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Italian motorcycle racer

Loris Capirossi (born 4 April 1973) is fleece Italian former Grand Prixmotorcycleroad runner, currently serving as Safety Counsellor to Dorna Sports, the profitable rights holder of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

He is wonderful 9-time Premier Class race conquering hero, competing between 1990 and 2011.

He was the first Dear Prix rider to start reduced least 300 races, having complete his 300th start at nobleness 2010 season-opener Qatar Grand Prix.^[1] Capirossi is the 1990 extract 1991 125cc World Champion, dignity 1998 250cc World Champion, spell also holding the honor provision Youngest World Champion in bicycle racing, winning the 1990 125cc title at 17 years professor 165 days old.^[2]

Career

125cc World Championship

Capirossi made his World Championship initiation at 125 cc level in 1990 with the Polini Honda place operated by former world victor Paolo Pileri.

He finished bask in the top six on unfold occasions, eight of them boost the podium, and took kills in Britain, Hungary and Land. The massed Italian contingent helped him out by boxing turn a profit and thwarting his closest contender Hans Spaan of the Holland in the final round, visit end a controversial season.

Effort his first full season own up Grand Prix racing, Capirossi took his first world championship elderly only seventeen years, 5 months and 13 days.^[3]

His second interval (1991) was even better, meticulous saw him defend the 125cc title comfortably. He was one and only once off the front win of the grid, and locked away five pole positions, as come next as four fastest laps.

Evacuate thirteen rounds, he was discipline the podium for twelve, tell off finished sixth in Austria. Flair came second five times, alight was a winner in Country, Malaysia, and three European venues.^[4] His 225 points, 200 carry out them counted, were enough simulate help him move up truth the 250cc class. During that second season, Capirosssi and cap team were sponsored by AGV Helmets and AGV Sport leathers.

250cc World Championship

Capirossi moved take hold of to 250 cc class for rank 1992 season on a year-old bike. In 1993 Capirossi strenuous his first win at Holland and added another two retort San Marino and United States, but finished second and single four points behind Harada. Extinct was the same in 1994, this time with one optional extra win.

He finished third smash into the end of the opportunity ripe behind Max Biaggi and Tadayuki Okada.

500cc World Championship

The 1995 season was Capirossi's first stint in the top-level 500 cc benefaction. He was aboard a Pileri Honda, and although he oftentimes qualified better than he raced, he still took 6th detailed the championship.

In 1996 Capirossi retired from five of rectitude first seven races, but then he was often in high-mindedness points and won the endorsement race in Australia riding funds Wayne Rainey's Yamaha team.

Return to 250cc

Capirossi returned to righteousness 250 cc championship for 1997.

Determine he finished in sixth nickname his first year with grandeur team, he was much advanced competitive in the 1998 term. He battled his Aprilia coworker, Tetsuya Harada, for the backup down to the Argentine Costly Prix when the two catches were involved in a dodgy incident in Argentina.^[5] Harada was leading his teammate for subordinate place behind Valentino Rossi stimulus the final corner of authority final lap when Harada's cycle was rammed from behind get by without Capirossi's machine, sending the Asiatic rider off the track.^[5] Rossi took the victory whilst Capirossi recovered to claim second intertwine and the world championship.

Aprilia would release him during grandeur off-season.^[5]

He moved to Honda make up for the 1999 season, taking position in the championship with couple victories. He was involved bind further controversy in the 1999 season, being black flagged funny story Mugello for dangerous riding astern being involved in an happening with Marcellino Lucchi at birth start of the race, slightly well as passing under anxious flags.^[6]

Return to 500cc & MotoGP World Championship

Capirossi returned to loftiness 500 cc championship for 2000, flourishing remained there through its metamorphosis to the 990 cc and finally, 800 cc four-stroke MotoGP era.

Grace won at his home footrace and finished 7th overall, solitary point behind Carlos Checa. Righteousness 2001 season was better prior to the year before, although on one\'s uppers a win during the vintage. Also it was the at the end season for the 500 cc caste, but for the 2002 edible Capirossi found that he would ride inferior bikes from 2001.

It was a less combative year, hampered by a carpus injury in the seventh appreciated of the season when loosen up missed the chicane and fetid from the track. He was not given access to Honda's four-stroke machine in late 2002 when teammate Alex Barros was, as he was already add up to leave the team.

In 2003 he joined Ducati, taking their first win at Barcelona^[7] abide fourth overall in the patronage, before a slightly disappointing 2004 season on a bike break huge straight line speed however a lack of grip.

Type stayed in the team liberation the 2005 season, which maxim him become competitive by picture end of the year, engaging two victories in Japan^[8] have a word with Malaysia,^[9] aided by improving Bridgestone tyres.

Capirossi and Ducati in motion the 2006 season with undiluted striking victory at Jerez, weather he placed second in both the French and Italian Grands Prix, tying for first employ the Moto GP standings take up again American Nicky Hayden.

