Loris Capirossi

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Loris Capirossi
Loris Capirossi
Nationality	Italian
Date of birth	April 4, 1973 (1973-04-04) (age 35)
Place of birth	Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna
MotoGP Record
Current team	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
Bike number	65
World Championships	125cc - 1990, 1991 250cc - 1998
Race starts	266
Race Wins	29
Podium finishes	98
Pole positions	41
Fastest laps	32
Championship Points	2875
2008 Championship position	6th (51 pts) - In Progress

Loris Capirossi (born April 4, 1973) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who currently rides for the factory Suzuki MotoGP team. He is a former 250cc World Champion for Aprilia.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 250cc career 1.2 500cc career 1.3 Return to 250cc 1.4 MotoGP 1.5 Personal life 2 Career statistics 2.1 By season 2.2 By class 2.3 Races by year (1999 onwards) 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Capirossi was born in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna.

[edit] 250cc career

Capirossi moved up to 250cc class for the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season on a year-old bike. He led the championship in both 1993 and 1994 without winning it.

[edit] 500cc career

The 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was Capirossi's first season in the top-level 500cc championship, aboard a Pileri Honda, often qualifying better than he raced but still taking 6th in the series, before taking a win in 1996 for Wayne Rainey's Yamaha team.

[edit] Return to 250cc

Capirossi returned to 250cc championship for 1997, battling his Aprilia team-mate, Tetsuya Harada down to the final race of the 1998 season when the two riders were involved in a controversial incident in Argentina. Harada was leading the race into the final corner of the final lap when Harada's bike was rammed from behind by Capirossi's machine, sending the Japanese rider off the track. Valentino Rossi would pass both riders for the victory. Capirossi recovered to claim second place and the world championship but, Aprilia would release him during the off-season.

[edit] MotoGP

Capirossi returned to the 500cc championship for 2000, and has been there through its evolution to today's 800cc four-stroke MotoGP bikes. He won his home race in 2000, and 3 more en route to 3rd overall in 2001. 2002 was a less competitive year, hampered by a wrist injury. He was not given access to Honda's 4-stroke machine in late 2002 when team-mate Alex Barros was, as he was already to leave the team.

In 2003 he joined Ducati, taking their first win at Barcelona and 4th overall, before a slightly disappointing 2004 on a bike with huge straight line speed but a lack of grip. Still, he stayed on the bike more often than team-mate Troy Bayliss, and thus stayed in the team for a 2005 season which saw him become competitive by the end of the year, aided by improving Bridgestone tyres.

Capirossi and Ducati started the 2006 season with a striking victory and he had a second place in both the French and Italian grand prix, tying for first in Moto GP points with American Nicky Hayden. However, he was caught up in a multiple bike collision at the start at Barcelona, missing the restart and losing championship ground to Hayden. Though he was knocked out in this horrendous looking accident, he did not suffer very serious injuries beyond significant bruising. He returned for the next round, but a run of less competitive results saw him slip to 5th in the standings before the race at Brno. In this race he started 2nd, took the lead at the start, and pulled away from the field for an easy victory. He attributed this to a late setup change the team believe can be applied to the bike at all circuits. He moved up in the championship standings to finish 3rd overall, after taking second at the final race behind stand-in team-mate Troy Bayliss.

2007 was not as strong a season for Capirossi. Immediately following the conclusion of the 2007 USGP race at Laguna Seca, Ducati announced the signing of Marco Melandri and the extension of Casey Stoner's contract for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. This left Capirossi without a firm position on the Marlboro Ducati team; the possibilities were mooted to be a third position on the factory team, or an option to manage a satellite team. Capirossi was not informed of the decision before the story was released to the press, much to his displeasure.^[1]

On 16 August 2007, Capirossi announced that he would ride with the Suzuki factory team in 2008, alongside Australian Chris Vermeulen.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

Married to Ingrid Tence, the couple reside in Monaco. Their first child, a boy named Riccardo, was born on 2 April 2007.

