I feel like Uccio has worked hard enough and long enough that riders assistants titles should be "Uccio". As in "hey what do you do for a living?" "I Uccio for Andrea Iannone" or "I Uccio for Josh Hayes" Or simply "I Uccio" Uccio should be added to the dictionary.
Speaking of Uccio, does anyone know the story behind his VR46 tattoo on his arm? I saw it and was like WTF. Maybe put on after a bet or something?
Hahaha. True. Then again, as silly as it sounds at first, where might Rossi be without Uccio? I would never underestimate the value of having a no BS non-sycophantic confidante to keep you grounded. Especially in that crazy world. Maybe without Uccio and his other close friends around him to keep him honest and from getting too big headed Rossi would have ended up with his head up his own ass and not done a quarter of what he has. Maybe that's what Lorenzo is missing vs. Rossi.
Yeah, maybe there's a little dude tearing up the streets of Indonesia on his moped every morning on his way to the sweatshop who would've been nine times world champion if only he'd met Uccio.