Valentino Rossi announced that he would retire from the motorcycle world championship at the end of the 2021 season, although he had not yet revealed anything about his future. After finishing the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community of MotoGP with the Petronas Yamaha SRT team in tenth position, the Italian enjoyed a short vacation period, with all his followers waiting for what the champion would do.
The one from Tavullia decided to test a few weeks later an Audi R8 on the same track where he said goodbye to the premier class, all to see if he could perform at his best on four wheels. In that test with the WRT team, the nine-time champion was convinced to sign with them, so it was confirmed that he would be present in the new GTWCE season.
To prepare for his official competition debut at the upcoming 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Rossi climbed back into the R8, but this time it was at the Magny Cours track in France.
Thanks to a video that he published on his social networks, fans were able to see how the Italian crossed the pianos of the Gallic circuit at full speed. The mythical 46 arrived at the cloudy and cold paddock dressed in a black jumpsuit sponsored by Monster Energy and with the inscription ‘The Doctor’, shortly after making himself comfortable in the WRT Audi.
Next, the Italian enjoyed a valuable day of testing to end up enjoying a plate of pasta in the team’s truck.
In the recording that Valentino Rossi uploaded, the song by the well-known rapper Eminem, ‘Without Me’, was heard with the phrase “Guess who’s back…”, a kind of joke to remember that he never left the tracks completely.
