John Ranalletta Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 “If anyone is wondering about my helmet - I have the donkey on it because in Italy, if you make a stupid mistake we say that you are a donkey. I made a mistake in Indy so this is why! I think it's very funny!” said the eight time world champion. crash.net Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Classy! Today's qualifying: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8239689.stm Link to comment
Whip Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 if you make a stupid mistake we say that you are a donkey. No politics Link to comment
Tony_K Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 If Disney gets a wiff of this they are going to rain down on him with a bag of hammers Royalty fees on top of it all...stupid mistake indeed, UGH! (it's Donkey from Shreck) Link to comment
EffBee Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 if you make a stupid mistake we say that you are a donkey. No politics Go Vale !!!!! Link to comment
bootzilla Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 On the back it even says "The Donkey" in the same font that he uses for "The Doctor" on his suit and bike. Hysterical. I don't think the Disney Monster will be mad about the race helmet, but there is probably a zero percent chance that AGV releases a production model...it would have to be like 900 bucks... Link to comment
BanjoBoy Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 And this is why I'm a Rossi fan. (Even though my perverted wife has a crush on him!) He is great, yet humble in winning and defeat. Link to comment
EffBee Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 And this is why I'm a Rossi fan. (Even though my perverted wife has a crush on him!) He is great, yet humble in winning and defeat. Great? Yes. Humble? Brilliantly so. Only someone with extreme comfidence would make fun of his unforced error, castigate himself such that the world no longer can, and set up his competition so ideally. If Lorenzo wins at Misano, he beat a Donkey. If Rossi wins, a Donkey beat Lorenzo. Vale can't lose and Jorge can't win in at World Championship mind games. Additionally, while the championship is now down to a one-error gap, Rossi has taken the focus off Lorenzo and put it back where he wants it, on himself. He doesn't want the press pumping Lorenzo up with a whole lot of "You Can Do It" type of questions. Vale's got the world laughing WITH him and, since Jorge is second in the title chase, AT Lorenzo. It's almost as good as the hex he put on Gibernau. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Fernando, you are posting after the facts... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8240524.stm Link to comment
DieselDave Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'd wear a donkey hat DAILY if it would give me 1/2 of Rossi's riding skill. It would be a win-win situation: I'd be a better rider and My wife would say I'm finally being honest with the world! Link to comment
BULLman Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Fernando, you are posting after the facts... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8240524.stm Link to comment
EffBee Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Fernando, you are posting after the facts... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8240524.stm Yes, but I hadn't seen the race yet on TV, so the "facts" were still unknown to me at that time. Link to comment
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