Until now Joan mir, which is in this season MotoGP entered as the current world champion, has so far failed to meet high expectations. He was the third driver Suzuki climbed the podium three times. In total, he is in fourth place after nine races and is already 55 points behind the leading racer of the World Championship, Fabio Quartararojem.
The lag is also due to the fact that it is a development Suzuki GSX-RR in fact, it stalled, while competition over the winter progressed markedly. Finally, they are like that Mir feces alex rins expressed concern over the form of the team.
"It is true that some competitors have taken important steps forward," in an interview for Motorsport.com acknowledged by Suzuki’s MotoGP project manager Shinichi Sahara. "But we also have to take into account that some of them also came back after making certain developmental mistakes."
“We have also improved our GSX-RR since last year in many areas, but the step has not been as big and noticeable as the year before. Our engineers, whether in the factory or on the racetrack, never stop, and are always on the move, aiming to become more and more competitive, ” he adds Sahara and emphasizes: “We’ve never been obsessed with things like defending the title. We do not feel this pressure. Winning is the end result of consistent, positive and healthy work on all parts of the puzzle, be it a technical meeting, training, setting up a motorcycle or racing tactics. ”