In this particular case, Livio Suppo spoke about different topics, both current and from the past, when Valentino Rossi was still racing. Italians are always more inclined to talk about their compatriots on the track, but this was also specifically the case with Marc Márquez’s move to Ducati. It will certainly be interesting to see Marc Márquez in the seat currently occupied by Fabio Di Giannantonio at Gresini.
Dall’Igna and his work at Ducati with Márquez: “Marc Márquez’s telemetry at Ducati I don’t think interests Dall’Igna very much, as he’s more interested in the other Ducati riders, to see where he’s stronger than them.
Diggia’s performance. ‘Fabio Di Giannantonio seems to have finally adapted to the category, but his situation is particular, it reminds me of Alex Barros, who when his seat was in danger for next year it was when he went fast. Magically, they complain less and go faster. I don’t know if ‘Diggia’ has really made the leap or if it’s the fear of losing his seat that’s blocking him’.
A complicated year for Enea, with more injuries than on-track activity. ‘In my opinion, at this point, Enea isn’t just suffering from the injuries he’s had, but he’s suffering from something else which I don’t know if it’s the change of technical director more than a 23-year-old bike. It’s going well with everyone but him. So, even here, it’s hard to think that the 23-year-old bike is stranger or more difficult or whatever than the 22-year-old bike that he hasn’t been riding, because the other year he was riding the 21-year-old bike. It’s certainly been a very difficult year. When things start to go wrong, it’s hard to get out, just like when they start to go right. You get stronger and stronger, but when things start to go wrong it’s harder and harder to get out. That’s all’.
‘The people who always want to see conspiracy are the ones who say Valentino only won because of the tire.
‘What became super negative after 2015 was something that allowed Capirossi, right here at Phillip Island, to win his first world championship. I mean, Italian riders helped Loris win his first world championship and nobody believed the scandal. It was as if there was a guy who could win the world championship and the other Italian drivers helped him if they could’.
Zarco’s win in Australia: ‘It always existed and I imagine that Zarco, who won this race, maybe next time, if he was in a position to protect him here, he couldn’t protect him, I mean, here if he didn’t pass him the others would pass him anyway, so it was good that he tried to win because he took five points off Pecco. Maybe there are other situations where I can help him, because I imagine that would make sense too. I used to put in the drivers’ contracts when I was working that the drivers are at the same level, they have the same support, but if at the end of the championship one of them is mathematically out of the fight for the title, the team can ask him for help, which also makes sense to me’.
Clearing up doubts. “‘ Those who always want to see conspiracy are the ones who say that Valentino only won because of the tire. They’re the ones who say that Valentino gave him a tire in Valencia to crash. You hear a lot of stupid things. The world is full of idiots. If the world were more intelligent, there wouldn’t be the wars there are now?