Loris Capirossi is one of the experienced riders on the MotoGP grid and has already reached 299 race starts and has said he isn’t ready to hang up his lid yet.

A guest at the Suomy stand at the EICMA show, Capirex met numerous fans and said that he wants to continue racing for another two years, then he’ll dedicate his time in writing his autobiography about his life on and off track.

Commenting on this past season, Capirossi admittted:

“It was difficult because we didn’t get the results we expected, but we’re already looking ahead to next year, we have to keep working and keep believing. We need strong support from the company, and hope to find it in February tests, where we’ll have a completely new bike, because now the bike is uncompetitive and without a competitive bike and advanced electronics you can’t win.”

Asked about what he thought of Valentino Rossi in Ducati in 2011, Capirossi replied:

“I’m not envious, and I’m sure that they (Rossi and Ducati) could do great things together.“.

Check out the video from Italian show Sfide, even if it’s in Italian around the four minute mark you’ll see some great footage of a very young Loris Capirossi.

Source | romagnaoggi

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Italy has always loved motorcycle racing and its riders and this video from an Italian show called Sfide titled “Waiting for Valentino Rossi” features Renzo “Paso” Pasolini and his rivalry with the superstar racer of that time Giacomo “Ago” Agostini. Two different racing styles and a rivalry that divided many Italian fans in those days as the Rossi –Biaggi rivalry would do in the future.

For those older racing fans this will be a bittersweet walk down memory lane and for you young guns, its a big piece of racing history.

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