Valentino Rossi competed in 26 consecutive seasons in the Motorcycle World Championship. During this period, the Italian expressed himself nine times world champion (six MotoGP, one 500c, one 250cc and one 125cc), he competed in 432 races, won 115 races, stood on the podium 235 times and celebrated 65 pole positions.
Throughout his 115 victories (89 in queen category, 14 in intermediate category and 12 small category), Il Doctor gave celebrations to fans of all kinds. And, of them all, one of the the most memorable is Jerez 1999 when, after crossing the finish line in first position in the 250cc race, He locked himself in a chemical bathroom pretending he had to pee..
An idea of Aldo Drudi
Aldo Drudi He is the artist of the MotoGP helmets and designer of the beautiful stripes worn by Valentino Rossi. In a conversation with Andrea Migno, Drudi He admitted that this idea of celebration was his: “Valentino grew up in my house. I can’t tell you what my favorite job is, but One of the things that gave me the most pleasure was Rossi peeing in Jerez. I proposed to her“.
“I was at the track and I saw that chemical bath with all the people behind it. On Saturday night I told him: ‘Okay, we have to do such and such.’ Some drivers do not want to talk about possible victories, but heHe is a beast and he prepared everything. “He won, jumped the fence and went inside with all the fans watching and cheering.”Drudi concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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