Valentino Rossi secures point-scoring comeback drive at Hockenheim GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Rossi and teammate Maxime Martin finished eiꩵghth and seventh in the two one-hour sprints in🎀 Germany.
The MotoGP qualified a dra🌄b 35th out of 41 cars 🤡on Saturday morning.
But he avoided a series of spi꧒ns and crashes and, withi𝕴n a few opening laps, made up 10 positions in Race 1.
He handed over duties to Marꦚtin who brought home their𒆙 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 27 places further forward than they started.
Martin fought from eighth up to P3 in๊ the starting stint of Race 2, but Rossi later lost time during a slow pitstop.
They were forced to settle for P7.
The championship returns in two weeks in Valeﷺncia, a track that the two-wheel legend knows very well.
James was a sports jo🍌urnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
