Rossi would never join Ducati while Suppo was there, as Rossi doesn't like him, so this would pave the way for Rossi to move into the team. But personally I just reckon that HRC need *something* to get back to their winning ways and offered a very large sum to get Suppo and his knowledge on board. Actually, Guareschi becomes Team Manager while Alessandro Cicognani, previously marketing manager for Ducati Corse, becomes responsible for the overall MotoGP project. It seems Guareschi will be the interface between the riders/mechanics and management. As for Tardozzi, I reckon he fell on his sword after the results from SBK this year. -- Antony
From: Beav on 6 Nov 2009 11:32
"Champ" <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in message news:3sv7f510qlfifnm55ke2bqiapdbblqo55k(a)4ax.com... > http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Livio+suppo+leaves+ducati+marlboro > > "Suppo confirms Honda role as Ducati announce his departure" > > Mind you, I don't think that what Honda really needs right now is a > "Marketing Director for MotoGP activities". > > In the Ducati camp, the article goes on to say "...Vittoriano > Guareschi, already the test rider for Ducati, will undertake the role > of Team Manager, bringing to the squad a wealth of knowledge and > experience that he has gained through being a professional rider and, > most recently, a test rider." And only last week in the comic, Suppo was denying that he was moving. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |