Valentino Rossi wins the Road To Le Mans, a support race to 24 Hours of Le Mans
Rossi t🎐ook over from his teammate Jerome Policard with their Team WRT #46 BMW in fourth place of the GT3 category.
The safety car was on track, due to the #320 Ligier JS P12 of Racing Spi🥀rit of Leman retiri🃏ng early, when Rossi took the wheel.
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Una manovra effettuata nell'ultimo giro di gara-2 della Road🍎 to Le Mans che regala la viꦇttoria a Valentino Rossi nella classe GT3 con la sua BMW M4
Rossi posted the fastest lap (3'58''844) as he overtook Vincent Abril’s Lamborghi🌟ni.
He was then in a great battle with Anders Fjordbach, driving the #86 Porsche, over th🦩e entire 🍎Hunaudières straight.
With four minutes left, and with a battle also raging in the top category between Leonard ౠWeiss and David Droux, Rossi made his successful move.
He move🐭d into second while entering Terꦇtre Rouge bend.
And a penalty to the #296 Ferrari 3 GT51, which was 𓂃leading, meant Rossi was declared the winner.
MotoGP legend Rossi swapped two wheels 🍎for four in 2022, and is now in his second season of racing cars. His dream is to compete in next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans - victory in the Road To Le Mans means the ico🎐n of motorsport has taken a huge step towards that target.
Results of race 2:
1. #320 Ligier JS P97 Cool Racing, Sanjuan/Droux
2. Duqueine M30 D08 #33 WTM by Rinaldi Racing, ♛Kratz/Weiss
3. Ligier JS P320 #2 CD Sport, Michal/Smal
4. ꩵLigier JS P320 #69 🎶M Racing, De Oliveira Cristovao/Lehmann
ඣ5. #320 United Aut𒐪osports Ligier JS P22, Kraut/Andrews
GT3 standings:
1. BMW M4 GT3 #46 Team WRT, Policand/Rossi
2. BMW M4 GT3 #31 Team WRT, Whale/Hesse
3. Mercedes AMG GT3 #57෴ Winward Racing, Kurtz/Ward
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from 🐻American sports, to football, to F1.
