MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi scores a class win in the Road to Le Mans support race - and says the result is good preparation for a potential debut in next year's 24-hour classic
GT convert Rossi contested the two Road to Le Mans support races that form part of the Le Mans Cup championship in a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 that he shared with Jerome Policand - who admitted he originallyRossi briefly led the opening race on Thursday before getting baulked at the first Mulsanne chicane by two LMP3 cars that tangled directly in front of him.
He enjoyed a close scrap with Anders Fjordbach's Porsche in the later stages for second, diving ahead with a lap to go, and then was promoted to the win when the AF Corse Ferrari of Kei Cozzolino and Hiroshi Koizumi was penalised for"erratic driving". "We had a strong pace since yesterday morning and in qualifying, but we were a bit unlucky in the first race, so we wanted to go for the podium in the second race. Valentino Rossi, WRT"I had a good pace and was able to do some good overtakes. We are very, very happy.”
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