Suzuki retains Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen onboard the company’s Moto GP squad for the 2009 season. While Vermeulen has been with Suzuki since the Valencia test in 2005, Capirossi joined Suzuki at the end of 2007. Both racers have improved during their stint at Suzuki and will now be doing all that is possible during the forthcoming months and throughout 2009 to help the team succeed. Both riders have helped Suzuki in improving the GSV-R which is likely to yield results in the 2009 season.