Former Mo🦂toGP racer Loris Capirossi has had five models of Suzuki’s GSX-8R road bike dedicated to him.

Capirossi enjoyed a long grand prix career which began back in 1990 in the 125cc classꦇ, in which he was champion consecutively in his first two years.

The Italian won the 1998 250cc title with Aprꦺilia before stepping up to the premier class in 2000 on a Honda, scoring one vict༒ory in his maiden campaign.

Capirossi remained on Honda bikes through to🐟 the end of 2002, before switching to the factory Ducati squad for its MotoGP debut in 2003 - which also marked his first season on a four-str🎐oke grand prix bike.

He became Ducati’s first MotoGP race winner that year and remained with the squad to the end of 2007, when heꦉ joined Suzuki.

Capirossi spent three seasons on the GSV-R to the end of 2010, though managed ju💖st one podium in his time before contesting a final year in MotoGP in 2011 with Pramac Racing on a D🌊ucati.

At t﷽he recent Turin Motor Show, Suzuki unveiled its Legend Editio🐻n Capirossi version of its GSX-8R.

The 82 bhp model, featuring a 776cc liquid cooled parallel twin engine and tubular steel chassis, dedicated to Capirossi is an ultra-l𒐪imited edition example of five.

“I tried it out for the first time here in the square,” Gazz⛦etta dello Sport reported Capirossi as saying in the Piazza Cꦰastello.

“It’s beautiful, very agile and fast.”

On his time wi𓆉th Suzuki in MotoGP, he said: “They were fantastic years of which I have b🌠eautiful memories.”

Capirossi maintains a promineꩲnt role within the MotoGP paddock as Dorna Sports’ representative in Race Direction.

Earlier tꦫhis year, the 2003 Ducati GP3 that Capirossi rode to victory in his first season for the Italian marque went up for auction at Silverstone and sold for £201,250.