Yamaha continues to expand its engineering team: after the arrival of Luca Marmorini another big hit arrives in the pits.
The MotoGP riders market ended after the latest official announcements by Augusto Fernandez and Taka Nakagami, respectively in GASGAS Tech3 and LCR Honda. But the negotiations within the paddock have not been concluded at all, because we are looking for the last missing pieces in the engineering departments. The release of Suzuki since the World Cup at the end of the year, he has encouraged the opposing brands to take the lead in the ranks of the Hamamatsu team that will disband at the end of the last race in Valencia in November.
This is good news for all those technicians who will be able to find professional accommodation for the near future, less so for other Suzuki employees who risk remaining without work commitments from 2023. But the team manager is fully committed to this point. Livio Suppofound himself ferrying a team for the first time towards the dismemberment wanted by the Japanese leaders, who intend to divert every investment to electric cars.
Yamaha blows an engineer to Suzuki
Suzuki was among the first to find an outlet outside the garage Manuel Cazeauxchief engineer of Alex Rins, who will enter the Aprilia pits from the next World Championship to join an old acquaintance such as Maverick Vinales, with whom he already worked at Suzuki in the 2015-2016 two-year period, before the rider from Roses attempted the adventure in Yamaha. But he won’t be the only one to find space elsewhere.
In the last few days the news has spread that the Gresini team will focus on Frankie Carchedi, current chief engineer of Joan Mir, who from 2023 will collaborate side by side with Fabio Di Giannantonio, whose crew chief Donatello Giovanotti will switch to the service of newcomer Alex Marquez. In the last hours from the Iwata manufacturer another intervention on the engineering market arrives and makes “purchases” in Suzuki by engaging Tom O’Kanerecently dedicated to the technical direction of the Suzuki MotoGP test team to support the race team on the setting of the GSX-RR.
The role of the Irish technician in Yamaha still remains to be understood, but he adds to the list of new entries led by Luca Marmorini, with extensive experience from the world of Formula 1 and in the past collaborator of Aprilia for the development of the 1000cc engine. From what was collected in the Jerez and Misano tests Fabio Quartararo he seems very satisfied with the work they are doing in the company and soon the M1 will have an engine that matches its competitors.
