Loris Capirossi will take to the race track for the very last time tomorrow as he begins the end of his glorious motorcycle racing career. In a fitting tribute to the loss of fellow Italian Marco Simoncelli, Loris will race with the number 58 plate, made famous by Marco, and wear special leathers.
Ducati has joined the MotoGP paddock in honoring the memory of Marco Simoncelli as the team prepares for the final race of 2011.
Australian road racer, Damian Cudlin gets the break of his career this weekend when he takes over Loris Capirossi’s Pramac Ducati for the Motegi MotoGP round. The Taree, NSW native (where Troy Bayliss hails from) will swap his BMW Superbike that he races in the German IDM Superbike championship for a Ducati GP11.
An emotional Loris Capirossi announced that he will retire from motorcycle racing at the end of the year, bookmarking a tremendous career that included the 125 Championship at his first attempt aged 17, 3 World Championships and Ducati’s first MotoGP victory.
Valentino Rossi battled a still recalcitrant Ducati and his slowly recovering shoulder to take 7th place in his Ducati MotoGP debut at Losail, Qatar on Sunday. In what was a disappointing day for Ducati fans both Pramac Ducatis went out early whilst Nicky Hayden finished 9th.
MotoGP’s older statesman, Loris Capirossi, has finally decided to put 3 dismal seasons on a Rizla Suzuki behind him and return to Ducati for the 2011 season where he will race for the satellite Pramac team. The announcement which has been expected for some time means there will now be two Ducati mounted Italians in [...]
