Capirossi, a security consultant and the number '65 'will be removed

Loris Capirossi will speed linked to the World Cup. The Italian, who ran his final race at Valencia after 22 seasons in the championship will be advisor on security issues in MotoGP. This was announced by Dorna, the company that owns the event.

The Italian has always been heavily involved in these issues and was one of the architects of the creation of the Security Commission, which meets the grand prize Friday to assess how to improve on these aspects. Already at the funeral of his friend Marco Simoncelli, Loris announced that its future could be in this area.

Dorna also has submitted a proposal to the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) for the number '65 'is removed. So far only four numbers have been officially honored in this way: the '74 'of Daijiro Kato, the '34' Kevin Schwantz, the '58 'Marco Simoncelli and now this.