PICTURE: Edwards with Elvis wig.

Edwards and Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi appeared in the one-off colours to celebrate the forthcoming launch of the new Fiat 500 - exactly 50 years after the original first appeared.

As such, both riders and their machines were decorated in the art and music of that era - hence the appearance of an Elvis wig.

Rossi, who chose not to wear a wig, went on to win the race from eleventh on the grid while Edwards finished sixth.

Edwards with Elvis wig, Dutch MotoGP Race 2007
Edwards with Elvis wig, Dutch MotoGP Race 2007
© Gold and Goose

Edwards and Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi appeared in the one-off colours to celebrate the forthcoming launch of the new Fiat 500 - exactly 50 years after the original first appeared.

As such, both riders and their machines were decorated in the art and music of that era - hence the appearance of an Elvis wig.

Rossi, who chose not to wear a wig, went on to win the race from eleventh on the grid while Edwards finished sixth.

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