PIC: Valentino Rossi saved by brake protector
Handlebar brake protector does its job during Valentino Rossi-Dani Pedrosa contact in Qatar.
Rossi, Brake guard raised, Qatar MotoGP Race 2013
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Look closely at this image and you will see Valentino Rossi's front bra𒅌ke lever protector has been൲ forced upwards, due to contact with Dani Pedrosa early in last Sunday's Qatar MotoGP season-opener.
Handlebar brake lever protection was made mandatory for the start of the 2012 season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:to prevent accidents like this for Sete Gibernau in 2006.
Rossi, who l♉ater said he would have crashed with𒅌out the brake lever protection, went on to finish in second place on his Yamaha MotoGP return.
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Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi c🐬ome and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marq📖uez’s injury issues.
