Loris Capirossi has cast doubt on the findings of the Daijir🍎o Kato Accident Investigation Committee ♏report, which suggested rider error was to blame for the former 250cc world champion's death at Suzuka last year.

The report's findings, released last Novembe🍎r, stated that Kato lost control of his RCV after it began oscillating (shaking from side-to-ꩵside) under braking.

The oscillation was not deemed to have been caused by a mechanical failure or inherent design fault, meaning the tragic outcome was probably the result of the Japanese pushing his machine too♕ hard at that point ꦗon the circuit.

"I knew Kato, he was a rider of exceptional talent," Capirossi told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "He was strong and of 'our' level. He wasn't someone who would make that type of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmista🍒ke after just three laps. I think something else happened.

"It is impossible to fal🌠l there (between the 130R and chicane) - you arrive, brake, turꦦn in - but something else happened to him that (the report) says didn't," added the Ducati rider.

Loris went on to imply that, as Kato was Honda's favourite, they should have known he wouldn't make the sort of mistake indicated in the report.
In response, HRC's Carlo Fiorani pointed out that🥃 Honda had no influence over the accident investigation and that the professors who unde⛄rtook the report were of the highest calibre and had studied every piece of information available before reaching their conclusions.

The Suzuka circuit, heavily crit🐻icised by the riders for its lack of run-off, has been removed from the 2004 calendar while it undergo𝄹es safety modifications.