Valentino Rossi after nightmare weekend: ‘We expected to be stronger’

Valentino Rossi endured a “difficult weekend” because of the time lost in practice due to his crash, his teammate has said.
Valentino Rossi, Misano WorldSBK race1, 11 June
Valentino Rossi, Misano WorldSBK race1, 11 June

The motorcycle racing legend had 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:his worst outing on four wheels since retiri🌳ng from MotoGP and joining 𝕴the GT World Challenge Europe championship.

Rossi and tea✱mmate Frederic Vervisch finished 14th and 16th in two sprint races on Saturday and Sunday in Zandvoort, the Netherlands.

Rossi: ‘’It was a difficult weekend, we expected to be stronger because the feeling when ﷽we te🐼sted here in the winter was good. 

“🍷My pace was good at the end but not enough to be in the top10, we hope to do better next time.”

The Italian, now 43, experienced his first difficulties on Friday when he crashed during practice. The Te♌am WRT Audi had to be swapped from Rossi’s trademark yellow livery to a green aꦛlternative.

He did managed an impressive overtak�ꦯ�e of Chris Froggatt in the first race but his momentum ended with a spin, and he and Vervisch were forced to settle outside of the points.

Vervisch reflected: “It was of course a difficult weekend because we lost a lot of practice time, but the team did a great job to give us another car, and we did what we could starting from tꦦhe back. We finished the races and we gained a lot of experience.”

Valentino Rossi / Frédéric Vervisch - Team WRT Audi R8 LMS evo II
Valentino Rossi / Frédéric Vervisch - Team WRT Audi R8 LMS evo II

Rossi and Vervisch’s fellow Team WRT Audi drivers Dr🍸ies Vanthoor and Charles Weerts won the first race.

Zandvoort marked the halfway point of Rossi’s first championship since endiܫng his MotoGP legacy.

There have been moments of genuine enterprise from the motorsport icon as well as moments of naivety, such as driving past his pit crew during his debut 𒈔race.

Rossi will next race iไn Misano, Italy, on 1-3 July.

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