At the Valencia GP pre-race press conference Casey Stoner talked about Livio Suppo leaving Ducati confirming his excellent relationship with the Italian manager despite rumors and speculation that want Stoner behind Suppo’s unexpected move to Honda HRC.
“Livio’s played a big part not only in my success but in the whole success of Ducati.
He’s been there a long, long time, from the beginning of the MotoGP project.
He’s done a fantastic job and I think everyone in this room would agree with me, no matter how much they like or dislike him.
You know I’ve had an excellent relationship with Livio.
You know a lot of people tried to push us apart when I was away in Australia, and you know it’s wrong basically.
Nobody understood what was happening.
Livio was there for me the whole time, was there we were in contact making sure I was ok, emailing every second or third day just to make sure everything was going well and seeing if he could do anything for me.
You know it’s going to be a big loss to the team.
I wish him well in his future dealings.
It definitely would have been nice to see out my career with Ducati with him.
” You can hear Stoner’s entire interview here.