Valentino Rossi joins VR46 riders on track at Misano

For the second time in a month, Valentino Rossi has returned to two-wheels for a training day with the VR46 Academy Riders.
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi

After an outi♎ng at Portimao in late January, just before the Sepang MotoGP test, Rossi has again thrown a leg over an R1 Superbike, this time at his local Misano track.

Rossi was riding alongside reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) as well as 🐠fellow premier-class competitors Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha), Luca Marini (Ducati) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati), plus Andrea Migno and Celestino Vietti.

Bagnaia, Morbidel🍰li, Marini and Bezzecc♕hi - using production Superbikes to comply with the MotoGP testing rules - will be back on their racing machines during the final MotoGP pre-season test at Portimao on March 11-12.

Rossi, who switched to sportscars after retiring from MotoGP, has alreadyꦫ begun his 2023 racing activities, celebrating a podium in Dubai and sixth place at Bathurst with the🎀 WRT BMW team.

But aꦉs the below images show, the nine-time world champion is still comfortable testing the track limits during a chilly spring day on a mo🐽torcycle...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is a🐷t the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.

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