Capirossi confirmed with Pramac
Added on Friday, October 29th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor
Capirossi confirmed with Pramac
Loris Capirossi has been confirmed at the Pramac Ducati team to partner French rider Randy de Puniet in the 2011 season.
The MotoGP veteran, who has 313 Grand Prix starts, 29 wins, 99 podiums and three titles (two in the 125cc class and one in the 250cc category) to his name, has joined the satellite Ducati after three seasons with the Rizla Suzuki team.
The move means that the 37-year-old is back on the bike that he rode as a factory rider in 2007 and the Italian is looking forward to a brand new challenge in the latter stages of his career.
“This return on a Ducati bike makes me feel like a child! I do not feel 37 years old,” he claimed.
“I have a great desire to start this new adventure, I’m enormously pleased about this new agreement with the Pramac Racing Team which will allow me to ride and be part of an Italian team. I would like to thank the Team Principal of the Pramac Racing Team, Paolo Campinoti, for giving me this great opportunity and for the confidence placed in me.
“I’ll ride the Ducati again, with which I had very good results in the past and that I was able to develop in the 2007 season. This is a special feeling for me.”
“We are very pleased to have signed an agreement with one of the most experienced and titled riders currently riding in the MotoGP World Championship,” added Pramac team principal Paolo Campinoti. “The deal between us was very simple because Pramac Racing Team and Loris always try to fight for important results. We do not need to talk about Loris, we all know him, we know his value and we are sure that thanks to his quality we’ll have fun next year on all the tracks, taking some satisfaction too.
“With Loris we will celebrate our tenth anniversary in the World Championship and this is a real honour for us. We know that Loris has achieved 99 podiums in his career and we hope to achieve triple figures together. I would like to thank our partners who have welcomed our choice and we hope that Loris’s fans and those of Pramac Racing will follow us with passion during next season.”
