Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi and Qatar's multi-talented hero Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah pose for a photograph following a shooting session at Losail yesterday.
A nine-time motorcycle racing World Champion and a two-time Dakar Rally winner go skeet shooting? Yes! That was the pre-event ahead of the QatarGP, as Qatar's multi-talented hero Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah met the ‘Doctor’, Valentino Rossi ahead of the first race of the year.
Al Attiyah, who won the Dakar in 2011 and 2015, is also an Olympic medalist in skeet shooting – taking the Bronze at London 2012, and competing for his country since 1996.
So the impressive Qatari athlete joined up with another multi-talented sportsman - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Rossi - ahead of the first race of the year at Losail International Circuit, showing the Italian the ropes and both men doing some shooting under the desert sun.
Italian star Rossi heads into his 18th year of bike racing with the intention of dominating the new MotoGP season which starts on Sunday at Qatar's iconic Losail International Circuit.
