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2/28/2018 2:56pm
2/28/2018 2:56pm
Got to speak with a very honest Stefan Everts to get his side on what happened with Suzuki leaving MXGP - and he still doesn’t understand the timing or why it happened. He also gave his thoughts on the leading contenders for the MXGP series and Cairoli potentially equalling his record of ten world titles:
Everts on Suzuki interview
Everts on Suzuki interview
Can someone explain this.
It is sad that he's so bitter.
The Shop
Having diffefences in approaches and not being able to find common ground is common and its hardly "throwing shade" to anyone mature enough to regonize the difference..
Good on him for taking a step back and concentrating on his son, will give him a clearer picture of what to do next.
To the OP, Everts does come across as having a "little" bit of an ego.
But yes, he does come across a bit confident in him self usually, but I reckon the confidence has got a dent in it now . I hope it makes him a better person and that he doesn't disappear from the GP scene altogether.
Pit Row
He failed at attrating a main sponsor: It was the first comment by Suzuki and Geboers when he took over, and it was a recurring theme: Do you have a main sponsor.
He failed to get the most out of his riders because he only knows his way: Herlings, Strijbos, Seewer, Lawrence. They all made public statements on this.
He failed to understand the art of mastering the politics for getting OEM factory support: It was a total surprise to him when Suzuki quit.
"You know, i really didnt see it coming. Looking back i should have known. From the start when i bought the team (editor: he bought the team end of 2015 from Sylvain Geboers) there was 1 question that was repeated over and over: Do you have a big sponsor? Rockstar after all had quit after a dirty game behind the scenes. So financially it was allready not a good situation at Suzuki. The question remains for me if Sylvain who had been working with the Japanese for 25 years knew this, and if the feeling i have of being betrayed is deservedly"
The final part i translate as: Sylvain was now an 'employee' who should work according to the vision of the new boss, and not work according to his own vision. My translation so not sure if it is correct, but also not uncommon to see when the owner sells his company that they fail to realise they are now an employee who have to accept that things are being changed.
Just cause he was a 10 time world champ doesn't mean he's world class manager.
It is not common that riders speak out negative on the quality of team management. With Everts there have been a bunch of riders who have speaken out in public that Everts style of handling the riders was not beneficial to them. How much impact it had on the results i don't know, but the fact that so many riders say this is telling.
"You know, i really didnt see it coming. Looking back i should have known. From the start when i bought the team (editor: he bought the team end of 2015 from Sylvain Geboers) there was 1 question that was repeated over and over: Do you have a big sponsor? Rockstar after all had quit after a dirty game behind the scenes. So financially it was allready not a good situation at Suzuki. The question remains for me if Sylvain who had been working with the Japanese for 25 years knew this, and if the feeling i have of being betrayed is deservedly"
Looks like Everts bought the team and failed to realize that Suzuki would not fund the team long term just by itself (= you have a year or 2 to find a main sponsor or we quit). And looks like he feels that Geboers knew this and failed to disclose this.
As the dirty act on Rockstar: Maybe he refers to OEMS fighting for the sponsorship? Didn't rockstar move to Husqvarna at that time?
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