Valentino Rossi seals podium finish at 24 Hours of Dubai

Team WRT, who the MotoGP legend represents, claimed🌜 first and th♎ird positions at the endurance race.
The winners were Mohammed Saud Fahad al Saud, Diego Menchaca, Jean-Baptistꦉe Simmenauer, Jens Klingmann and Dries Vanthoor.
Rossi and teammates Tim Whale, Sean Gelael, Max Hesse and Maxime Martin took P3. The Herberth-Porsch⭕e were second, 21.7s beh𓃲ind the winners.
For Team WRT it is a significant result because they have switched manufacturers from Audi to BMW 𒅌for 2023. It is also the team’s second consecutive victory at the 24 Hours of Dubai.
Rossi’s team had𓃲 to overcome an early struggle wh♔en his teammate Whale hit the tyre stacks after less than three hours.
They made no fꦫurther mistakes and looked on course for a podium finish from within the first half of the race.
Rossi, 43, is set to compete in the Bathurst 12 Hours next mo🌳n𒀰th.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything f💯rom American sports, to football, to F1.