Livio Suppo’s big MotoGP 2023 preview: “Maverick Vinales the surprise, Jorge Martin to win title?”

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 MotoGP calendar has thrown up a new format of 21 rounds, 42 races, including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP Sprint races which are the source of controversy.
"I expect a very tight season,” ex-Honda and Suzuki boss Suppo said. “We’ve had four world champions in the last four years – 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez, , 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia. It means the sport is very balanced. It’s ✤not like what we saw a few years a🐎go where Marc was dominating.
"We’ve gone from the ‘Fantastic Four’ of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Casey Stoner, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Lorenzo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dani Pedrosa to probably the fantastic 12 now.
“There’s nobody that is clearly stronger t💧han the others, except Marc if he can get back to what we saw in 2019. And we still don’t know if that is possible or not."
Ducati to dominate?
"Ducati has a very strong team,” Suppo said. “Not only in the factory team but also at Pramac, because I strongly believe that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin is a title contender."
Can Yahama deliver for Quartararo?

"Fabio is Fabio," said Suppo. "He proved to be both very fast and very strong mentally bec🐈ause it’s not easy to do what he did in the past two years – being the only one able to be fast o🅺n a bike that everyone else complained isn’t good enough.
“If Yamahꦫa can give him a bit more top speed, then Fabio will absolutely be there."
Fluke for Aprilia?
"It won’t be easy for April🌺ia to prove that what happe💫ned last year wasn’t a fluke,” Suppo said.
“What’s happened with t♐hem in the past f💟ew years is almost like a miracle. They’ve come from nothing and in such a short time they’ve improved a lot. Aprilia is doing a great job.
“I have a lot of trust in Manu Cazeaux, who is now crew chief to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales. He’s one of the cleverest enginee𝕴rs♊ that I’ve ever seen.
“He’s very intelligent, empat𓆉hetic and strong. He’𒈔s very good at motivating his riders.

“I know Maver🌜ick really wanted Manu with him when he went to Yamaha but Manu believed in the Suzuki pr🥃oject and stayed there.
“But their relationship is very, very strong, so I believe Maveri𝔉ck could be the big surprise in 2023."
KTM have ‘one of the strongest riders’
"KTM have done a lot of things to improve ♈when it comes to hiring people and changing t💧heir structure,” said Suppo.
“It’s [tecꦬhnical director] Fabiano Sterlacchini’s second season there and now other Italian engineers have joined the squad.
"I believe that will help Fabiano to improve the bike quicker. They’ve added very experienced people and, importantly, they’re now Fabian🐷o’s people. This means a lot.

“It’s one thing working with the people you find in the company, sometimes you can be lucky aཧnd find people that you like and that share the same ideas, but now he’s signed his own people, people he believes KTM really needs. So, I’m confident they’re about to make a step forward.
" is Jack, we know he can be fast. Plus, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder, they have one of th൩e strongest r🎀iders out there.
“Then they also have their satellite team, which is now far more organised than befo🍷re. The change of name isn’t just a marketing tool but from what I understand they will have four factory bikes on track."
Honda excuses?
"Honda now has two former world champions," said Suppo. "A rider who won two of the last three races and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Takaaki Nakagami, who has proved he is far from a slow rider.
"They don’t have any rookies, they don’t have anyone there for other reasons. They have four good rid💫ers.
"Three of them are able to win races, two of them win a championship, so 🐎they cannot blame the riders if the performance 💎isn’t there. There are no excuses."

James ☂was a sports journalist at S🐲ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.