In August 2007, the Italian taxation authority announced that Capirossi is being investiagated for suspected tax evasion in relation to an alleged undeclared earnings of €1.3 million (US$1.77 million) in 2002. The authority is already investigating London resident Valentino Rossi. Capirossi's manager Carlo Pernat told the press: "It's absolutely absurd. Loris really lives in Monte Carlo. I don't understand what they can hold against him. He doesn't own anything in Italy."^[3]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
1990	125cc	Honda RS125	14	3	8	0	0	182	1st	1
1991	125cc	Honda RS125	13	5	12	5	4	200	1st	1
1992	250cc	Honda RS250	13	0	0	0	0	27	12th	-
1993	250cc	Honda RS250	14	3	7	7	5	193	2nd	-
1994	250cc	Honda RS250	14	4	9	5	5	199	3rd	-
1995	500cc	Honda NSR500	12	0	1	0	0	108	6th	-
1996	500cc	Yamaha YZR500	15	1	2	0	0	98	10th	-
1997	250cc	Aprilia RS250	14	0	3	1	2	116	6th	-
1998	250cc	Aprilia RS250	14	2	9	8	3	224	1st	1
1999	250cc	Honda RS250	15	3	9	2	3	209	3rd	-
2000	500cc	Honda NSR500	16	1	4	1	1	154	7th	-
2001	500cc	Honda NSR500	16	0	9	4	1	210	3rd	-
2002	MotoGP	Honda NSR500	14	0	2	0	0	109	8th	-
2003	MotoGP	Ducati GP3	16	1	6	3	1	177	4th	-
2004	MotoGP	Ducati GP4	16	0	1	0	1	117	9th	-
2005	MotoGP	Ducati GP5	15	2	4	3	1	157	6th	-
2006	MotoGP	Ducati GP6	17	3	8	2	5	229	3rd	-
2007	MotoGP	Ducati GP7	18	1	4	0	0	166	7th	-
Total			266	29	98	41	32	2875		3

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	1990-1991	1990 Japan	1990 Nations	1990 Britain	27	8	20	5	4	382	2
250 cc	1992-1994, 1997-1999	1992 Japan	1993 Austria	1993 Dutch	84	12	37	23	18	968	1
500 cc	1995-1996, 2000-2001	1995 Australia	1995 Catalunya	1996 Australia	59	2	16	5	2	570	0
MotoGP	2002-2007	2002 Japan	2002 S. Africa	2003 Catalunya	96	7	25	8	8	955	0
Total	1990-2007				266	29	98	41	32	2875	3

[edit] Races by year (1999 onwards)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Pos	Pts
1999	250cc	Honda	MAL 1	JPN 3	SPA 3	FRA Ret	ITA EX	CAT	NED 1	GBR 2	GER 2	CZE 7	SMR 1	VAL 3	AUS 6	RSA 5	BRA 3	ARG Ret			3rd	209
2000	500cc	Honda	RSA 3	MAL Ret	JPN 12	SPA 6	FRA 8	ITA 1	CAT 6	NED 3	GBR 4	GER 6	CZE 5	POR 13	VAL Ret	BRA Ret	PAC 8	AUS 2			7th	154
2001	500cc	Honda	JPN 8	RSA 2	SPA 8	FRA 7	ITA 2	CAT 3	NED 3	GBR 10	GER 8	CZE 3	POR 2	VAL Ret	PAC 3	AUS 3	MAL 2	BRA 5			3rd	210
2002	MotoGP	Honda	JPN 9	SAF 3	SPA 4	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT 6	NED Ret	GBR Inj	GER Inj	CZE 6	POR Ret	BRA 5	PAC 3	MAL 9	AUS Ret	VAL Ret			8th	109
2003	MotoGP	Ducati	JPN 3	SAF Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT 1	NED 6	GBR 4	GER 4	CZE Ret	POR 3	BRA 6	PAC 8	MAL 6	AUS 2	VAL 3			4th	177
2004	MotoGP	Ducati	SAF 6	SPA 12	FRA 10	ITA 8	CAT 10	NED 8	BRA 4	GER Ret	GBR 7	CZE 5	POR 7	JPN Ret	QAT Ret	MAL 6	AUS 3	VAL 9			9th	117
2005	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 13	POR 9	CHN 12	FRA 7	ITA 3	CAT 12	NED 10	USA 10	GBR 6	GER 9	CZE 2	JPN 1	MAL 1	QAT 10	AUS Inj	TUR Inj	VAL 7		6th	157
2006	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 1	QAT 3	TUR 6	CHN 8	FRA 2	ITA 2	CAT Ret	NED 15	GBR 9	GER 5	USA 8	CZE 1	MAL 2	AUS 7	JPN 1	POR 12	VAL 2		3rd	229
2007	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	SPA 12	TUR 3	CHN 6	FRA 8	ITA 7	CAT 6	GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER 2	USA Ret	CZE 6	SMR 5	POR 9	JPN 1	AUS 2	MAL 11	VAL 5	7th	166
2008	MotoGP	Suzuki	QAT 8	SPA 5	POR 9	CHN 9	FRA 7	ITA 7	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	USA -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	-	-

