A little more than a week ago we posted a story that Loris Capirossi was being linked as one of the hopefuls to ride in Tech 3 as a replacement rider, if Colin Edwards was getting pushed up to ride Valentino Rossi’s M1.
This story was shattered when Yamaha announced that they were putting 41 year old Wataru Yoshikawa test rider in the saddle.
Apparently the speculation that Capirossi was wanting the change has sparked some interesting and conflicting news reporting, because MCN, has Paul Denning, Rizla Suzuki team manager, dismissing the rumor as ‘ridiculous’ also adding that he and Herve Poncharal had talked about the stories, coming to the conclusion that it was just “idle paddock gossip mongering.
”Was it idle gossip? The original story was picked up when Carlo Pernat, Capirossi’s manager, announced to all in sundry, that his client was disappointed and looking for a change next year and wanted to try to wriggle out of his contract and and move to Tech 3 as a replacement rider before talking about a full time option.