Valentino Rossi marked an era in MotoGP and after ending that stage of his career he dedicated himself to four-wheel racing and after reaching the podium in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) he managed to win once again this weekend in the GT World Challenge Europe at Misano.
With Team WRT BMW, the 45-year-old Italian continued his legacy and more in front of the Italian fans and once again took the top step of the podium in the competition after succeeding Martin, who had a strong start and drive in the first stint and then proved very skilful in fending off Charles Weerts.
This victory serves as a tonic for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he will take part for the first time next month, as last year he already won at the same venue in France before the ‘main course’ at the French circuit.
And after that he’ll take another podium.
Valentino Rossi (#46 BMW M4 GT3):
– A fantastic weekend here at Misano! To have won at home again after last year is great. Maxime secured pole position on Friday, but I knew immediately that it would be tough in the race against our sister car. That’s how it turned out, and Charles Weerts put a lot of pressure on me at the end of the first race, but I didn’t make any mistakes and brought home the victory. I am very happy about that. In race two in the evening, we tried to finish second, but we couldn’t overtake on this track. Nevertheless, we can leave Misano very happy with a double podium.