Catalunya Football Design 2008
Location: Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya
Date: Sunday, June 08, 2008
Race position: 3rd
Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya
Valentino Rossi ran a special livery for his Yamaha M1, to celebrate the start of the UEFA European Championship at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya. Rossi´s Yamaha was decked out with a specially painted in the style of the shirts of the Italian national team, the ‘Azzurri’, commemorating the Italian World Cup-winning national side who were about to begin contesting the UEFA European Championship the day following the Catalunya MotoGP. Rossi’s leathers were given a similar treatment with his AGV helmet sporting a design that was created to make his helmet look like a football.
Valentino Rossi:
“Fiat wanted to do something special for the Italian national team, before their game against Holland. I think that the bike looks really good. As for the livery…it’s the idea of Fiat and so we decided to make the leathers to go with the bike to make me look like a football player! I think it’s quite funny and it’s just to say `in bocca al lupo’ to the Italian team for the European Championships.”
Images of Rossi’s Catalunya helmet 2008:
