The MotoGP icon s🎶ecured the best result so far since he swapped bikes for cars at the Circuit Paul Ricard🍌 in France on Saturday night, his fourth race of his new adventure.

Rossi’s race highlight was an opportunistic undertakeꦜ of the #50 BMW which slid him into P1꧑1.

Rossi's progress wa🌞s hampered when he forced into consec🌺utive pitstops.

He had ꦆstarted the race in the Team WRT Audi before handing over to teammate🔯s Fred Vervisch and Nico Muller after a double stint behind the wheel.

Rossi’s time in the Audi took his team tꦡo P10 and they further improved to P5 for a respectable showing.

“It was difficult,” Rossi said. “First of all, because to do a double stint is very l𝄹ong. It is difficult on the neck.

“I was in P7 with the top guys. But the top guys are a little bit f𝐆aster than 💎me.

“I try, I try, I try.

“In the secoܫnd half of the first inter, I started to struggle with the tyres a little bit.”

Ferrar﷽i's Davꦜide Rigon, Antonio Fuoco and Daniel Serra won the race on Saturday.

The next date on the GT World𝄹 Challenge Europe calendar is 17-19 June at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.