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Valentino Rossi items have sold at auction for a children’s charity
A set of ultra-rare riding leathers and a crash helmet specifically crafted for MotoGP icon Valentino Rossi fetched nearly €40,000 at a UNICEF auction.
Rossi, who started his grand prix motorcycle racing journey in 1996 in the 125cc class, went on to amass nine world championships, with seven triumphs in MotoGP from 2001 to 2009.
Having claimed 89 victories in the premier class, Rossi bid farewell to MotoGP in 2021 to shift focus to GT car racing.
To mark his 46th birthday, Dainese produced just 46 sets of the Soleluna Vale46 leathers and AGV helmet, one of which was auctioned off by UNICEF Italy for its Road Safety program.
The set, used by Rossi himself during a track day at Mugello on a Yamaha R1, was the first to be created, raising €38,200 for UNICEF.
In addition to this auction, Rossi’s BMW M4 GT3 race car from his initial 24 Hours of Le Mans outing also fetched a high price at auction, while the future racing plans of the MotoGP great for 2026 are still unclear.
