have this close relationship with riders and help and support them. I think it is a strong extra benefit I can bring. In this respect I have to give credit to my Dad for all his help on this side. I will also work with sponsors and try to find new partners. I need someone who can help prepare that part. few sides of the job; we haven’t even mentioned the testing and development of the bikes and the whole strategy behind the team structure. Fortunately Sylvain will be at my side for the next three years to help me out for some things like the contact with Suzuki and to teach me also how to do things in the best possible way and slowly gain the trust of the Japanese engineers and management.”We have been talking only about a It’s curious that through your career people made comments like ‘he cannot win with Husky, he cannot win 100 GPs, he cannot win three motos in a day’ and now they also make 06 TEAM SUZUKI RACINGcomments like ‘what is he doing trying to be a team owner?!’“It is something that motivates me even more to show that I can do it. I love the fact that people feel they have to say those things because it drives me on. I really feel ready for what I am doing even if someone will say: ‘he’s crazy.’ I love this sport so much and I love to travel and be at the races. I love finding new talent. I still love winning! I want to be the best and I was born this way and will die this way. I want success with this team. A lot of things need to change, to move and be pushed forward. It will be hard work and a ‘helluva job but I always try to think of the positive side.Suzuki has been at the front of long and constantly in title contention. will be pressure to keep that going, but are there also things you want to change and see done differently?MXGP for so There “I think a lot of things can be changed. I think for the last few years Sylvain has been going into a mode of just getting the team organised and I believe some sort of ‘refresh’ and some new motivation pumped into the team will help. Sylvain has a few years on the clock and I think it is totally understandable that he does not have that dynamism to push forwards any more. I’d like to change the team set-up in the future, such as the fact that we have the hospitality truck that is really cool but needs to be used more and perhaps can look even better in the future. I’d like to create a really strong team image. On the multimedia side we can work harder and expand our profile more. The interaction with the fans is important. On another side I’d like to push Suzuki with their model range and give more options for the market. Things like merchandising as well. I see a lot of paths we can explore. I see a big opportunity. I cannot do all of it and need the help of Suzuki but I think it is the right time to try and fit it together. It will take a few years of course and I have three and five year targets in my mind.”As an athlete Everts wore FImedals with three other Japanese brands and has notable legacies with two of those manufacturers. The fact that Suzuki is where his illustrious career surged into the big time is not lost on the Belgian. “one who got me into Suzuki. He saw me riding as a 13-14 year old and he was impressed. Suzuki shipped two bikes from Japan at a time when they were not doing much at all in off-road and motocross. They had stopped for a few years but he gained their support and that was where it all started for me. I raced for him for five seasons and we won a championship and took a second and a third. what Sylvain and Suzuki gave me.”They were my first love,” he says. “Sylvain is the Those were some great years and I respected M championship December 2015 Racing News 07“I LOVE THIS SPORT SO AND BE AT THE RACES. I LOVE FINDING NEI STILL LOVE MUCH AND I LOVE TO TRAVEL W TALENT. WINNING!”“THEY WEREMY FIRST LOVE”
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