“to run a company with a lot of people under my wings. I’ve worked in the past with the Japanese and it is a completely different way to go about things. It is going to be different but fun and I’m sure it will be rewarding.”Everts’ magnificent achievement of 101 Grand Prix victories and 10 world titles as a professional racer began with Hamamatsu’s finest technology at the beginning of the 1990s. Sylvain Geboers – a faithful steward and long-time bastion of Suzuki’s racing progression at the highest level for three decades overseeing 125, 250 and MX1 title success – plucked the young Belgian to continue Watanabe, where the likes of Gaston Rahier, Akira Harry Everts (three times), Eric Geboers, Michele Rinaldi and Donny Schmidt had trodden previously. Now, with Everts’ acquisition of Geboers Racing Promotion (GRP) from the former 250cc Grand Prix winner in the early 1970s, the 43 year old has come back to launch a new stage of his post-competitive career and take Suzuki onwards into the third decade of the century.04 TEAM SUZUKI RACING“I have been friends with Sylvain for many years and we’d always talk at the GPs. I knew for a while that he was looking at retirement and a time to stop,” explains Everts, who ‘retired’ himself at the end of a final championship triumph in 2006 and has barely stepped away from Grand Prix. “I was very busy in my former job but it got to a point where I was not happy in what I was doing for a living and we talked more. I was excited about it from the beginning. months and I made my decision in the summer.”We never really talked about it too much because GRP – Suzuki’s forceful European base located in Lommel and a few kilometres from the notoriously tough sandy Grand Prix venue – has been the breeding ground for the development of the company’s flagship off-road racer, the RZ450, since the model was introduced to replace the potent RThe works team has helped evolve the motorcycle through phases such We chatted for some M250 in 2004. M-as fuel injection and electronics and all the while keeping Suzuki at the forefront of the premier class of the FIM series. Names like Strijbos, De Dycker, Ramon and Desalle have all boosted the large silverware collection at Lommel in the last 10 years. Everts will take on this mantle and the lofty standards set by Geboers and his dedicated team of professionals that have not changed radically through the passing of many racing campaigns. GRP also oversees Suzuki’s MX2 and European Championship programme that has witnessed talent like Ken Roczen, Jeremy Seewer and Brian Hsu grow-up and prosper ‘in yellow.’“It is a very big challenge and a big responsibility…but actually, I think I am ready for it,” he states. “I have the age and the knowledge. I have been retired for nine years and thanks to my job as co-ordinator at another manufacturer I was able to build up some experience on the other side of the fence. I feel ready! And I needed something new.With Suzuki it will be a lot,” he adds. “I will have Stefan, since 2006 you’ve had a range of responsibilities like working with R&D, senior management, team management and rider coaching. At Suzuki what will it be now?“I think it will still be a multi-functional role. I will need good people in my team that I can trust and can rely on but I will need to make some major decisions that I’m sure will come up. will also be important for me is to continue to December 2015 Racing News What 05“IT IS A VERY BIG CHALLENGE AND A BIG RESPONSIBILITY…BUT ACTUALLY, I THINK I AM READY FOR IT”
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