The nine-time motorcycle racing world champion was behind the wheel of a Team WRT Audi R8 for two sprint races, finishing 13th then eighth, on S♊unday at Brands Ha🃏tch in the UK.

Rossi, now 43, was forced to use all of his experience on the very first lap when he steered beyond a collision that ended tꦬhe race for two of hi🦂s Team WRT teammates, Jean-Baptiste Simmenaur and Benjamin Goethe.

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Rossi gave way to Belgium’s Frédéric Vervis༺ch midway through th💝e sprint - they finished in P13 with a time of +33.760.

Rossi then ꦍimpressively finished the second race of the day in P8 with a time of +40.216.

Ulysse De Pauw and ♕Pie✤rre Alexandre Jean won the first race in AF Corse’s Ferrari 488 GT3.

The second was won by Timur Boguslavskiy and Raffaele Marciello inᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ an Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3.

Rossi’s first race on four wheels last month since exiting MotoGP was marred by a pit sto🐼p mishap where he accidentally💯 drove past his own crew.

His next outing will be 13-15 May ❀at Magny-Cours in Frဣance.

Why Rossi races on after retiring from MotoGP

“I always had an idea to race with cars, s♒ince when I started with 🔴motorcycles," he said on Friday.

“This idea with GT3 helped me𝓰 to stop with the bikes!

“To 🐭stop was very difficult. I drove cars in the past just to impr🍸ove my skills. 

“I want to be competitive.

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

Rossi warned his new rivals: “The good drivers havꦿe a big difference compared🐎 to me.

“My lap times ꦰwere not so bad. But I need to arrive at that performance earlier. I need to improve my skills. I am not far from the top guys but they are faster than me."

The verdict on Rossi from his teammate

Vervisch said about Rossi’s apprenti🍃ceship in a new sport: “The best I’ve had so far. I am experienced with driver coaching. 

“What he has done is impressive. He is being modest. You tell him something on꧒ce, and he does it.

“For him ♚- he tries, it doesn’t work, he says ‘OK🍎, try again’.

“He can do the same as us, or even better. He is just yet to 🌱bring it all together.✱”

Lewis Hamilton: MotoGP 'more hardcore' than F1!

Rossi was told that racing on two wheels is "more hardcore" than four wheels by seꦗven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton last month.

“I think MotoG🌟P is more hardcore,” Hamilton admitted. “These guys don’t have seatbelts.

“💯When they have a crash, it is big. It i🥃s hard for them to improve safety.

“The fear factor 🐷for them is always there, and has been there for years.

“Our sport is getting safer and safer. 

“We wat💝ch [MotoGP] in complete shock. It is nerve-wracki♊ng.”

Rossi told Hamil🃏ton about racing in GT World Challenge Europe: “I am excited ༺for a new adventure, racing with a car. It is the second chapter of my career.”

Ha✱milton asked: “When are you coming to Formula 1?”

Rossi: “Unfortunately I am too old!

“To drive a car or to ride a motorcycle? It is different but also the sa꧟me. The lines are similar, and the braking. You have to be fast.

“If you 🌄can drive a car, you can also ride a bike,✃ and the opposite.”