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Capirossi will commit to a one-year extension to his Suzuki contract over the Indianapolis MotoGP this week. The knowledgable
Italian united with Suzuki at the beginning of the 2008 year and has turned out to be an extremely respected and influential
stature within the Hamamatsu factory's competition.
The confirmation with Capirossi concludes Suzuki's
MotoGP competitor line up for next year, after the current announcement that 24-year-old Spanish hero Alvaro Bautista will
also unite with Suzuki for the following two years.
Loris Capirossi comments, "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."
Paul Denning - Team Manager, says, "Loris brings so much character,
bravery and experience to Suzuki, and his technical input is invaluable. He still has an enormous drive and determination
to succeed - we now have to react to his requests and give him the tools to be as competitive as possible. We hope that Loris,
with the youthful exuberance of Alvaro alongside him next season, will be a good partnership. Loris is a great team-mate but
certainly won't want to be beaten by the younger guy so I am sure he will be fighting hard!
"This announcement
confirms that Suzuki and Chris Vermeulen will not be working together in 2010. On behalf of Suzuki Motor Corporation and the
whole team, including title sponsor Rizla, I want to wish Chris the best of luck in his future career. He has been a great
asset to us and a true professional at all times - even when things have not quite gone to plan. We have had some amazing
high-points with Chris - taking Suzuki's first four-stroke Grand Prix win at Le Mans in 2007 being the obvious highlight.
We hope that he continues to have success throughout his career and trust that Chris, Toni (Vermeulen's girlfriend) and
his family will always remain friends of the team."
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