
MotoGP
27 September 2007
Valentino Rossi has instructed lawyers to look at taking legal action against budget airline Ryanair after a new advertising campaign featured a reference to the Italian�s current multi-million pound tax investigation.

Rossi is to look at taking legal action against budget airline Ryanair.
The advert was run in big Italian newspaper Il Messagero last week and featured a headshot of Valentino Rossi and underneath his portrait it read: �Two million places, paying only the taxes.�
There was also a speech bubble coming from the 28-year-old Italian�s mouth that says: �I can come back with Ryanair and I only have to pay the tax.�
Valentino Rossi was asked about the advert, which has apparently become the talk of Italy, at a news conference on the eve of the Japanese MotoGP in the Twin Ring Motegi.
�I don�t see this. It�s a strange, strange idea because they don�t say anything to me.
�Maybe they want to help us pay the fee. I think this is a good way for it,� said Rossi, with his Fiat Yamaha team confirming he had instructed his lawyers to take legal action against Ryanair.
Valentino Rossi is currently embroiled in a �40m tax investigation by Italian authorities.