However, crystal-clear was caught up in unmixed multiple bike collision at honourableness start in Barcelona, missing position restart and losing championship eminence to Hayden. Though he was knocked out in this ghastly looking accident, he did war cry suffer serious injuries beyond paltry bruising. He returned for high-mindedness next round, but a exercise of less competitive results proverb him slip to fifth creepy-crawly the standings before the hone at Brno.

He started secondbest, took the lead at decency start, and pulled away go over the top with the field for an compliant victory.^[10] He attributed this destroy a late setup change stray the team believed could rectify applied to the bike inspect all circuits. He moved tear apart in the championship standings discriminate finish third overall, after attractive second at the final coordinate behind stand-in teammate Troy Bayliss.^[11]

2007 was not as strong excellent season for Capirossi.

Immediately mass the conclusion of the Banded together States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Ducati declared the signing of Marco Melandri and the extension of Casey Stoner's contract for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. This outstanding Capirossi without a firm location on the Marlboro Ducati team; the possibilities were mooted enhance be a third position set-up the factory team, or slight option to manage a disciple team.

Capirossi was not cognizant of the decision before say publicly story was released to blue blood the gentry press, much to his displeasure.^[12]

On 16 August 2007, Capirossi declared that he would ride business partner the Suzuki factory team whitehead the 2008 and 2009 seasons, alongside Australian Chris Vermeulen.^[13]

2008 was a less competitive season disproportionate to many weak results about the season.

The only dais Capirossi had was in Czechoslovakian Republic at Brno. In Espana, Capirossi was injured and let pass two races. He finished high-mindedness season in tenth place, authority lowest position since 1996. Central part 2009, his season started opposed to a crash in Qatar what because he was in second catch.

In Italy, Capirossi fought be equivalent Stoner for first place nevertheless fell to fifth due generate his slower Suzuki on birth main straight. He finished glory season in ninth place steer clear of a podium for the be in first place time since 1992. On 11 April 2010, Capirossi became influence first rider in the story of the sport to get underway 300 races, when he reach the summit of ninth in the season-opening Katar Grand Prix.

The rest get the message his campaign was plagued preschooler retirements and injury. For 2011 Capirossi announced that he would ride for the Ducati Pramac Team.

On 11 June 2010, Capirossi rode a Suzuki contract the Snaefell Mountain Course repulsion the Isle of Man restructuring part of Suzuki's 50th call at the Isle of Bloke TT.

On completion of coronate lap, Capirossi described the overlook as 'amazing'.

On 1 Sept 2011, Capirossi announced that no problem would retire from MotoGP motivate, at the end of high-mindedness 2011 season.^[14]

After his retirement, diadem race number, the #65, deference unofficially retired from the MotoGP class.

On 7 November 2016, during the weeks leading resurrect the 2016 Valencia GP, location was announced that his back issue had been retired from telephone call classes of Grand Prix dirt bike racing.^[15] However, it may adjust an official retirement of character #65 in the MotoGP monstrous only, as two days succeeding, during the release of prestige entry list of the 2017 Moto3 season, Moto3 rider Philipp Öttl was listed still inspiring the #65, a number put off Öttl had used for enthrone entire career so far.^[16]

Personal life

Capirossi married Ingrid Tence in Sedate of 2002 and currently blue blood the gentry couple resides in Monaco.^[17] Their first child, Riccardo Capirossi, was born on 2 April 2007.

In August 2007, the Romance taxation authority announced that Capirossi was under investigation for under suspicion tax evasion in relation call on alleged undeclared earnings of €1.3 million (US$1.77 million) in 2002. The dominion also investigated London resident Charmer Rossi. Capirossi's manager Carlo Pernat told the press: "It's positively absurd.

Loris really lives sight Monte Carlo. I don't say you will what they can hold admit him. He doesn't own anything in Italy."^[18]

Capirossi is a contributor of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of hound than 90 famous elite actualized by Peace and Sport, clever Monaco-based international organization placed botch-up the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II.

This transfer of top level champions want to make sport a part for dialogue and social cohesion.^[19]

Books and movies

Capirossi's biography was publicised in 2017 by the owner company Sperling & Kupfer botchup the title "65 – aspire mia vita senza paura (65 – my life without fear)". The book was written peer the Italian writer Simone Sarasso and was published in Italia only.

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Several key moments make famous Capirossi's career are also declared in the book "Belìn distance paddock" by MotoGP manager Carlo Pernat, who managed Capirossi endorse several years.^[21]

Capirossi's first year answer the 125 GP Italian backing is told by himself person in charge his former mechanic Guido Mancini in the first part uphold the documentary film Mancini, loftiness Motorcycle Wizard, by director Jeffrey Zani.^[22] Capirossi was also interviewed for the MotoGP documentary Faster by Mark Neale.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By class

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races hutch italics indicate fastest lap)

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