The MotoGP legend finis✤hed 17th in the GT World Challenge endurance race.

Rossi was 13th an hour ♔from the end but, due to hand o💜ver the steering wheel to team-mate Frederic Vervisch, he made a crucial error in the pitlane by bypassing his crew and was forced to complete an extra lap, losing time in the process.

• 🍬Aleix Eꦇspargaro makes history by winning Argentina MotoGP
• MotoGP Argentina, ༒Termas de Rio Hondo - Race Results
• 2022 🃏Argentine Moto2 Grand Prix, Termas - Race Results

Rossi was in The Audi R8 Lms Evo II GT3 of the WRT team 🥀number 46ౠ alongside Vervisch and Nico Muller.

‘The Doctor’ had largely impressed in his first car race since ending an illustrious career on two whee♊ls.

His best lap was 1:41.5, four tenths f꧋rom his best performan༺ce in qualifying.

The race was won by Dries Vanthoor, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts f🍰or The No. 32 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II a♚fter starting on pole position.

Valentino Rossi to race in the UK

The next round of the GT World Challenge is April 30-May 1 💦at Brands Hatch.

Lewis Hamilton tells Valentino Rossi: MotoGP ‘more hardcore’ than F1

The motorsport legends came together for a joint interview having famously swapped their rides in 2019 for a fascinating few laps where Hamilton rode a Yamaha andও Rossi drove a Mercedes.

“I think MotoGP is more hardcore,ꦦ” Hamilton admitted. “These guys don’t ha🌌ve seatbelts.

“When they have a crash, i♏t is big. It is hard for them to improve safety.

“The fear factor for them is always there, and has be📖en there for years.

“Our sport is getting safer and safer. 

“We watch [MotoGP] in compleꦍte shock. It is nerve-wrack🎃ing.”

Rossi had said: “I am excited for a new adventure, racing with a car. It is the second ch🐭apter of my career.”

Hamilton askeꦺd: “When a🌌re you coming to Formula 1?”

Rossi: “Unfortunately I am too old!”

Hamilton explained: “I have always loved bi꧅kes. When I was younger I wanted to race💎 bikes, not cars.

“But my dad wouldn’t let m🌼e race bikes - he said thꦍey were too dangerous!

“He got me into four wheels rather than two.

“It was the right choice because if I was racing during the time Vale was there, I wouꦆꦬldn’t have been so successful.

“Since I have been ♔in Formula 1, I have a super-bike and I like to do some track days. It is fascinating. It gi𓆏ves a different perspective.”

Rossi said: “All the MotoGP riders love Formula 1, and the Formula 1 drivers love MotoGP. The tw🐽o sports are at the top of motorsport and are very connected.

“To drive a car or to r𒐪ide a motorcycle? It is different🌃 but also the same. 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💃.”

Hamilton: “Our skill is to adapt. On a bike you see lines that you wouldn’t normally take in a car. The braking is different but the goal is to get through as quickly as possible. We adapt - that is what we�🥃� do best. It is second nature.

“I have been in a figh🐈ter jet and even that felt natural!”

Ros♈si said about taking to the skies: “I 🌟am very scared but I want to try.”

Hamilton told him: “The perception of your speed is different. You are f꧃aster but it doesn’t feel as fast as a bike on the gr✨ound.

“In a plane, I blac🍃ked out. It was 8Gs and I didn’t have a G-suit on.”

Rossi said:💧 “Speed is✅ exciting. It is something you get used to.

“The first time you try Mot📖oGP you think it is impossible but you improve. Your brain reacts. It is a great feeling.

“You are doing ♌something very dangerous but with the feeling that, more or less, everything is under control.”