Helmet Style 2 - MotoGP

PILOTO: Valentino Rossi "Peace" (Barry Sheene Tribute)
ANO: 2003
EQUIPE: Honda
AUTOR: Frank Aguiar
DESCRIÇÃO: Valentino Rossi came out for testing with a bright rainbow helmet design by Aldo Drudi that contained two messages. The helmet featured all the colours of the rainbow, and had the word ‘PACE’ in large white letters on the back. ‘Pace’ is Italian for ‘Peace’, and the design was used to voice Rossi’s opposition to the invasion on Iraq, a subject that was dominating the news. The helmet also had the ‘number 7′ on either side as a tribute to Barry Sheene who had died of cancer just before the testing session. All the teams and riders conducted a minute’s silence in memory of the former 500cc World Champion.