Capirossi Back On A Ducati

MotoGP veteran
Loris Capirossi will play out his final racing season with the team
he began his top-flight career with, Ducati.
In a move widely predicted to happen for several months, Capirossi
will make the switch from Suzuki to the Pramac Ducati team for
2011.
The rider, now 37 years old, was the youngest world champion ever
when he won his first championship at the 125cc level in 1990. Now
riding in the top flight of MotoGP, the Italian has struggled since
his career-best 3rd place finish in 2006, finishing 7th, 10th and
9th in subsequent season. He currently sits at a career-low of
17th, but hopes to move up the standings in the final two races.
Capirossi's best successes in the competition, including his last
race win in 2007, came while riding a Ducati.
"This return on a Ducati bike make me feel like a child; I do not
feel my 37 years," Capirossi said. "I have a great desire to start
this new adventure. I'm enormously pleased about this new agreement
that was reached with the Pramac Racing team."
It's unclear at this point who Capirossi's teammate will be. Pramac
currently has a rider, Aleix Espargaro, who could be the answer,
although there is speculation that Frenchman Randy de Puniet could
be joining the team in the near future.