There’s a superb article by stv21 over at AlvaroBautista.co.uk – chronicling the history of Alvaro Bautista’s helmet designs throughout his MotoGP career.
And even better than that, you can also cast your vote on which is your favourite of all. Vote here…
It’s a fascinating feature and there’s lots of great pictures of the helmet designs; and I’m going to be very interested to see which lid comes out on top.
Enjoy! (And pass on!)
Yes, that’s right… This is what Alvaro Bautista would look like if he was made out of Lego.
Actually he’d probably look more like one of the characters out of those Lego computer games, except way cooler.
Anyway this image is the result of the wonderfully time-wasting Lego Photo iPhone Application (iTunes App Store Link) where you can either take pics of people using the iPhone’s camera within the Lego app itself, or just choose a photo from your albums and brickify it accordingly.
So for those of you who’ve always wondered what a Lego Alvaro might look like, well here’s your answer.
And if it’s never crossed your mind, then that’s probably a good thing 
I don’t get out enough…
Bluer than Bleeding Gums Murphy!
But feeling blue in a good way though.
As you can probably see…
Welcome to the new-look BatiFan blog, overhauled for a number of varied reasons – though mainly to better serve passing on news and downloads etc as Alvaro moves into the top class for 2010. The Blogger page, whilst easy to post to, had come to feel very restrictive in many ways and I was getting bored with the static, very long, 2 column layout and the inflexibility of the ‘theme’ manipulation.
Given that pretty much all my other Alvaro Bautista, MotoGP, Aspar, El Canto Del Loco, and Pere Tutusaus websites have been moved over successfully to WordPress it made sense to do the same with the blog. In structuring the pages and adapting the skin I’ve tried to retain as much of a genuinely “bloggy” feel to the site – after all it’s NOT simply a news site – and I’ve also made the decision that it’s the right time to shift all the colours away from the Mapfre red that we’ve enjoyed for the last two years and to head off into Rizla Suzuki’s blue territory. Again though, I’ve tried to avoid the obvious – and as it’s NOT a Rizla Suzuki site I’ve avoided simply aping or copying their brand palette and stylings and gone for something that retains an independent aesthetic approach whilst remaining completely sympathetic to the team livery.
Anyway – we’re back and we’re better – hope you like the new lick of paint and the underlying rebuild. There may be further tweaks and adaptations here and there, but hopefully the BatiFan blog is now set to take us into 2010 and beyond as we follow Alvaro on his big MotoGP adventure.
Cheers,
gb
Here’s a new wallpaper to celerbate Alvaro’s Suzuki test at Valencia, and the start of an exciting, and challenging, new chapter in his racing career…
Click here to download – 1440×900 pixels
Click here to download – 1280×800 pixels
Enjoy!
gb
(PS: And as always, for more, and exclusive, downloads, join up at BatiFans.com – The Alvaro Bautista Fan Forum)
We sstayed on after the Valencia GP at the weekend for the testing sessions, where Alvaro made his debut on a MotoGP bike over three days with his new team Suzuki.
There’s more pics on our other sites, but enjoy these anyway…
