Valentino Rossi: MotoGP great on switching to GTWCE ‘to feel the adrenaline'

Valentino Rossi has opened up on the difficulties of ending his legendary MotoGP career and the reason he has started a new adventure by swapping two wheels for four.
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi

Nine-time motorcycle world champion Rossi, now 43, brought his MotoGP career to a halt at the end of last season but now is behind the wheel of a Team WRT Audi R🌠8 and will꧋ race at the GT World Challenge Europe at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

It will be the second race of his new adventure - in his debut at Imola, he finished 17th after a miꦺshap during his team pit stop re🌳sulting in him driving past his crew

But Rossi was, as usual, all 𝄹smiles in the build-up to his second race and revealed why he made the transition: “I always had an idea to race with cars, since when I started with motorcycles.

“This idea with GT3 helpe🌜d me to stop with the🧜 bikes!

“To stop was very difficult. I drove cars in the past just to improv♈e my skills. 

“I want to be competitive.

“You need something - you need to feel 🌺the adrenaline, to remain a driver, to remain on the track, to jump in the car, to wear the helmet.

“This is the same as from when I was🐻 five-years-old.

“I hope I can race cars for [several] seasons.”

Swapping MotoGP for GT World Challenge

The 24 Hours of Spa and Le Mans are the new g🦋oals set by Rossi for himself.

“I ꦬwant to be competitive with the good guys – t🌃o have the speed and drive the car at the maximum, to be as strong as them,” he said. 

“Yes, Le Mans is an ambition but this year we race i꧅n Spa and that is the greatest race for the GT3 cars because you have 60 cars and all in the same class. 

“Le Mans is another story with different cars and on the🍌 track and I’m very excited for Sp🦩a.

“Also because I ওhave never driven at Spa. I have never been there and everybody says that it is a great track. 

“After, also in the future, I would like💧 to try Le Mans.”

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Live MotoGP: Spain Opening Day begins fr🍸om 8am on Friday, until 3pm, live on BT Sport 2 and covering Free Practice 1 a༒nd Free Practice 2.

MotoE qualifying&🌊nbsp;is live on BT Sport 2 from 3.45pm on Friday.

On Saturday, the action begins live on BT Sport 2 from 8am with coverage of Free Practice 3.

Then from 11am on the same channel we have live coverage of Qualifying.

From 3.15pm, MotoE Race 1 is live.

The Rookies Cup is live from 4.15pm.

On Sunday the Jerez warm-up is live on BT Sport 2 from 8am.

The Moto3 race is live from 9.15am before the Moto2 race at 11am.

BT Sport 2’s live coverage of MotoGP Jerez is live from 12.30pm. And their post-race show, Chequered Flag, is on at 2pm.

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