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 brake lever protector has been 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:to prevent accidents like this for Sete Gibernau in 2006.
Rossi, who later said he would have crashed withou🌠t the brake lever protection, went on to finish in second place on his Yamaha MotoGP return.
MotoGP Editor
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen🐷 Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
