Suzuki MotoGP projecꦛt leader Shinichi Sahara has revealed that the reigning MotoGP world champions have formed a s꧙even-person 'committee' to fill the void left by the surprise departure of team manager Davide Brivio.

It's noꦕt yet clear how long the committee will remain in place, but Sahara said it's 'working very well so far' and gives tဣhe factory time to carefully consider a future replacement for Brivio.

Sahara confirmed the ideal solution wo꧟uld be to promote somebody within the team to team manager, but that they would 'choose a guy from outsid𝓡e if necessary'.

Brivio, who&nbs💧p;oversaw Valentino Ross🦹i's world titles at Yamaha, had been Suzuki team manager since the factory's 2015 MotoGP return. But just two months after Joan Mir's historic triumph, he surprised the team by leaving to become racing director of the Alpine (Renault) F1 squad.

"We've established a team management committee with the key persons in the team,♏" explained Sahara, who said he had replied 'which year are you talking about?' when first informed by Brivio that he would be leaving MotoGP for F1.

"These key persons are in charge, item-by-item, session-by-session, for discussing matters and exchanging information. This is the way we chose t♉o manage the situation after👍 Davide's departure.

"🍌In the committee there are seven persons, including me and Ken Kawauchi the technical manager [see below for the full list].

"I don’t know who will become team manager in the future, but for everybody 𒁃it's a good chance to learn what the team mana𓂃gement job is, to be involved in the committee and exchange all the information about what we need to do.

"I think those guys, and also other team members, are highly skilled. So it's no wonder if somebody can be promoted to team manaꦚger in the future… but not me!"

Sahara added: "The team manager's job is not simple and there were various kinds of jobs that Davide wa🐲s doing. But for the moment I 𒅌can't imagine any significantly difficult job because, as I said, we have many skilled persons in the team that can compensate for Davide's departure.

"We've only just started the new system with the team management committee and it's worked very well so far. Everything is under control I fe💜el. Even I think the teaꦓm are united more than before.

"Because before Davide gathered the opinions, suggestions or requests from♒ those guys – from the marketing point of view, technical point of view – and forwarded to me and other persons, so sometimes these suggestions were 🐼filtered or amplified.

"But now we can communicate more directly, so for that reason I feel we are united more than before and we are trying to solve this difficult situation tog🅘ether.

"We haven't had a single 🍷race yet with this committee system. So we will see and, if necessary, we will think to choose one guy from outside [as team manager] but I cannot imagine now who that person would be or if it's necessary or not.

"The best situation is if I can promote somebody within the team to become team manager in the future. But anyway, if somebody gets promoted to team manager, then we will need another person✃ to replace this guy's original position. We will see during the season."

Suzuki's 'magnificent seven' team management committee is as follows:

Shinichi Sahara - Project Leader

Ken Kawauchi - Technical Manager

Frankie Carchedi - Joan Mir’s Crew Chief

José Manuel Cazeaux - Alex Rins’ Crew Chief

Alberto Gomez - Marketing & Communication Manager

Mitia Dotta - Team Coordinator

Roberto Brivio - Team Coordinator