This is ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe special helmet design that Valentino Rossi will use for 2019 pre-season testing, which began at Sඣepang on Wednesday.

The Italian🙈 superstar had revealed there would be🐟 a new design a few days earlier in Jakarta, saying:

"In Sepang I will have a new helmet, designed with Aldo Drudi that I will use for the tests this year, which is very interesting🔯, you will see but it is something new. V𒉰ery artistic. I think that it's very cool."

After unvei🍬ling the helmet, Rossi said: "As for every season’s tests, I made a special helmet for this year as well. It’s always a great experience to work on a special edition. We try to find new ideas every time, but it’s not always easy.

"For this year’s helmet, we had a hard time making up our minds, but at some point I looke🥃d at Aldo and I asked him to do something for me - to do whaꦓt we used to do, pick up a paintbrush and draw the helmet freehand, like in years past. And that’s what we did!

"At first, Aldo was hesitant, but then he started to have a blast. When all was said and done, it came out great. Because they’re drawn by hℱand, each helmet is un🦋ique.”

Hoꦕwever it will not be used once the wor🅰ld championship gets underway in Qatar next month: "The helmet for the racing season will remain very similar to the helmet of last year. Maybe some small modifications, but very similar; blue and yellow."