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MotoGP, Santa Claus Pernat: a new ID card for Rossi

PART 3 - "So that it shows his real age - 24. For Lorenzo a course in communication and for Dovi some sort of stimulant"

Santa Claus Pernat: a new ID card for Rossi

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Carlo Pernat's work as Santa Claus is done, and one day ahead of time. The Italian manager has come up with very unique gifts to give to the MotoGP starts.

First he sorted the manufacturers (HERE), then the riders, from 6th to 10th in the standings (HERE) and today he takes care of the top 5. I'ts not easy to find gifts for champions of this calibre but a smiling Pernat has come up with the most suitable solution for each of them.

What will Marquez, Rossi, Lorenzo, Vinales and Dovizioso find under the tree? Here are the answers.

SOME MAGIC FOR MARQUEZ THAT CANCELS OUT THE 2015 MALAYSIAN GP -Marquez should receive two gifts. The first is a magic wand to cancel out what he did in Malaysia last year, I'm sure he'd use it because he realises how much that cost him from an image standpoint. Then he needs an accounting course to learn to do his sums, as he did last year. But I hope that he doesn't accept it, because we like Marquez just how he is.

I'D GIVE VALENTINO HIS 24 YEARS OF AGE BACK - "I'm also giving Valentino two gifts and the first is the same as for Marquez, a magic wand. If he had one, he'd cancel that famous Sepang press conference, I think he realises he messed up there. Then he could do with a new ID card, Santa should bring him one that bears his real age - 24 - if he signs it no-one would say he's 37”.

LORENZO TO COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL -Lorenzo has already received his first gift, because I think that moving to Ducati for two years with a 24 million euro contract is probably the best gift of his life. Santa could bring him a post-race communications course, entitled: think before you speak. From that point of view, Jorge is really very weak”.

FOR VINALES A MANUAL ON OVERTAKING - The best gift for Vinales would be a manual on overtaking. I think Maverick is a Lorenzo clone, very strong and a winner when he breaks away. But I haven't yet seen him execute a good pass, he still needs to prove his worth in a one-on-one situation. Santa will bring him this manual, and it will be a thick one”.

DOVIZIOSO NEEDS SOME KIND OF STIMULANT - Dovizioso's first gift is being able to stay in Ducati, a company that feels like home to him, it would have been a pity to see him leave. Santa could also bring him some kind of stimulant because there are races in which he's quick but where he's missing that little something that would push him from 99 to 100. Perhaps Santa could whip him up some kind of potion with a secret ingredient”.

Translated by Heather Watson
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