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Loris Capirossi

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Loris Capirossi is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, born on 4 April 1973, who competed between 1990 and 2011 and now serves as Safety Advisor to Dorna Sports. He won the 125cc World Championship in 1990 and 1991, taking the first of those at 17 years and 165 days old, which made him the youngest world champion in motorcycle racing, and added the 250cc title in 1998. He is a nine-time Premier Class race winner and the first Grand Prix rider to start at least 300 races, reaching that figure at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix. He made his World Championship debut in 1990 with the Polini Honda team.

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is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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    born 4 April 1973
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    Capirossi is the 1990 and 1991 125cc World Champion, the 1998 250cc World Champion
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    is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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    Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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