Valentino Rossi's team-mate for this weekend's Road to Le Mans support event for the LeMans24 thought WRT's offer to share a car with the MotoGP legend was a joke:
Valentino Rossi’s team-mate in this weekend’s Road to Le Mans race thought it was a joke when he was offered the chance to drive with the bike racing legend.Jerome Policand has revealed to Motorsport.com that he did not believe WRT boss Vincent Vosse’s offer to race with the seven-time MotoGP champion aboard one his team’s BMW M4 GT3s in the support event on the bill of this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours.
“I’m 58 and I’m getting the chance to drive with Valentino on a circuit I love, so I was always going to say yes.” He has raced only sporadically since, including an appearance in the 24H Series at the wheel of one of his own Mercedes-AMG GT3 this year.
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