Davide Brivio has been involved in world championship motorcycle racing since 1🦄992, but he's never experienced anything like the current situation caused by the coronavirus.

The first four rounds of the MotoGP season have so been cancelled or postponed and few would be surpꦇrised if the new opening event at Jerez on May 3 - plus fol🍒lowing rounds at Le Mans and Mugello - are also delayed.

"There has never been such an emergency situatio✨n which has resulted in the ca♌ncellation or postponement of races," Brivio said.

"We had an economic crisis in♌ 2008 and we tried to reduce costs, and then in 20🥃18 we cancelled a race at Silverstone because of the extreme weather conditions.

"But I don’t remember any situation which, for political or health reasons, meant such a long stop. Nobody has experienced this in world sport before. This is a global sit𝐆uation.”

Stressing that "pubꦫlic health and people’s safety are the priority" the Suzuki MotoGP𓆏 team boss added:

"The modern sporting world has never suffered an🍨ything like this. In a way it almost makes me think of something like a World War situation which causes everything to stop."

The non-stop nature of a norma💃l MotoGP ജseason means future planning is essential but for now all such scheduling has gone "out of the window".

"So much of our lives revolve around long-term planning and preparing,🍰 always looking ahead to the next week, 🌺month, or even year," Brivio said.

"But now that the se♋verity of the situa🌸tion is clear we have to realise that plans go out the window.

"It’s imp🌳ossible to make plans now because so many things can change, and ꩵplans changing at the last minute has almost become the norm.

"So we try to do the best we can, we wait, and we give priority to health and taking care of our fami♉lies.”

When a racin🎃g series can't race, there is an obvious economic impact for all involved.

Previously, the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis prompted Sﷺuzuki to withdraw from MotoGP for three seasons.

But if the plan of runni✅ng all the postponed races later in 2020 is successful, Brivio feels the impact "won’t be so big", although those that rely most on sponsorship payments will suffer greater cash flow issues.

“The entire economy is affected, and I believe our company is no different. The whole 🐲business is functioning differently at the moment. And of course it affects the MotoGP series too," Brivio said.

"The impact won’t be so big if we are able to continue the season 🥀without any more cancellations - when we cancel, organisers and promoters lose out. It also affects the te🍌ams who have a lot of sponsorship.

♑"But 📖if I’m honest, nobody is really thinking about financial things right now, because business and economics are the secondary priority.

"The focus for everybody iꦿs much more on healtꩵh and on how to find a way to fix things. Later on, when the emergency is over, we will think about these matters.”

With further MotoGP calendar disruption all but cer🌺tain, Brivio said that teams can 💙only be ready to react to the changing circumstances.

“We are following the situation day by day, like ever༺ybody else, to check how it’s developing. We simply have to try and make plans and then wait to see if they can be carried out, if the plan can’t happen, we make a new one.

"We are keeping in contact with Dorna and IRTA to modify things accordingly depending on the news. Of course we hope to be back on track as soon as possible, but first we ha🌌ve to get out of this emergency.”

Addressing the MotoGP fans, 🙈Brivio s♚aid he is just as keen as them to start the racing season and predicts a "great championship" lies ahead.

But for now "the most important 😼race we have is the one against Covid-19. Let’s beat that and then we can𝓀 enjoy life again and enjoy MotoGP as well.

"We unders𝔉tan🌊d how [the fans] feel because we’re also waiting, and perhaps even more keen than our fans to get back on track and start racing.

“It will be a great championship when it starts! There are many riders capable ♐of great performances and there will be many fighting for the victory.

"I know it’s hard to wait, but at the moment, let’s concentrate on this emergency. It’s imperative that we follow instructions and stay at home, li⭕ke the Italians are strictly doing now.

"If we do this all around the world for few weeks, we will be 𝓀able to start racing as soon as possible.”

Alex Rins and Jo🐓an Mir will form the Suzuki MotoGP line-up for the second consecutive season.