The Doc knows how to Celebr'8' !

Valentino Rossi, probably the best motorcycle racer the world has seen till date has an extremely distinctive way of celebrating each of his wins. After bagging his sixth premier class title, the Doctor, as he is fondly and respectfully called, celebrated his win at the Motegi circuit by having a desk setup right next to the track and having one of his friends dressed as a notary to notarize his delayed eighth world championship. He and his team members also wore a t-shirt that said “sorry for being late, number Eight.” Now how super-cool is that? In today’s world of motorcycle racing that is heavily botched by constant pressure from sponsors and manufacturers, how often do we find racers joking around the track and sharing some light moments on the track?

No wonder that the man has an honorary Doctorate in Communications from the University of Urbino, Italy. That said – let us think about eight new witty ideas in which ‘Vale’ would have celebrated his win at Motegi, Japan.

Here it goes:

1] All of us already know about his bowling skills. Maybe this time Rossi would have had some of the members from the famed Rossi fan club dressed as pool balls and potted the eight ball using the M1 as the cue-stick.

2] Easiest and most simplistic but equally spectacular way would have been drawing an eight number burnout right where he passed Stoner… (Talk about rubbing it in!)

3] Maybe the Italian would have had eight of his crew guys dressed as planets in the solar system and he would have taken planet Earth pillion with him on the victory lap!

4] Or maybe he would have preferred taking his pet bulldog Guido, pillion on the victory lap since Guido turns eight this year!

5] There could have been a mock Bingo game happening on the track-side and as the Bingo Caller would have announced number eight, Rossi would have walked in with an inflatable ‘One Fat Lady’ doll dressed in colours identical to his leathers!

6] This ones a little personal and might appeal to those who have seen the pictures floating on the internet, but maybe our man would have gone on a yacht (God knows he might have this planned for the holidays) with a company of eight beautiful women… ;)

7] He would have had seven members from his fan club dressed as Wonder’s of the World and then joined them as being the eighth one!

8] Maybe Rossifumi would have done a mock motorcycle riding test conducted by Indian transport authority, where one has to draw a figure of Eight in order to pass and acquire legal license to ride a motorcycle on public roads.

P.S. - I’m listing eight here for the obvious significance of that number in Rossi’s life, but more ideas are always welcome. So if you have similar ideas, please share them as comments.