Having been born and raised in the vicinity of the legendary
Monza racetrack, Brivio had an early passion for motorsport and was a keen
motocross racer. He became the circuit commentator at his local motocross track and wrote reports for a motorcycle magazine. Brivio graduated from the Istituto Villa Greppi in
Monticello Brianza with a diploma in
accountancy in 1982.
World Superbike Beginning in 1990, Brivio was the press officer for
Fabrizio Pirovano in the
World Superbike series. In 1992, he became team manager of the Belgarda Yamaha Racing Division in World Superbike. By the end of 1993, he moved to
Yamaha Factory Racing in World Superbike, and by 1995 was promoted to team manager, where he remained until the end of 2000. He continued in a consultancy role with the team for 2001.
MotoGP Yamaha At the end of 2001 Brivio was promoted to team manager of the Yamaha
MotoGP efforts. The sport was moving to
four-stroke engines for
2002, and he was expected to bring relevant expertise from World Superbike which has used four-stroke engines since the series' inception. Brivio was instrumental in coaxing
Valentino Rossi to move away from Honda and join Yamaha in 2004. From 2004 to 2010, Brivio and Yamaha enjoyed success with 5 riders' championships (Rossi in
2004,
2005,
2008, and
2009, and
Jorge Lorenzo in
2010) and 4 constructors' championships (2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010). Brivio placed a focus on signing younger promising riders from lower classes in order to develop them to fit with the Suzuki team and bike. A return in form in
2018 saw the team achieve 9 podiums that year, and in
2019 Álex Rins took two wins in America and Great Britain. In
2020, Brivio's efforts came to fruition, with the team taking 2 wins and 11 podiums en route to the teams' championship and a riders' championship for
Joan Mir, the first for Suzuki since
2000 with
Kenny Roberts Jr. In January 2021, Suzuki and Brivio announced that he would be leaving the Suzuki team and MotoGP as whole.
Formula One In January 2021, Brivio became the racing director of
Alpine F1 Team. In early 2022, Brivio was moved out of the
Formula One team to focus on Alpine's young driver programme and oversee potential forays into other motorsport categories as director of racing expansion projects. In December 2023, Alpine announced that he would be leaving the organization by the end of the year, sparking speculation of a return to MotoGP.
Return to MotoGP Trackhouse Aprilia Brivio returned to the MotoGP paddock, joining
Trackhouse Racing as team principal for its debut season in
2024. With
Raúl Fernández's win at the
2025 Australian Grand Prix, Brivio became the first man to win races with three different manufacturers as team principal. == References ==