ROSSI HELMETS

Location: Grand Prix of Italy (Gran Premio d’Italia Alice ), Mugello

Date: Sunday, 2nd June, 2002

Race position: 1st

Valentino Rossi started the Mugello MotoGP 2002 round in pole position and from the moment the lights went out Rossi dominated the race to take victory, despite crashing in the early morning practice session. Max Biaggi and Rossi’s Honda team-mate Ukawa completed the podium.

Rossi said:
´It was a very good race for me, and I´m happy to have won in front of the Italian fans. It was a victory that I´d hoped for as I hadn´t been able to achieve it for the last two years. The fall in the warm-up actually helped, because it made me more cautious as I had to race on my second bike. I used softer tyres than my rivals and when I began to push hard I was able to get away from Biaggi. Everything went well.´

Rossi’s helmet for Mugello was a trbute to Italy, and his father Graziano, who also raced motorbikes in his youth. The helmet was modelled on Graziano’s helmet design when he was racing and featured a paint job based on his design. It was composed of a white background with the colours of the Italian flag that wrapped around the helmet. The number ’46′ is featured on both sides of the helmet (’46′ was also the racing number that Graziano Rossi used when he competed in the world championship). The base of the helmet featured 22 icons each representing apects of Rossi’s life and personality, such as pizza, a football, a plate of spaghetti etc…

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