The Fiat Yamaha Team with Valentino Rossi have teamed up with Legambiente (an enviromental association) to auction off the tail section of his 2009 Yamaha M1 with the Forza Abruzzo stickers to finance a mobile laboratory for emergencies in the earthquake hit area.

“There’s a bit of Abruzzo in my ninth world title,” said Rossi “I’ve never forgotten the images of the earthquake and the immense tragedy that followed. This is a way to tell the people that we haven’t forgetten, and we want to support the reconstruction of the city of Aquila and the neighboring towns destroyed by the quake. It’s also an invitation to focus on young people, on students to help this land and its extraordinary people and get them up and running again. We’re going to be auctioning the two parts of the tail section of the Yamaha that I used in Qatar. In that race in April, to show my closeness to the population affected by the earthquake, I put the ‘Forza Abruzzo‘ sticker on my Yamaha.”

The tail section has been cut in two and both pieces have been autographed by the 9 times World Champion. If you’re interested in having a piece of a Yamaha GP bike head over to the Forza Abruzzo website and make your bid. Auction ends April 5th at 10am.

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On the starting grid for Race 1 at Assen, the riders of the Superbike World Championship displayed a banner “Forza Abruzzo” to express their solidarity and their support for the population of Abruzzo (Italy), that was hit by an eathquake on April 6th.

In addition, during the next round of the Superbike World Championship at Monza from 8-10 May, a charity auction will be organized in the paddock on Saturday afternoon following the Superpole. Helmets and leathers will be made available by the riders for the auction. The proceeds, together with a contribution from Infront Motor Sports, will be devolved to the National Civil Protection unit in support for the work being carried out in Abruzzo to assist the population.

Source | sbk

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