Valentino Rossi catches the eye in Bathurst 12 Hours practice
Practice 3 at Bathurst 12 Hours has concluded
Valentino Rossi was fourth-fastest in Practice 3 for this weekend’s Ba𓂃thurst 12 Hour𒆙s.
Rossi, Raffaele Mar🙈ciello and Charles Weerts are behind the wh❀eel of the #46 Team WRT BMW in Australia.
The two BMW 📖sister cars were at the top of the timesheet during pit stop practices, wꦿith Rossi’s 2:04.1110s catching the eye.
But it wasn’t enough to edge Bathurst veteran Maro Engel w🎃ho ended the session on top.
Engel, Maxime Mar🎐tin and Mikael Grenier, in the #888 Mercedes, set a 2:03.85🧔10s.
Engel will be hoping to bღreak his own record of 2♑:00.8819s around Bathurst, set two years ago.
Rossi posted footage walking up Mount Panorama.
“We are doing the lap 🌺of the track on foot,” he said.
“We just entered the mountain, onto the road. It’s beautiful, and a unique track, and𓆏 very fast.
“It's very hot now, there's sun. Really tough.
“I remembered the track. We will look at the data and 𓆏it will become more clear.”
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