The DFX Corse team, run by Daniele Carli, has snapped up Frenchman Régis Laconi for the 2009 World Superbike season, with an option for 2010. The other news from the team based in the Veneto region of north-east Italy is that after three seasons with Honda, DFX will change manufacturer and switch to Ducati.
Laconi can be considered one of the ‘veterans’ of World Superbike. The 33 year-old from Saint-Dizier has taken part in a total of 167 WSBK races, winning 11 and taking seven pole positions.
His best championship result was when he finished runner-up to team-mate James Toseland in the 2004 season on the factory Ducati Fila 999. This year he raced for the San Marino-based Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse squad, but could only finish sixteenth overall, with eighth place at Valencia his best result.
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