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Preceded by Max Biaggi	250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1998	Succeeded by Valentino Rossi
Preceded by Àlex Crivillé	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1990-1991	Succeeded by Alessandro Gramigni

v • d • e Teams and Riders competing in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship Ducati Marlboro Repsol Honda Rizla Suzuki Fiat Yamaha Honda Gresini Alice Team Kawasaki Racing Yamaha Tech 3 Honda LCR JiR Team Scot 1 Stoner 33 Melandri 2 Pedrosa 69 Hayden 7 Vermeulen 65 Capirossi 46 Rossi 48 Lorenzo 15 de Angelis 56 Nakano 24 Elías 50 Guintoli 13 West 21 Hopkins 5 Edwards 52 Toseland 14 de Puniet   4 Dovizioso

v • d • e Rizla Suzuki Chris Vermeulen (7) | Loris Capirossi (65) Grand Prix motorcycle : Suzuki GSV-R

v • d • e 250 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - B. Ruffo 1950 - D. Ambrosini 1951 - B. Ruffo 1952 - E. Lorenzetti 1953 - W. Haas 1954 - W. Haas 1955 - H. Müller 1956 - C. Ubbiali 1957 - C. Sandford 1958 - T. Provini 1959 - C. Ubbiali 1960 - C. Ubbiali 1961 - M. Hailwood 1962 - J. Redman 1963 - J. Redman 1964 - P. Read 1965 - P. Read 1966 - M. Hailwood 1967 - M. Hailwood 1968 - P. Read 1969 - K. Carruthers 1970 - R. Gould 1971 - P. Read 1972 - J. Saarinen 1973 - D. Braun 1974 - W. Villa 1975 - W. Villa 1976 - W. Villa 1977 - M. Lega 1978 - K. Ballington 1979 - K. Ballington 1980 - A. Mang 1981 - A. Mang 1982 - J. Tournadre 1983 - C. Lavado 1984 - C. Sarron 1985 - F. Spencer 1986 - C. Lavado 1987 - A. Mang 1988 - S. Pons 1989 - S. Pons 1990 - J. Kocinski 1991 - L. Cadalora 1992 - L. Cadalora 1993 - T. Harada 1994 - M. Biaggi 1995 - M. Biaggi 1996 - M. Biaggi 1997 - M. Biaggi 1998 - L. Capirossi 1999 - V. Rossi 2000 - O. Jacque 2001 - D. Kato 2002 - M. Melandri 2003 - M. Poggiali 2004 - D. Pedrosa 2005 - D. Pedrosa 2006 - J. Lorenzo 2007 - J. Lorenzo

v • d • e 125 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - N. Pagani 1950 - B. Ruffo 1951 - C. Ubbiali 1952 - C. Sandford 1953 - W. Haas 1954 - R. Hollaus 1955 - C. Ubbiali 1956 - C. Ubbiali 1957 - T. Provini 1958 - C. Ubbiali 1959 - C. Ubbiali 1960 - C. Ubbiali 1961 - T. Phillis 1962 - L. Taveri 1963 - H. Anderson 1964 - L. Taveri 1965 - H. Anderson 1966 - L. Taveri 1967 - B. Ivy 1968 - P. Read 1969 - D. Simmonds 1970 - D. Braun 1971 - Á. Nieto 1972 - Á. Nieto 1973 - K. Andersson 1974 - K. Andersson 1975 - P. Pileri 1976 - P. Bianchi 1977 - P. Bianchi 1978 - E. Lazzarini 1979 - Á. Nieto 1980 - P. Bianchi 1981 - Á. Nieto 1982 - Á. Nieto 1983 - Á. Nieto 1984 - Á. Nieto 1985 - F. Gresini 1986 - L. Cadalora 1987 - F. Gresini 1988 - J. Martínez 1989 - À. Crivillé 1990 - L. Capirossi 1991 - L. Capirossi 1992 - A. Gramigni 1993 - D. Raudies 1994 - K. Sakata 1995 - H. Aoki 1996 - H. Aoki 1997 - V. Rossi 1998 - K. Sakata 1999 - E. Alzamora 2000 - R. Locatelli 2001 - M. Poggiali 2002 - A. Vincent 2003 - D. Pedrosa 2004 - A. Dovizioso 2005 - T. Lüthi 2006 - Á. Bautista 2007 - G. Talmácsi