PICTURE: Rossi's new sponsor...

With the Factory Yamaha Team still to announce its title sponsor for the 2007 season, star rider Valentino Rossi has 'secured' some new backing from his grand prix past in the form of 'Osvaldo chickens' (top picture) - whose logo is present on his bike at Sepang.

The sponsor is of course a spoof, with Osvaldo the chicken having formed the basis of one of Rossi's early career stunts when, in 1998, the then 250cc rider gave a lift to a huge chicken called Osvaldo after victory in Catalunya (lower pic)!

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With the Factory Yamaha Team still to announce its title sponsor for the 2007 season, star rider Valentino Rossi has 'secured' some new backing from his grand prix past in the form of 'Osvaldo chickens' (top picture) - whose logo is present on his bike at Sepang.

The sponsor is of course a spoof, with Osvaldo the chicken having formed the basis of one of Rossi's early career stunts when, in 1998, the then 250cc rider gave a lift to a huge chicken called Osvaldo after victory in Catalunya (lower pic)!

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