Alberto Puig will step down as group supervisor of Honda’s manufacturing facility squad on the finish of the present MotoGP season to turn out to be an advisor to the Japanese producer.
The information comes lower than every week after it emerged that Davide Brivio, presently group principal at Trackhouse and beforehand a senior government at Yamaha and Suzuki, will go away the American outfit on the finish of the yr to affix HRC from 2027.
Nonetheless, Motorsport.com understands that the position Honda has assigned to Brivio is not going to be that of group supervisor, however as a substitute be extra carefully associated to advertising and marketing and industrial actions.
“After virtually a decade as group supervisor for Honda HRC’s manufacturing facility MotoGP group, Alberto Puig will take up a key advisory position for Honda HRC from 2027,” learn a press release from Honda.
“Honda Racing Company will proceed to utilise Alberto Puig’s 4 a long time of grand prix racing expertise because the 59-year-old Barcelona-native transitions to a brand new position inside Honda HRC.
“Appointed group supervisor of Honda HRC’s manufacturing facility group in 2018, Puig guided the squad to back-to-back triple crowns. The brand new position will see Puig proceed to help Honda HRC administration and workers with numerous duties throughout all of Honda’s two-wheeled racing actions.
“As HRC advisor, Puig will proceed to assist form HRC’s youth improvement programmes whereas concurrently bolstering Honda’s efforts within the MotoGP and WorldSBK championships by supporting administration workers and riders by assessing the general image of Honda HRC’s two-wheeled actions.”
Puig, 59, succeeded Livio Suppo within the position he has held since 2018. The Spaniard’s reference to Honda has all the time been notably sturdy, each throughout his profession as a rider and after his retirement in 1997 following the intense crash he suffered at Le Mans in 1995, which left his left leg badly injured.
Luca Marini, Honda HRC
Picture by: Pierre-Louis Le Mouëllic
Earlier that very same yr, in Jerez, the Barcelona native had celebrated his first victory within the premier class — then the 500cc class.
After hanging up his leathers, he took on a number of roles linked to the world championship, usually working alongside Dorna, promoter of the sequence. He was director of the favored Movistar-backed improvement cup that helped produce stars together with Dani Pedrosa, whose supervisor Puig later grew to become.
He additionally performed a key position within the creation of Honda’s expertise improvement cups, a place he nonetheless holds at this time.
“I first stepped into the world championship paddock in 1987 and since then I’ve been a racer, labored with younger riders, a rider supervisor and a group supervisor – all the time with Honda,” mentioned Puig.
“Throughout this time, I’ve skilled many moments, optimistic and damaging, all of which have given me useful data on tips on how to work with riders, folks and completely different conditions.
“It’s been a lifetime of main from the entrance and now I really feel my expertise are greatest suited to have a look at the general image. I’m wanting ahead to utilizing my expertise on this new alternative to assist Honda HRC, its riders and its workers to develop and face all of the challenges and successes which racing presents.”
Honda is predicted to announce a alternative for Puig within the coming weeks.
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