a board and on this board are
people who are not interested in
racing. Outside of MotoGP…it is
nothing! You are making num-
bers and thinking of the future
and strategy and maybe there
are people thinking 'what is Mo-
toGP? And why are we spending
50 million [a year]?' we could
invest that in electric cars or
have another marketing strategy.
I don't know but for sure there
are some Japanese that don't
like MotoGP. And if they are in
the majority on the board...?
"People with a suit and in a
chair in Japan have never come
here and aren't worried about
the people that work here. It's
shit because all of these people
are so professional. With a really
low budget they made really suc-
cessful results."
Jarvis agrees he and other
MotoGP teams are at the whim
of those who sit on factory
boards. "Once any large cor-
poration in the world, when the
board decides something big,
there is almost no stopping it.
If it comes to a major issue and
there is a reason to make radical
decisions, then any board can
do such things," he said.
This year, Suzuki
is still considered
a championship
contender, but bad
luck has been slowing
the team down.
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