Valentino Rossi is eager to swap helmets with Lando Norris in the near future, calling it “an honour” to s♒ee the tribute design used by the Formula 1 driver race at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend.

Norris paid homage to his racing hero by styling his helmet and race boots around the designs used by Rossi throughout his MotoGP 🍸career, receiving approval from the nine-time ๊world champion🐻 to do so.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP round at Misano, Rossi said he was “very happy” and “very proud” to sཧee Norris race with his designs, having met the McLaren F1 driver at Silverstone last mon🔥th.

“For me, it is an ꦉhonour, because at the beginning of the season, arrived new drivers like Lando and also [Alexander] Albon,” Rossi said.

“They said that growing up, they followed Mo♏toGP and t꧒hey followed me, so they are my fans. And it’s something good. I like the feeling.

“Lando di𓆉d a great job, so it was a great pleasure, yes. Now we [will] swap the helmets as soon as possible.

“I met Lando at Silverstone, and he’s a very good guy. He’s very young, he’s 19. But he’s already very clever and looks like he’s got a lot more experience t🌼han his age.

“So I’m also his fan.”

Norris had considered picking #46 as his permanent race number in F1 to pay tribute to Rossi, but opted against doing so, running #4�🍬� instead.

The Monza weekend marked his first true tribute to The Doctor as he complemented his helmet and race boo🌼ts with some Rossi merchandise he picked up at Silversto𝔍ne.

“It’s been very enjoyable for me, I’ve loved it, especially having the Rossi-related helmet and boots and so on,” Norris tolജd wuqian0821.com.

“I had a lot of fun. That’s all that matters.”