Jorge Lorenzo unveiled a special one-off livery for his FiatYamaha M1, leathers and helmet in Catalunya today in honour of the Barcelona football club, which won the Champions League two weeks ago in Rome.

Lorenzo who is a life long supporter of the football team and was on hand when Barça won the finals, and had to put in a special request to Yamaha and FIAT to use this livery, because the Italian car company is also a major shareholder in the Juventus F.C. who also takes part in the Champions League.

I’m very proud to be here in the colours of my team. I was there in Rome for the final and watching Barca win was like a dream! “I’m so happy to be able to show my support for them in this way at our home track, and I hope the fans will like it because I know many of them are also big Barcelona fans!”

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Here’s the Yamaha YZR–M1, number 48 from the Fiat Yamaha Team. It has some impressive livery, as ridden by Jorge Lorenzo in the Motegi GP.

The Lupin III image was designed for the occasion by the Centro Stile Fiat Automobiles (Fiat style centre), and will be used for a limited series Fiat 500 which will debut in the second half of 2009.

This is in addition to the design created to celebrate Italy’s national football team, the azzurri, at the beginning of the European Championship. A third design will be presented in occasion of the Grand Prix in Valencia.

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