Gallery: Rossi's special testing helmet

With special testing liveries now almost a thing of the past come the first pre-season test at Malaysia as team launches get earlier and earlier every year, one splash of new colour that can usually be relied upon is Valentino Rossi’s testing lid – and this year was no different.

Always a home town boy despite his global profile, this year’s design by renowned artist and friend of Rossi’s Alberto Drudi features his home village of Tavulia covered in snow – a scene that couldn’t be further from the 35ºC temperatures of Sepang!