As ꦫis traditional, Valentino Roꦫssi unveiled a special helmet design on day two of his home MotoGP at Misano.

The official explanation from AGV says that the title leader is pictured as a yellow fish, being 'followed by all the other "sharks" of the MotoGP Championship'.

On the left side of the helmet is the writing "go go go!" in Ital💮ian ("via via via!"), while on the back is the #46, #58, Rossi's dogs Cecilia and Cesare, and cat Rossano - the pets wearing a diver's mask and a snorkel.

The water 🌜theme was inspired by Misano's beachside location.

"Wat🍷ch out for sharks!" concluded the AGV statement add෴ed.

Speaking on Saturday evening, Rossi himself said: "Because this is my home race, everybody wants to beat me, s💎o the big shark on my helmet represents Jorge, Marc, the Ducatis. All these guys want to eat me because I'm the small fish, but I will try to escape, that's the target!"

Rossi starts Sunday's race from third on the grid and with a twelve point lead over team-mate J꧂orge Lorenzo, who qualified on pole. Marc Marquez qualified between the Yamaha riders.

The helmet isn't the only new addition for Rossi this weekend - he and Lorenzo also have '🍨winglets' available for their M1s. Both used them at the end of final practice, but were back on their standard bikes for qualifying.

The Misano Circuit,🦩 just 20 minu𒊎tes from Rossi's home in Tavullia, has announced that Sunday's race is sold out.