Rome, 8 December 2021 – Valentino Rossi has climbed the Colle for a meeting with the president Sergio Mattarella. What he says of him: he made “a turning point” in the world of motorcycling and in the “way of interpreting it that he sowed not only in Italy, but everywhere. Many new champions they were inspired by his model“. In addition to the Doctor, the head of state received a delegation from the Italian Motorcycle Federation at the Quirinale with the 2021 world champions winners of national team competitions.
“Welcome to the Quirinale, a really great pleasure to welcome you and to congratulate you for your successes as well as congratulations”, said Mattarella who thanked the leaders of the Coni and Federmoto for the activities carried out, because, said the Head of State “it is important to combine sporting activities with social activities”. This, continued the Head of State, “is a way of honoring and developing the 110 years since the first national motorcycle club and I have lived a good part of them, so much so that I remember the motorcycle champions of many decades ago”.
Particularly to Valentino Rossi Mattarella expressed his “compliments not only for this long season and many years of competitions always at the highest levels, but thanks because it was followed with constancy and maximum closeness not only by the fans, but by the whole country with great sympathy and involvement for the sporting and human aspects, having solicited and stimulated many young people to engage in the sport of motorcycles “.
According to Mattarella, Valentino Rossi “also caused a turning point in the way of interpreting the sport of motorcycles, which he sowed not only in Italy, but everywhere: many new champions have been inspired by his model”. A success, according to Mattarella, “from the point of view of the sense of sport and the will to always compete with new goals”.
Vale’s emotion and the gift to the president
“It was a very exciting meeting in a particularly suggestive place like the Quirinale. The words of President Mattarella were really meaningful and I am very happy to have participated in this event”, said Valentino Rossi at the end of the meeting with the President of the Republic.
“A big hug for Sergio”. Valentino Rossi gave the President of the Republic a motorcycle helmet, with the colors of the Italian flag and the written by President Mattarella. Alongside the dedication, the signature of the nine-time MotoGP world champion, received today at the Quirinale together with motocross champion Tony Cairoli and Francesco Bagnaia, accompanied by the top management of Federmoto and Coni.
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