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Loris Capirossi - Rizla Suzuki 2009

The current Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi, has once again signed with the team for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship to ride alongside rookie Alvaro Bautista.

The Team Suzuki Press Office statement read;

Suzuki Motor Corporation is pleased to announce that it has secured the services of Loris Capirossi for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship.

Capirossi will sign a one-year extension to his current Suzuki contract during the Indianapolis MotoGP this weekend. The experienced Italian joined Suzuki at the start of the 2008 season and has become a highly-respected and influential figure within the Hamamatsu factory’s racing division.

Loris Capirossi said;

“I am very happy to continue working with Suzuki and everyone involved with the Racing Group and the team. I love working with my crew and feel really at home here. When I joined Suzuki I really wanted to win races and this is still the target. I love the competition and the challenge and my ambition to succeed is as strong as ever. We are 100% focused on developing the GSV-R into a race-winning machine and the improvements that have come through recently show that Suzuki is working in the right direction. I am pleased to have signed again at this time of the season as it gives me a great motivation for the rest of the year and an incentive to get the bike ready for 2010.”