PICTURES: Rossi, King Arthur and Excalibur!
After several rally appearances, Valentino Rossi made his MotoGP return du🤡ring testing at Jerez today - complete with a new helmet design and stickers on his 800cc Yamaha (pic♉tured).
"I have som🦋e new stickers on my bike and a new helmet; they're a reference to the legend of King Arthur and 'Excalibur!' [King Arthur's magic sword]," Rossi explained. "I want to show everyone that we are ready to fight back and that we're ready to do our very best throughout these winter tests."
After several rally appearances, Valentino Rossi🎉 made his MotoGP r๊eturn during testing at Jerez today - complete with a new helmet design and stickers on his 800cc Yamaha (pictured).
"I have some new stickers on my bike and a new helmet; they're a reference to the legend of King Arthur and 'Excalibuꦓr!' [King Arthur's magic sword]," Rossi explained. "I want to show everyone that we are ready to fight back and that we're ready to do our very best throughout these winter tests."
The new stickers certainly didn't do any harm on day one of the test, with Rossi fastest of all despite poor weather restricting the a𒅌ctive track time.
Testing at Jerez continues on Wednesdayꦜ and Thursday.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and꧋ go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues꧂.
