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Valentio Rossi's new helmet a scream
MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and could be considered the Formula 1 of the two-wheeled world. Current series point leader and seven-time Grand Prix World Championship title winner Valentino Rossi has a habit of debuting a new helmet design at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, and this year's design did not fail to disappoint. Featuring a roughly life-size portrait of The Doctor himself in the middle of a scream, it was pretty hard to miss Rossi, even in the field of brightly colored riders and bikes. If you haven't watched the race and plan to, now would be the time to stop reading, otherwise, find out who won the event after the break, along with a link to the video of Rossi's debut of his unique new helmet design. Thanks for the tip, Gabriel!
[Source: Youtube]
Rossi managed to collect the win at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, followed on the podium by last year's series winner, Casey Stoner. Dani Pedrosa nabbed the third and final podium position. Rossi managed twenty-five points for his efforts and now leads the series by twelve points over Pedrosa. Stoner currently sits at fourth in the series standings.
See a video of Rossi's helmet debut here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Lebz 1:06PM (6/07/2008)
Thats class!
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verbalassasin 1:23PM (6/07/2008)
"this year's design did not fail to disappoint"? huh?
i think you meant "this year's design did not disappoint"
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Brent 2:14PM (6/07/2008)
I think they meant what they said.
eb110americana 2:30PM (6/07/2008)
Yeah, I noticed that too. "did not fail disappoint" is a triple negative. If something does "not fail" then it succeeds. If we substitute this in, we get, "this year's design succeeds to disappoint." Which would indicate Autoblog's disapproval, seemingly running contrary to the tone of the whole article.
Westside T.O. 9:10PM (6/08/2008)
Yes, "did not disappoint" or "failed to disappoint"....choose one, but not both!
Ray 1:25PM (6/07/2008)
Holy crap. Rossi is faster than I realized if he won the 2009 Italian Grand Prix. Beating everybody by a year must be cheating somehow.
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Craig 2:11PM (6/07/2008)
I wonder if Autoblog plan to be a week late with the news...
Reader 1:28PM (6/07/2008)
That's funny. Looks like someone computer animated a head onto him while racing.
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vin. 2:35PM (6/07/2008)
If you're going to put Valentino Rossi's name in the title of the post, you should spell it right.
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Yaroukh 3:42PM (6/07/2008)
better of erase and rewrite this post
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Greg 4:15PM (6/07/2008)
And then go back in time and post it on May 30th when it was still news.
Greg 2:38AM (6/08/2008)
Look Autoblog, either cover MotoGP or don't. Don't half-ass it and show us livery from the previous week. Rossi's scheme lasted for exactly one week, and that was Mugello. This week is Barcelona. Jorge Lorenzo, a very promising rookie in the series, is out of the race with a concussion. Cover this, or ignore MotoGP. Please don't split the difference.
Shardm 4:50PM (6/07/2008)
Hey.. give these guys some credit. With all the mistakes in this post, at least the picture is of Rossi and not Lorenzo or something.
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FamilyGuy 5:20PM (6/07/2008)
Wait who is Valentio Rossi?
Besides, the helmet scheme is old news.
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Vik 5:38PM (6/07/2008)
and what about "vElentino" among the tags?
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Das Boese 10:17PM (6/07/2008)
Psychological warfare?
Though, for maximum effect, he should've put it on the back of the helmet XD
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Dan 11:10PM (6/07/2008)
Not that it would matter... count the mirrors on the bike. :-D
eb110americana 4:00AM (6/08/2008)
Slick avatar Dan.
"How do I look?"
"Like a hood ornament."
Mobius_1 11:18PM (6/07/2008)
First time I saw this (which was a long time ago, way before this post) I got kinda freaked out, but hey, it's something I think no other rider or driver has ever done before
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Wes 11:08AM (6/08/2008)
Actually, these are the colors Rossi used this weekend, in honor of Italy's first match the UEFA Cup.
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