PILOTO: Loris Capirossi "300 GPs" ANO: 2010 EQUIPE: Suzuki AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: Loris Capirossi made his 300th Grand Prix start at the Qatar race last weekend (2010) and to mark this momentous occasion he wore a very special one-off helmet.
PILOTO: Jorge Lorenzo "Moon" ANO: 2009 EQUIPE: Yamaha AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: In Estoril 2009, Lorenzo attempted to upstage his illustrious team-mate with a helmet design to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of man's first steps on the moon. He won the race and conducted his famous moon walk, planting a flag on planet Lorenzo.
PILOTO: Jorge Lorenzo "Halo 3" ANO: 2007 EQUIPE: Aprilia AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: The Jorge Lorenzo helmet design saga continues this weekend at Valencia as the two-time 250cc World Champion is set to wear a Halo 3 ODST helmet.
PILOTO: Valentino Rossi "Dreamtime" ANO: 2008 EQUIPE: Yamaha AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: Valentino Rossi first started using the AGV GP-Tech Dreamtime helmet during the Winter Test session in Australia in 2007, but it was also used in his 2008 MotoGP campaign, although nowhere near as much as the AGV GP-Tech 5 Continents design. The term ‘Dreamtime’ also ‘Dream Time’ is described as the ‘time before time’ or ‘time of creation’ according to the Indigenous Australia Aboriginal people. It is a mythological period of time during which the natural world and universe was shaped by the action of mythical beings.
PILOTO: Valentino Rossi "Chicken" ANO: 2009 EQUIPE: Yamaha AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: Grand Prix of Malaysia, Sepang. Sunday, October 25, 2009. The significance of the chicken was a joke at Rossi’s age and is based on “Gallina Vecchia!” an Italian saying that states that the old chicken makes good soup, but it’s no use for laying eggs. Despite being 30, Rossi had laid yet another egg by claiming his 9th World Title. The helmet had a cartoon chicken on the top, laying an egg with the number 9 on it.
PILOTO: Valentino Rossi Sun/Moon - Moon Side ANO: 2009 EQUIPE: Yamaha AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: Said to represent the two sides of Rossi’s personality
PILOTO: Valentino Rossi 5 Continents ANO: 2008 EQUIPE: Yamaha AUTOR: Frank Aguiar DESCRIÇÃO: Each of the rays of light coming from the sun, have been individually designed to represent one of the five continents that MotoGP races take place in.