2009 MotoGP: Rossi Helmets
2009 saw Valentino Rossi take his 9th World Championship Title. Rossi’s main rival throughout the season was his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, but Rossi managed to tie up the World Title at Sepang with one race left.
2009 Rossi Helmets:
AGV Celebr-8 Helmet (Yellow)
The AGV Celebr-8 helmet was designed to commemorate Rossi winning his 8th World Championship title and was presented to him in 2008. In 2009 Rossi has been testing in a yellow version of the original 2008 design.
AGV GP Tech Rossi Helmet 5 Continents
The Rossi ‘5 Continents’ design has been carried over from 2008 as the primary race helmet that Rossi is wearing for the 2009 season.
The design is a spectacular and eye-catching variation of Rossi’s trademark sun and moon themes where each ray of the sun represents one of the 5 continents that MotoGP races in.
AGV Rossi Mugello (‘Hands’) Helmet 2009
As always, Valentino Rossi produced a special helmet design for the Mugello round of the 2009 MotoGP season. This design had Rossi’s hands painted on either side of the helmet to give the impression of Rossi holding his head in his hands. A cartoon on the rear featured his two Bulldog’s in a similar pose.
AGV Rossi ‘Donkey’ Helmet, Misano 2009
Rossi came to his home GP of Misano with a totally unexpected helmet design. Rossi had the donkey’s face from Shrek placed on the helmet, and the words ‘The Donkey’ on the rear – designed to make fun of himself after the previous week’s crash in the Indianapolis Grand Prix, where he saw his 50-point lead cut by half by team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
AGV Rossi World Champion ‘Chicken’ Helmet, Sepang 2009
Valentino Rossi claimed his 9th World Title at the Malaysian MotoGP with a 4th place finish in the race. Rossi celebrated with a new helmet design that featured a cartoon chicken laying an egg. The helmet design was based on an old Italian saying. FIND OUT MORE
