Valentino Rossi secures point-scoring comeback drive at Hockenheim GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Rossꦦi and teammate Maxime Martin finished eighth and sev♛enth in the two one-hour sprints in Germany.
The MotoGP qualified a drab 35th out of 41 cars on Saturday൲꧑ morning.
But he avoided a series of spins and crashes and, within a few opening🍃 laps, made up 10 positions in Race 1.
He handed over duties to 💃Martin who brought home their Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 27 places further forward than they started.
Martin foug🌱ht from eighth up to P3 in the starting stint of Race 2, but Rossi later lost time during a slow pitsto💟p.
They were forced to settle for P7.
The championship returns in two weeks in Valencia, a track that♍ the two-wheel legend knows 💧very well.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to 🌜football, to F1.
