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Ex-Suzuki MotoGP boss Brivio linked to Honda team boss role

Ex-Suzuki MotoGP team boss Davide Brivio is heavily rumoured to leave the Alpine Formula 1 team and take over from Alberto Puig as Honda’s team manager next season.

Honda has already gone through a number of personnel changes, with former technical manager Takeo Yokoyama being replaced by ex-Suzuki technical chief Ken Kawauchi.

HRC general manager Tetsuhiro Kuwata will retire in March, while chief technical officer Shinichi Kokubu was replaced earlier this year by Shin Sato.

Now, on the eve of the final round of the 2023 season in Valencia, it is being rumoured that Honda team boss Puig’s position could be under threat.

Puig took over as team manager in 2018 from Livio Suppo, who replaced Brivio at Suzuki last season before the Japanese marque quit the series at the end of 2022.

According to reports by Speedweek, former Yamaha and Suzuki team boss Brivio could replace Puig at Honda next season.

Brivio was instrumental in bringing Valentino Rossi to Yamaha in 2004, ending a title drought for the marque dating back to 1992.

Source: Autosport

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