Thema: Ducati Corse: Suppo raus, Tardozzi rein?

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Zitat von johnchypermotard

inside scoop ... not public yet, but soon to be announced:

suppo to be replaced by tardozzi as ducati motogp team manager.

ciao,
johnc

Hat jemand was verlauten gehört? Ich wusst wohl das sie Vito Guareschi befördert haben, aber wieso sollte man Suppo entfernen? Der ist doch erfolgreich. Wegen Rossi?

Tja, scheinbar unruhige Zeiten bei Ducati Corse!
Die Buschtrommeln verlauten: Davide Tardozzi wech (zu BWM italia), Livio Suppo wech (zu HRC ) und der Teamleiter des Superstock Team, Serafino Foti (das einzige mit einem Titel dies Jahr) auch wech....

Nachdem die HRC Jungs dem Lorenzo schon die Mechaniker unterm Arsch weggekauft haben nun auch einen Team Prinzipal von Ducati Corse. Scheinbar meint es Honda mal wieder ernst mit dem WM Titel...

Aber das der Tadozzi geht...., der erfolgreichste Teamchef in der SBK Geschichte..., das ist bitter!

Chris

Ducati Makes It Official: Suppo Gone, To Be Replaced By Duo
Submitted by David Emmett on Thu, 2009-11-05 15:30.
in Ducati MotoGP Valencia, Spain
Now it's official: Ducati have announced officially that Livio Suppo is to leave Ducati, as we reported yesterday. Suppo is to embark on "a new professional adventure," according to the press release. His position is to be split in two, with Vito Guareschi taking over as team manager, while Ducati Corse's marketing manager Alessandro Cicognani is due to take over as the project manager. The official Ducati press release is shown below:

LIVIO SUPPO LEAVES THE DUCATI MOTOGP TEAM. NEW MANAGEMENT OF THE 2010 SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED

Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 5 November 2009 – The last race of the 2009 MotoGP season will also be the last race in Ducati MotoGP Team colours for Livio Suppo, Ducati's MotoGP project manager. The Italian manager will leave Ducati to embark on a new professional adventure.

In Ducati since 1999, Suppo was involved in this challenging and ambitious project from the very beginning, contributing with his intuition, perseverance and enthusiasm to the world title victory of 2007 and to the many podiums and successes that have characterised the life of the Ducati Desmosedici from its debut in 2003 up until today

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2009...tor_yaman.html

Suppo To Be HRC Marketing Director, Yamano To Remain Team Manager
Submitted by David Emmett on Thu, 2009-11-05 18:53.
in Honda MotoGP
After Livio Suppo's shock departure from the Marlboro Ducati team, details of his new role at HRC are emerging which cast a new light on how the Italian came to leave Ducati. Suppo's departure had caused speculation of problems inside the team over Casey Stoner's absence, but it is now emerging that the switch was very much down to Suppo, rather than Ducati.

Suppo has been hired by HRC to fulfill the role of Marketing Director, where his duties will be focused on raising money for Honda's MotoGP effort. Suppo is widely credited with being a key player in finding sponsors for Ducati, as a result of which Ducati's is the only MotoGP program to be fully covered by sponsorship cash. While Yamaha, Honda and especially Suzuki still pay a significant part of their MotoGP budgets out of their own pockets, Ducati funds almost its entire racing program from the money it receives from its sponsors.

Honda will be keen for Suppo to perform the same task for them as he did for Ducati. If Suppo can raise the kind of money for Honda he has done for Ducati, then the Japanese factory will have more budget to spend on its MotoGP team. And with Honda widely expected to be the most aggressive party once bidding starts for riders in the middle of 2010, that money will give them more leverage to chase Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo to slot in alongside Dani Pedrosa. Given the strength of Honda's pursuit of Suppo, the likelihood of the decision being a result of any displeasure on Ducati's side is almost zero. After the press conference at Valencia, Casey Stoner again denied any rift with Suppo, telling reporters that he had known about the switch for a few weeks.

With Suppo focusing on finding sponsorship, the management of the team will remain as it is. Kazuhiko Yamano remains in place as team manager, and will continue to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the team. Meanwhile, Honda have also found a replacement for Pete Benson, Andrea Dovizioso's crew chief. Ramon Aurin, currently Dovi's data engineer, will step up to take over the role from Benson.