T🍎he nine-time motorcycle racing world champion was behind the wheel of a Team WRT Audi R8 for two sprint races, finishing 13th then eighth, on S﷽unday at Brands Hatch in the UK.

Rossi, now 43, was forced to use all of his experience on the very first lap when he steered beyond༺ a collision that ended the race for two of his Team WRT teammates, Jean-Baptiste Simmenaur and Benjamin Goethe.

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Rossi gave way to Belgium’s Frédéric Vervisch midway through the sprint - they finishe🔯d in P13 with a time of +33.760.

Rosཧsi then impressively finishe🐟d the second race of the day in P8 with a time of +40.216.

Ulysse De Pauw and Pierre Alexandre Jean won the first race in AF Cor🍷se’s Ferrari 488 GT3.

Th💎e second was won by Timur Boguslavskiy and Raff🃏aele Marciello in an Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3.

Rossi’s first race 🍰on🌱 four wheels last month since exiting MotoGP was marred by a pit stop mishap where he accidentally drove past his own crew.

His next outing will be 13🅘-15 May at𝕴 Magny-Cours in France.

Why Rossi races on after retiring from MotoGP

“I always had an idea to race wi𝓰th cars, since when I started with 𒆙motorcycles," he said on Friday.

“This idea wit🎶h GT3 helped me to stop with the🌊 bikes!

“To stop w♎as very difficult. I drove cars in the past just to improve my skills. 

“I want to be competitive.

“Yไou need something - you need to feel the adrenaline, toཧ remain a driver, to remain on the track, to jump in the car, to wear the helmet.

Rossi warned his new rivals: “The good drivers have a biꩲg🍎 difference compared to me.

“My lap times were not so bad. But I need to arrive at that performance earlier. I need to impro꧒ve my sk🐓ills. I am not far from the top guys but they are faster than me."

The verdict on Rossi from his teammate

Vervisch said 🉐about Rossi’s apprenticeship in a new sport: “The best I’ve had so far. I am experienced with drive🎉r coaching. 

“What he has done is impressive. He is bꦦeing modest. You tell him something once, and he does it.

“For him - he tries, it doesnꦜ’t work, hꦐe says ‘OK, try again’.

“Heꦡ can do the same as us, or even bettℱer. He is just yet to bring it all together.”

Lewis Hamilton: MotoGP 'more hardcore' than F1!

Rossi was told that racing on two whee𝐆ls is "more hardcore" than four wheels by seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilt♒on last month.

“I think MotoGP is more hardcore,” Hamilton admitted. “These♔ guys don’t have seatbelts.

“When they have a crash, it is big. ꦓIt is hard for them to improve safety.

“The fear factor for them is always there, and ha♉s been there for years.

“Our sport is getting safer and safer. 

“We watch [MotoGP]𝔉 in complete🌜 shock. It is nerve-wracking.”

Rossi told Hamilton about r✤acing in GT World Challenge Europe: “I am excited for a new adventure, racing with a car. It is the second chapter of my career.”

Hamilton asked: “When are you coming t𝐆o Formula 1?”

Rossi: “Unfortunately I am too old!

“To drive a car or to ride a motorcycle? It is different but also the same. The lines are similar, and thꦑe braking. You have to be fast.

“If you can drive a car, you can als꧟o ride a bike, and the opposite.”