AGV Mugello 2003
Location: Mugello, Italy
Date: 8th June, 2003
Position: 1st
Rossi came to Mugello in 2003 needing to take the battle to Sete Gibernau, who had been the strongest rider in the previous few rounds. Rossi rose to the challenge and put his Honda on pole position for the race. When the race got underway it was Loris Capirossi on his Ducati that powered into the lead and a thrilling battle followed for the bulk of the race involving Gibernau, Biaggi, Capirossi, and Rossi. Rossi eventually got the better of the challengers and took the victory.
As is tradition, Rossi had a new helmet design for the race. He took to the track with a blue helmet that featured the colours of the Italian flag at the front, and featured the word ‘ROSSI’ in bold white tpe across the top, underlined with 5 stars. The shade of blue that was used is also that of the Italian football team and the Savoia Royal Family. The back of the helmet simply featured a huge white number ‘46′. This helmet is fairly rare in the fact that the usual imagery of the Sun and the Moon are relegated to being minor features under either side of the visor.
Image Gallery of AGV Rossi Mugello 2003 Helmet:
