Valentino Rossi marked an era in MotoGP and after ending this stage of his career, he dedicated himself to competitions on four wheels 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, in Misano.
With Team WRT BMW, the 45-year-old Italian continued his legacy and especially in front of the Italian fans, he once again climbed to the highest step of the podium in the competition after succeeding Martin, who had a strong start and driving in the first stint and showed himself very competent in defending against Charles Weerts.
This victory serves as a boost for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he will participate for the first time next month, he who last year already won in the same location in France before the ‘main course’ at the French circuit.
And after that, he would conquer another podium.
Valentino Rossi (#46 BMW M4 GT3): ‘A fantastic weekend here in Misano! Winning at home again after last year is great. Maxime secured pole position on Friday, but I immediately knew it would be tough in the race against our sister car. That’s exactly 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 the victory home. I am very happy about that. In the second race, at night, we tried to finish second, but we couldn’t overtake on this track. However, we can leave Misano very happy with a double podium’.
