Bid for Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 tailpiece
MotoGP champ gives away part of 2009 title-winning machine in aid of victims of Abruzzo earthquake
THE TAILPIECE from Valentino Rossi's title-winning 2009 Yamaha M1 MotoGP racer is to be auctioned to help the victims of the L'Aquila earthquake, which struck the region of Abruzzo on April 6th 2009.
“There’s a bit of Abruzzo in my ninth world title,” said Rossi “I’ve never forgotten the images of the earthquake and the immense tragedy that followed. This is a way to tell the people that we haven’t forgetten, and we want to support the reconstruction of the city of Aquila and the neighboring towns destroyed by the quake. It’s also an invitation to focus on young people, on students to help this land and its extraordinary people and get them up and running again. We’re going to be auctioning the two parts of the tail section of the Yamaha that I used in Qatar. In that race in April, to show my closeness to the population affected by the earthquake, I put the ‘Forza Abruzzo‘ sticker on my Yamaha.”
The tail section has been cut in two. Both halves are autographed by Rossi.
Fancy a flutter? Click here to bid. Auction ends April 5th at 10am CET.
