Inside the mind of Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi is the most famous man in motorcycle sport and one of the most famous sportsmen on the planet and yet, not much is known about him personally. He's guarded by a close inner circle and rarely lets the outside world in.

Until now.

Visordown has had the handwriting of Valentino Rossi analysed by one of the UK's leading graphologists and former chair of the British Institute of Graphologists, Elaine Quigley. This system of character analysis has already been tested on members of the Visordown staff with almost unerring accuracy, despite the analyst never actually meeting the subject matter. 

Quigley is a leading expert in graphology and, over the past 30 years, has studied the handwriting of hundreds of high profile characters such as George Bush, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Clients have included the BBC, The Independent, The Times and many blue chip companies as part of the appointment of highly paid executives. She also works with the police and has studied the handwriting of forgers, fraudsters, con-artists, murderers and more. Her highly respected work has seen her carry out analysis of high profile murderers like Raoul Moat and serial killers such as Peter Moore and Fred West.

When Valentino Rossi announced his departure from the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP squad, he penned a letter to his team which was widely publicised on the internet. We wanted to know more about this elusive, private individual so we gave a copy of his resignation note to Elaine Quigley and only told her that the writer was male and in his 30s.

Here's what Elaine has to say:

'Firstly the overall style of script is rounded but also with many angles. This shows a conflict between a people-centred interest linked to a sharp mind, and need for individuality that can lead him to 'know best'.  The mostly vertical direction of the writing indicates independence and a wish of the writer to be his own man, to be able to analyse and decide on an issue before taking it on board and to have a practical purpose to do so when he does.

This is earthy script with the thick stroke, but there are also finer textures, showing sensitivity, though it is difficult to define exactly because it is only a photocopy.'

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