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Capirossi Fights all the Way at a Sweltering Sepang
20 October 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s Loris Capirossi battled to a well-earned seventh place at this afternoon’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang as track temperatures reached an amazing 60ºC. Capirossi was ninth at the halfway point and was never out of touch with the seven rider skirmish for the third podium position. He pushed hard for all 21 laps and made some aggressive passes in the latter stages of the race to move up to seventh. Capirossi tried to improve further in the closing part of the race but just couldn’t find a way through and brought his Suzuki GSV-R home for nine valuable championship points. Chris Vermeulen raced to ninth position – a result that gave Rizla Suzuki enough accumulative points to move up to fourth in the Team’s Championship. Vermeulen too made a late charge as he moved from 11th to the top 10. He made a pass with three laps to go to move into ninth, but was just too far away from the riders in front to make a further challenge.
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Exciting Qualifying for Rizla Suzuki
18 October 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s three-rider attack all gave competitive displays in the varying conditions of this afternoon’s qualifying session at Sepang in Malaysia. Loris Capirossi (2’03.078, 22 laps) again led the way for the team as he qualified in the middle of the third row in eighth place. His result could have been even better but a mistake on his last qualifying tyre cost him time when he looked likely to take at least a front row position. Chris Vermeulen (P11, 2’03.271, 21 laps) topped the timesheet twice through the session as he again showed his prowess in the wet conditions in the early part of the practice. He worked thoroughly with his crew to try wet, intermediate and dry tyres in the damp, but quickly drying, conditions, and was pleased with the performance he got from all compounds.
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Rizla Suzuki Aiming High at Sepang
17 October 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has had a positive first day at Sepang in Malaysia with all three riders confident of further advances in performance as the weekend progresses. Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen have been joined at Sepang by Team Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki for his first Grand Prix outing of the season. Capirossi led the way today for the three-pronged attack by recording a best time of 2’03.346 from his 33 laps to give him seventh place on the timesheets.
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Toseland Looking for Repeat Show in Steamy Sepang
15 October 2008
James Toseland arrives at Sepang for the Polini Grand Prix of Malaysia on Sunday determined to repeat his superb ride in the previous round of the MotoGP World Championship in Australia. The Yorkshireman celebrated his 28th birthday with a hard fought sixth place at Phillip Island riding the Tech 3 Yamaha and has been working flat on his stamina to produce a repeat performance or better in very different circumstances at the penultimate round of the Championship.
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Rizla Suzuki Looking to End Season in Style
15 October 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is on its way to Sepang in Malaysia for the third race in the Pacific tour, and the penultimate round of the 2008 season. Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi will be looking to finish the season in style as both riders are still in with a chance of higher placed finishes in the Riders’ World Championship. Vermeulen and Capirossi currently occupy the eighth and 10th positions respectively and good results from the remaining two races at Sepang and then in Valencia could see them both move up the table.
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Rizla MotoGP Pleased With Final Test-Day In Spain
07 November 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP concluded its first 2008 pre-season test at Valencia in Spain today, with promising results from all three riders present. Chris Vermeulen spent the day evaluating the prototype 2008 Suzuki GSV-R and conducted thorough tests for the Suzuki factory and for Bridgestone. Vermeulen improved his times throughout the day and was able to record a lap-time quicker than he achieved in Sunday’s race.
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Capirossi Settles In As Vermeulen & Aoki Get A Taste Of The Future
07 November 2007
Loris Capirossi took the first steps of his fledgling Suzuki career today as he conducted his initial shakedown test onboard a carbon-fibre dressed Suzuki GSV-R at Valencia in Spain. The experienced Italian joined Suzuki shortly after Sunday’s final round of the season here in Spain, and has immediately settled in with his new crew and environment. Capirossi made numerous changes to the bike during the half-day session and posted competitive times throughout his 35 laps.
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Vermeulen Edges Out Hopkins In Rizla Suzuki’s Private Battle
21 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins had a race-long battle during today’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, with Vermeulen just beating his team-mate to the line. Both riders got good starts and moved up through the field in the early stages of the 21-lap race. By lap-four they were neck-and-neck and continued to trade positions for the next few laps as they passed each other many times. Hopkins made an attempt to pass Vermeulen on the last lap for seventh place, but the Australian held him off to claim the extra point and close the gap in championship on his Suzuki rival to just four points with one race remaining.
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Vermeulen Heads The 3rd Row After Sepang Qualifying
20 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer Chris Vermeulen will start tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix from the front of the third row after qualifying in seventh place today. Vermeulen (2’02.301, 23 laps) had shown huge improvements in this morning’s final free practice session and had taken over three-and-a-half seconds off his time on race tyres since yesterday’s first practice session. His increase in performance continued into the qualifying session and the Australian star will be looking to carry on with his upward curve during tomorrow’s race.
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Comfortable First Day For Rizla Suzuki At Sepang
19 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki completed a full day’s practice at Sepang in Malaysia despite tricky conditions caused by the track surface and the weather. Chris Vermeulen (2’04.455, 38 laps) and John Hopkins (2’04.494, 32 laps) finished the day in eighth and ninth places respectively and both riders are confident that they will be able to improve on those times tomorrow. Team Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki (2’05.234, 34 laps) was 15th overall on the early prototype version of the 2008 GSV-R that he was using here this weekend. Aoki’s bike showed an impressive top speed today as he finished fourth overall in the speed-trap on the long start-finish straight at the Malaysian circuit.
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Three's The Magic Number For Rizla Suzuki
17 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP travels to Sepang in Malaysia this weekend with a three strong rider team looking to consolidate - if not improve upon - its third place in the team's championship and with both regular riders still in with a chance of third position overall in their respective battle. Team Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki will join John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen at the penultimate round of the season, for his first GP outing of the year. The 36-year-old will be riding an early prototype version of Suzuki’s 2008 GSV-R, which he will also continue to test on the Monday after the race.
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Rizla Suzuki Takes Further Steps On Day Two
02 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP concluded its first ever test on the new Suzuki 800cc MotoGP machine at Valencia in Spain, with yet more encouraging results. John Hopkins, Chris Vermeulen and Factory Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki all took to the track to put the new engine through its paces. Hopkins and Aoki also trialled the first generation of a brand new prototype chassis that next year’s bike may feature. Both riders noticed a difference in performance from this year’s chassis and the Factory will now work on the data to make further enhancements.
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Yoshimura Suzuki 3rd At Suzuka
31 July 2006
Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Nobuatsu Aoki and Atsushi Watanabe raced their GSX-R1000 into third position in the Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance fifth round as reigning World Champions Suzuki Castrol crashed three times, finished a lowly 38th, but still came away with a 21-point lead in the series.
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Yoshimura Suzuki 6th On Suzuka Grid
30 July 2006
Team Yoshimura Suzuki riders Nobuatsu Aoki and Atsushi Watanabe will start tomorrow’s Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance fifth round from sixth position following today’s WSB-style Superpole one-lap final qualifier. Reigning World Champions and current series leaders Suzuki Castrol missed the session after finishing outside the top 10 qualifiers yesterday and will start in 15th position.
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