Suzuki MotoGP project leader Shinichi Sahara admits Davide Br😼🐷ivio's unexpected departure as team manager has made the factory's quest for a satellite team more complicated.

However, Sahara "hasn't giღven up" and will continue speaking with "several teams" about a supply of the world championship-winning GSX-RRs.

Gresini (splitting from Aprilia at th🥂e end of this season), Sky VR46 (considering a 2022 MotoGP entry) an𝓡d Petronas (a previous Suzuki target) are thought to be among the potential partners for Suzuki machinery in 2022.

"About a satellite team, yes, Davide was the main person to speak with several teams, as a window to Suzuki," Sahara said. "Of course, I have been involved as well, but Davide leaving h𝐆as made me busier.

"Half ♍of the satellite team building job is at the track, to speak with the teams, and the other half is proceeding in the factory.

"Anyway, I haven't given up about﷽ a satellite team, but Davide's departure makes the situation a little bit more difficul꧋t for me. Like I said, made me busier, but that's it. I will continue."

Sahara added: "Slowly we are progressing. I myself start to𝄹 think in more detail about how to manage, how to organise the satellite team. And as I𒉰 said, we are speaking with several teams still.

"So at the track I have to continue speaking with the teams and at the factory I have to continue to explain to the top management. So I can say progressing, slowly. Step by stꦓep."

Bri🎀vio, who left Suzuki to become racing director of the Alpine F1 team, previously stated that March-April would be the deadline to decide on a sat♑ellite project for 2022.

Sahara added that Suzuki would soon j🐽oin KTM, Ducati and Honda in officially signing up for the next five🌱-year MotoGP contract cycle with Dorna.

"We are ꦚjust doing some paperwork in the company to proceed to sign the contract," he said.

Reigning wor𓆉ld champion Joan Mir and team-mate Alex Rins🎐 (third in last year's standings) will again form Suzuki's MotoGP line-up in 2021.