Valentino Rossi admitted a “mistake” as he was forced into the gravel but he ends GT World Challenge Europe race in fifth
Rosꦯsi’s Team WRT missed out on the podium after his early, costly error in Hockenheim, Germany.
The MotoGP legend from Italy was r🍌esuming his new career in four-wheel racing, having competed in the 24 Hours of Spa this summer, but soon made an error in the Audi #46.
“The st🌠art was very tricky because the tr🎐ack is so narrow,” he said.
“I was in the pack but, at Turn 3 I thought I could stay on the trac🧔k.
“But I did a mistake and went on the gravel.
🐟“ꩵIt was a great shame because I lost 10 positions, more or less, because we had a good position at the start.
“The Safety Car was very boring! It was a shame.
“When we restarted I was 𝐆happy because my pace w🅺as good.”
Rossi’s teammates Fred Vervisch and Nico Muller took o🅰ver and steered the team to fifth.
The race was won by Sainteloc Junior Team.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1🅰.
