2018 SUMMER|RACING MAGAZINE|MOTORCYCLE|Global Suzuki
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Méliand: It is very difficult to Dominique make a comparison between these two race bikes who are “the mother and the daughter” of this range of GSX-R. Indeed, this new bike is really in the youth of the old but there stops the comparison. We need a new characteristic chassis, more competitive, to allow turns and bends in a more incisive We also needed a chassis able to suit to way. the new technologies such as tyres. We also needed an engine capable of competing with the rivals, who also does not fall asleep on its laurels. So yes, we needed a motorcycle completely redesigned, a “Circuit Beast” and not a patchwork. A bike from the old one but totally redesigned.Suzuki: How the team are developing – compared to the old one?Méliand: Work.Suzuki: How do you look ahead to the final race at Suzuka in Japan at the end of July? before this last race of the season?What is the state of mind of the team Dominique Méliand: If there is a race in the championship that is very special, it is this one. fie conditions are all different. Atmospheric conditions that are like nowhere else. manufacturers. that aim for them, only one way out: the victory of the 8 Hours. desire but a measured desire knowing that behind this race, we play a championship and that you must not let yourself be blown away. flat’s more than 35 participations for us and I do not say to ignore some stress, but we are able to dominate it to use it in a fully positive sense.”fie fact also to be at the heart of the 26tEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWSWe are not wizards. Dominique Just technicians who have the support and complicity of a factory. Some listen to others this is the only secret of this development. One word to describe this state of development: fie cohabitation of 80 crews We all have the same 2018 Issue #1 - SummerINTERVIEW DOMINIQUEMÉLIAND“SoME lIStEN to othERS thIS IS thE oNlY SECREt of thIS dEvEloPMENt. oNE WoRd to dESCRIBE thIS StAtE of dEvEloPMENt: WoRK”

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